From a6f01388c3bab1ac03d6f1a2cd87331bad5127ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rigel Kent Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 14:21:46 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Reword/update PeerTube page about P2P & Privacy --- .../about-peertube.component.html | 32 ++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/client/src/app/+about/about-peertube/about-peertube.component.html b/client/src/app/+about/about-peertube/about-peertube.component.html index 53aee5634..26a3d4554 100644 --- a/client/src/app/+about/about-peertube/about-peertube.component.html +++ b/client/src/app/+about/about-peertube/about-peertube.component.html @@ -69,8 +69,14 @@

P2P & Privacy

- PeerTube uses the BitTorrent protocol to share bandwidth between users. - This implies that your IP address is stored in the instance's BitTorrent tracker as long as you download or watch the video. + PeerTube uses the BitTorrent protocol to share bandwidth between users by default to help lower the load on the server, + but ultimately leaves you the choice to switch back to regular streaming exclusively from the server of the video. What + follows applies only if you want to keep using the P2P mode of PeerTube. +

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+ The main threat to your privacy induced by BitTorrent lies in your IP address being stored in the instance's BitTorrent + tracker as long as you download or watch the video.

What are the consequences?
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How does PeerTube compare with YouTube?

- The threats to privacy in YouTube are different from PeerTube's. + The threats to privacy with YouTube are different from PeerTube's. In YouTube's case, the platform gathers a huge amount of your personal information (not only your IP) to analyze them and track you. Moreover, YouTube is owned by Google/Alphabet, a company that tracks you across many websites (via AdSense or Google Analytics).

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What will be done to mitigate this problem?

- PeerTube is in its early stages, and want to deliver the best countermeasures possible by the time the stable is released. - In the meantime, we want to test different ideas related to this issue: + PeerTube wants to deliver the best countermeasures possible, to give you more choice + and render attacks less likely. Here is what we put in place so far:

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+ Ultimately, remember you can always disable P2P by toggling it in the video player, or just by disabling + WebRTC in your browser. +