> IPFS and bittorrent don't do anything to protect the data you are uploading and your IP address.
And Netflix are using it across AWS for distributing container images, not touching client devices, unless you know something more than what the article says.
This doesn't have anything to do with customer's privacy.
It never looked like an anonymizing tool to me; did anybody advertise it as such?
People can be prosecuted or otherwise harassed for sharing contents on a P2P system.
> It never looked like an anonymizing tool to me; did anybody advertise it as such?
You are confusing "anonymizing" with "leaking a lot of information to the whole world".
They constantly "forget" to tell people about the huge security impact.
For the second scenario, you want another layer which maintains secrecy. (Like the tor transport https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmYKQvBsbYrRhdaGvQXcEoSam7s5gKVYULfRgNP...)
In particular it's pointless to be able to circumvent censorship if you can't do so anonymously.
IPFS and bittorrent don't do anything to protect the data you are uploading and your IP address.
Case in point: https://iknowwhatyoudownload.com/en/peer/
Now every website you visit, any ad/tracker, any homecalling phone app can tell what movies and contents you watch and when you are at home. For years.