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2 | <h1 i18n class="about-peertube-title"> | |
8db19c95 | 3 | This website is powered by PeerTube |
d8232bac | 4 | </h1> |
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81fe3c67 | 6 | <img class="mascot" width="121px" height="147px" src="/client/assets/images/mascot/default.svg" alt="mascot"/> |
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d8232bac | 8 | <div class="description"> |
1eb23e12 | 9 | <p i18n> |
81fe3c67 | 10 | PeerTube is a self-hosted ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in your web browser. |
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11 | </p> |
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1eb23e12 | 13 | <p i18n> |
5b0ec7cd | 14 | It is free and open-source software, under <a class="link-orange" href="https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/blob/develop/LICENSE">AGPLv3 |
d8232bac | 15 | licence</a>. |
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16 | </p> |
17 | ||
1eb23e12 | 18 | <p i18n> |
5b0ec7cd | 19 | For more information, please visit <a class="link-orange" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://joinpeertube.org">joinpeertube.org</a>. |
1eb23e12 | 20 | </p> |
d8232bac | 21 | </div> |
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23 | <div class="documentation"> |
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25 | <div class="card"> | |
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28 | <a i18n class="link-orange" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://docs.joinpeertube.org/use-setup-account">Use PeerTube documentation</a> |
29 | </div> | |
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31 | <div i18n class="card-text"> | |
32 | Discover how to setup your account, what is a channel, how to create a playlist and more! | |
33 | </div> | |
34 | </div> | |
35 | </div> | |
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37 | <div class="card"> | |
38 | <div class="card-body"> | |
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40 | <a i18n class="link-orange" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://docs.joinpeertube.org/use-third-party-application">PeerTube Applications</a> |
41 | </div> | |
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43 | <div i18n class="card-text"> | |
44 | Discover unofficial Android applications or browser addons! | |
45 | </div> | |
46 | </div> | |
47 | </div> | |
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49 | <div class="card"> | |
50 | <div class="card-body"> | |
c9e3565d | 51 | <div class="card-title"> |
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52 | <a i18n class="link-orange" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://docs.joinpeertube.org/contribute-getting-started">Contribute on PeerTube</a> |
53 | </div> | |
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54 | |
55 | <div i18n class="card-text"> | |
56 | Want to help to improve PeerTube? You can translate the web interface, give your feedback or directly contribute to the code! | |
57 | </div> | |
58 | </div> | |
59 | </div> | |
60 | </div> | |
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d8232bac | 62 | <div class="privacy-contributors"> |
51de2c7f | 63 | <div class="p2p-privacy"> |
c9e3565d | 64 | <h2 class="section-title"> |
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65 | <div class="anchor" id="privacy"></div> <!-- privacy anchor --> |
66 | <ng-container i18n>P2P & Privacy</ng-container> | |
c9e3565d | 67 | </h2> |
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68 | |
69 | <p i18n> | |
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70 | PeerTube uses the BitTorrent protocol to share bandwidth between users by default to help lower the load on the server, |
71 | but ultimately leaves you the choice to switch back to regular streaming exclusively from the server of the video. What | |
72 | follows applies only if you want to keep using the P2P mode of PeerTube. | |
73 | </p> | |
74 | ||
5188db66 | 75 | <p i18n> |
51de2c7f | 76 | The main threat to your privacy induced by BitTorrent lies in your IP address being stored in the instance's BitTorrent |
a6f01388 | 77 | tracker as long as you download or watch the video. |
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78 | </p> |
79 | ||
c9e3565d | 80 | <h3 i18n class="p2p-privacy-title">What are the consequences?</h3> |
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81 | |
82 | <p i18n> | |
83 | In theory, someone with enough technical skills could create a script that tracks which IP is downloading which video. | |
84 | In practice, this is much more difficult because: | |
85 | </p> | |
86 | ||
87 | <ul> | |
88 | <li i18n> | |
89 | An HTTP request has to be sent on each tracker for each video to spy. | |
90 | If we want to spy all PeerTube's videos, we have to send as many requests as there are videos (so potentially a lot) | |
91 | </li> | |
92 | ||
93 | <li i18n> | |
94 | For each request sent, the tracker returns random peers at a limited number. | |
95 | For instance, if there are 1000 peers in the swarm and the tracker sends only 20 peers for each request, there must be at least 50 | |
5411da31 | 96 | requests sent to know every peer in the swarm |
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97 | </li> |
98 | ||
99 | <li i18n> | |
100 | Those requests have to be sent regularly to know who starts/stops watching a video. It is easy to detect that kind of behaviour | |
101 | </li> | |
102 | ||
103 | <li i18n> | |
104 | If an IP address is stored in the tracker, it doesn't mean that the person behind the IP (if this person exists) has watched the | |
105 | video | |
106 | </li> | |
107 | ||
108 | <li i18n> | |
109 | The IP address is a vague information: usually, it regularly changes and can represent many persons or entities | |
110 | </li> | |
111 | ||
112 | <li i18n> | |
51de2c7f | 113 | Web peers are not publicly accessible: because we use the websocket transport, the protocol is different from classic BitTorrent tracker. |
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114 | When you are in a web browser, you send a signal containing your IP address to the tracker that will randomly choose other peers |
115 | to forward the information to. | |
5b0ec7cd | 116 | See <a class="link-orange" href="https://github.com/yciabaud/webtorrent/blob/beps/bep_webrtc.rst">this document</a> for more information |
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117 | </li> |
118 | </ul> | |
119 | ||
120 | <p i18n> | |
121 | The worst-case scenario of an average person spying on their friends is quite unlikely. | |
122 | There are much more effective ways to get that kind of information. | |
123 | </p> | |
124 | ||
c9e3565d | 125 | <h3 i18n class="p2p-privacy-title">How does PeerTube compare with YouTube?</h3> |
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126 | |
127 | <p i18n> | |
a6f01388 | 128 | The threats to privacy with YouTube are different from PeerTube's. |
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129 | In YouTube's case, the platform gathers a huge amount of your personal information (not only your IP) to analyze them and track you. |
130 | Moreover, YouTube is owned by Google/Alphabet, a company that tracks you across many websites (via AdSense or Google Analytics). | |
131 | </p> | |
132 | ||
c9e3565d | 133 | <h3 i18n class="p2p-privacy-title">What can I do to limit the exposure of my IP address?</h3> |
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134 | |
135 | <p i18n> | |
136 | Your IP address is public so every time you consult a website, there is a number of actors (in addition to the final website) seeing | |
137 | your IP in their connection logs: ISP/routers/trackers/CDN and more. | |
138 | PeerTube is transparent about it: we warn you that if you want to keep your IP private, you must use a VPN or Tor Browser. | |
139 | Thinking that removing P2P from PeerTube will give you back anonymity doesn't make sense. | |
140 | </p> | |
141 | ||
c9e3565d | 142 | <h3 i18n class="p2p-privacy-title">What will be done to mitigate this problem?</h3> |
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143 | |
144 | <p i18n> | |
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145 | PeerTube wants to deliver the best countermeasures possible, to give you more choice |
146 | and render attacks less likely. Here is what we put in place so far: | |
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147 | </p> |
148 | ||
149 | <ul> | |
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150 | <li i18n>We set a limit to the number of peers sent by the tracker</li> |
151 | <li i18n>We set a limit on the request frequency received by the tracker</li> | |
152 | <li i18n>Allow instance admins to disable P2P from the administration interface</li> | |
d8232bac | 153 | </ul> |
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154 | |
155 | <p i18n> | |
156 | Ultimately, remember you can always disable P2P by toggling it in the video player, or just by disabling | |
157 | WebRTC in your browser. | |
158 | </p> | |
d8232bac | 159 | </div> |
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1eb23e12 | 161 | </div> |
f65bcbb5 | 162 | </div> |