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author | Rigel Kent <sendmemail@rigelk.eu> | 2020-01-10 14:21:46 +0100 |
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committer | Rigel Kent <sendmemail@rigelk.eu> | 2020-01-10 14:21:46 +0100 |
commit | a6f01388c3bab1ac03d6f1a2cd87331bad5127ce (patch) | |
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Reword/update PeerTube page about P2P & Privacy
-rw-r--r-- | client/src/app/+about/about-peertube/about-peertube.component.html | 32 |
1 files 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 @@ | |||
69 | <h3 i18n class="section-title">P2P & Privacy</h3> | 69 | <h3 i18n class="section-title">P2P & Privacy</h3> |
70 | 70 | ||
71 | <p i18n> | 71 | <p i18n> |
72 | PeerTube uses the BitTorrent protocol to share bandwidth between users. | 72 | PeerTube uses the BitTorrent protocol to share bandwidth between users by default to help lower the load on the server, |
73 | This implies that your IP address is stored in the instance's BitTorrent tracker as long as you download or watch the video. | 73 | but ultimately leaves you the choice to switch back to regular streaming exclusively from the server of the video. What |
74 | follows applies only if you want to keep using the P2P mode of PeerTube. | ||
75 | </p> | ||
76 | |||
77 | <p> | ||
78 | The main threat to your privacy induced by BitTorrent lies in your IP address being stored in the instance's BitTorrent | ||
79 | tracker as long as you download or watch the video. | ||
74 | </p> | 80 | </p> |
75 | 81 | ||
76 | <h6 i18n class="p2p-privacy-title">What are the consequences?</h6> | 82 | <h6 i18n class="p2p-privacy-title">What are the consequences?</h6> |
@@ -122,7 +128,7 @@ | |||
122 | <h6 i18n class="p2p-privacy-title">How does PeerTube compare with YouTube?</h6> | 128 | <h6 i18n class="p2p-privacy-title">How does PeerTube compare with YouTube?</h6> |
123 | 129 | ||
124 | <p i18n> | 130 | <p i18n> |
125 | The threats to privacy in YouTube are different from PeerTube's. | 131 | The threats to privacy with YouTube are different from PeerTube's. |
126 | In YouTube's case, the platform gathers a huge amount of your personal information (not only your IP) to analyze them and track you. | 132 | In YouTube's case, the platform gathers a huge amount of your personal information (not only your IP) to analyze them and track you. |
127 | Moreover, YouTube is owned by Google/Alphabet, a company that tracks you across many websites (via AdSense or Google Analytics). | 133 | Moreover, YouTube is owned by Google/Alphabet, a company that tracks you across many websites (via AdSense or Google Analytics). |
128 | </p> | 134 | </p> |
@@ -139,19 +145,21 @@ | |||
139 | <h6 i18n class="p2p-privacy-title">What will be done to mitigate this problem?</h6> | 145 | <h6 i18n class="p2p-privacy-title">What will be done to mitigate this problem?</h6> |
140 | 146 | ||
141 | <p i18n> | 147 | <p i18n> |
142 | PeerTube is in its early stages, and want to deliver the best countermeasures possible by the time the stable is released. | 148 | PeerTube wants to deliver the best countermeasures possible, to give you more choice |
143 | In the meantime, we want to test different ideas related to this issue: | 149 | and render attacks less likely. Here is what we put in place so far: |
144 | </p> | 150 | </p> |
145 | 151 | ||
146 | <ul> | 152 | <ul> |
147 | <li i18n>Set a limit to the number of peers sent by the tracker</li> | 153 | <li i18n>We set a limit to the number of peers sent by the tracker</li> |
148 | <li i18n>Set a limit on the request frequency received by the tracker (being tested)</li> | 154 | <li i18n>We set a limit on the request frequency received by the tracker</li> |
149 | <li i18n>Ring a bell if there are unusual requests (being tested)</li> | 155 | <li i18n>Allow instance admins to disable P2P from the administration interface</li> |
150 | <li i18n>Disable P2P from the administration interface</li> | 156 | <li i18n>Automatic video redundancy from some instances: one doesn't know if the IP downloaded the video on purpose or if it a server</li> |
151 | <li i18n>An automatic video redundancy program: we wouldn't know if the IP downloaded the video on purpose or if it was the | ||
152 | automatized program | ||
153 | </li> | ||
154 | </ul> | 157 | </ul> |
158 | |||
159 | <p i18n> | ||
160 | Ultimately, remember you can always disable P2P by toggling it in the video player, or just by disabling | ||
161 | WebRTC in your browser. | ||
162 | </p> | ||
155 | </div> | 163 | </div> |
156 | 164 | ||
157 | </div> | 165 | </div> |