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'Popcorn Time' Gives Users Anonymity With a Free Built-In VPN

6 pointsby fraqedalmost 11 years ago

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higherpurposealmost 11 years ago
It should be noted that this is the Popcorn Time fork that is actually <i>not</i> open source (unlike the original, and the other main fork). The VPN provider they are using here also seems to keep logs:<p><a href="https://en.kebrum.com/faq" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.kebrum.com&#x2F;faq</a> (Technical Questions)<p>Oh, and according to these two posts, the app actually runs in an iframe with the code hosted externally with a non-secure connection:<p><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/PopCornTime/comments/241y7i/remember_to_tell_anybody_that_time4popcorn_is/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;PopCornTime&#x2F;comments&#x2F;241y7i&#x2F;remember...</a><p><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/time4popcorn/comments/24a7qd/why_time4popcorn_is_incredibly_dangerous/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;time4popcorn&#x2F;comments&#x2F;24a7qd&#x2F;why_tim...</a>