X-Git-Url: https://git.immae.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=client%2Fsrc%2Fapp%2F%2Babout%2Fabout-peertube%2Fabout-peertube.component.html;h=f8700d9b621a0818c1fca9d74cd85c517155eb34;hb=2b621ac0ebe83693bba6354b3482a03ba58143e7;hp=26a3d45542c9a809cc4d6516e9a8f27895cc6d6a;hpb=a6f01388c3bab1ac03d6f1a2cd87331bad5127ce;p=github%2FChocobozzz%2FPeerTube.git 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 26a3d4554..f8700d9b6 100644 --- a/client/src/app/+about/about-peertube/about-peertube.component.html +++ b/client/src/app/+about/about-peertube/about-peertube.component.html @@ -1,22 +1,22 @@

- What is PeerTube? + This website is powered by PeerTube

- mascot + mascot

- PeerTube is a self hosted federated (ActivityPub) video streaming platform using P2P directly in the web browser. + PeerTube is a self-hosted ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in your web browser.

- It is a free and open-source software, under the AGPLv3 + It is free and open-source software, under AGPLv3 licence.

- For more information, please visit joinpeertube.org. + For more information, please visit joinpeertube.org.

@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@
-
- Use PeerTube - documentation -
+
+ Use PeerTube documentation +
Discover how to setup your account, what is a channel, how to create a playlist and more! @@ -37,10 +36,9 @@
-
- PeerTube - Applications -
+
+ PeerTube Applications +
Discover unofficial Android applications or browser addons! @@ -50,10 +48,9 @@
-
- Contribute on - PeerTube -
+
+ Contribute on PeerTube +
Want to help to improve PeerTube? You can translate the web interface, give your feedback or directly contribute to the code! @@ -63,10 +60,11 @@
- -
-

P2P & Privacy

+

+
+ P2P & Privacy +

PeerTube uses the BitTorrent protocol to share bandwidth between users by default to help lower the load on the server, @@ -74,12 +72,12 @@ follows applies only if you want to keep using the P2P mode of PeerTube.

-

- The main threat to your privacy induced by BitTorrent lies in your IP address being stored in the instance's BitTorrent +

+ 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?
+

What are the consequences?

In theory, someone with enough technical skills could create a script that tracks which IP is downloading which video. @@ -95,7 +93,7 @@

  • For each request sent, the tracker returns random peers at a limited number. 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 - requests sent to know every peers in the swarm + requests sent to know every peer in the swarm
  • @@ -112,11 +110,10 @@
  • - Web peers are not publicly accessible: because we use WebRTC inside the web browser (with the - WebTorrent library), the protocol is different from classic BitTorrent. + Web peers are not publicly accessible: because we use the websocket transport, the protocol is different from classic BitTorrent tracker. When you are in a web browser, you send a signal containing your IP address to the tracker that will randomly choose other peers to forward the information to. - See this document for more information + See this document for more information
    • @@ -125,7 +122,7 @@ There are much more effective ways to get that kind of information.

    -
    How does PeerTube compare with YouTube?
    +

    How does PeerTube compare with YouTube?

    The threats to privacy with YouTube are different from PeerTube's. @@ -133,7 +130,7 @@ Moreover, YouTube is owned by Google/Alphabet, a company that tracks you across many websites (via AdSense or Google Analytics).

    -
    What can I do to limit the exposure of my IP address?
    +

    What can I do to limit the exposure of my IP address?

    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 @@ -142,7 +139,7 @@ Thinking that removing P2P from PeerTube will give you back anonymity doesn't make sense.

    -
    What will be done to mitigate this problem?
    +

    What will be done to mitigate this problem?

    PeerTube wants to deliver the best countermeasures possible, to give you more choice @@ -153,7 +150,6 @@

  • We set a limit to the number of peers sent by the tracker
  • We set a limit on the request frequency received by the tracker
  • Allow instance admins to disable P2P from the administration interface
    • -
  • Automatic video redundancy from some instances: one doesn't know if the IP downloaded the video on purpose or if it a server