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		watty on March 11, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Popcorn Time – Watch torrent movies instantly The MPAA already has the ability to view torrent seeds, why would they waste so much resources to create this?

clienthunter on March 14, 2014 | [–]

Binary blobs running on user boxes can collect direct, identifiable, evidence. Spying an IP address from afar that may or may not be proxied/NAT'd is flimsy circumstantial evidence at best.

qiemem on March 11, 2014 | [–]

Honeypot, but that doesn't hold up since torrenting movies is so wide spread already.

throwwit on March 12, 2014 | [–]

But just in time for TPP deliberations.

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