Internet Archive breached again through stolen access tokens

Re:Internet Archive breached again through stolen access tokens by thwarted on Sunday October 20, 2024 @05:57PM (#41898817)

The problem with file transfer is they have a bad reputation since people use it to [insert illegal or immoral activity here].

Then rename it from "torrent" to something else.

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Re:Internet Archive breached again through stolen access tokens by TZubiri on Sunday October 20, 2024 @06:33PM (#41899049)

I'm not sure what the argumentative line is here. But file uploading and downloading needs to have accountability for hosting, which p2p obscures.

The bad reputation is inherent to the tech, not a random quirk.

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Re:Internet Archive breached again through stolen access tokens by komali2 on Sunday October 20, 2024 @11:43PM (#41900495)

It doesn't really, you can host a server off a raw IP.

Downloading from example.com is just peer to peer with someone big. There's lots of hosting providers and DNS providers that are happy to host illegal-in-some-places content.

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Re:Internet Archive breached again through stolen access tokens by TZubiri on Monday October 21, 2024 @10:07AM (#41904327)

Incorrect.

The protocols for downloading from example.com are assymettrical client server architectures, not symmetrical decentralized peer to peer.

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