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Exeem Open Beta Released
BrasOnMyGuitar writes "The file sharing application known as eXeem (made by the creators of the now-defunct file-sharing site SuprNova.org) has gone into public beta. The program is based on the BitTorrent protocol. However, it eliminates the need for trackers and decentralizes the user from the network. This allows for Kazaa-style searching with the speeds and benefits of the BitTorrent protocol." Reader Eeknay points out that Linux users can run it too.
...has already been released.
eXeem Lite
Mininova.org and Thepiratebay.com/org (I forgot sorry) Those are both good ones.
From the FAQ:
14. Is eXeem(TM) open source?
No, eXeem(TM) is not open source.
http://suprbash.org/vip/lexa/exeem020.torrent from a moderator in the exeem chatroom happy torrenting
According to the eXeem Lite FAQ eXeem does contain spyware.
If you are really interested in downloading it, you can download it from FileForum as the main site is down.
But please beware. It does constain spyware!
As stated in their privacy policy:
The ads appearing on the Exeem.com Web site and within eXeem(TM) application are delivered by our web advertising partner, Cydoor. Information about users of eXeem(TM) and Exeem.com, such as the number of times they have viewed an ad (but not user name, address, or other personal information), is used to serve ads to users. If you would like more information about Cydoor, please visit. Ads that might appear outside Exeem.com and eXeem(TM) application are Opt-out ads, that you have a chance to uninstall. Outside Exeem.com and eXeem(TM) application is eXeem's Toolbar LookSmart.
Yup, says here that they use Cydoor, and a quick google pretty much confirms that it's spyware, or that company uses spyware at least, and hence shouldn't be trusted.
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http://www.exlite.net for the "lite" spyware/adware free version (I had sumbitted this story too with this included - but no, it got rejected *sigh*).
It's the 0.18 beta which asks for a key, but until a lite of 0.20 is released, if you close the window asking for a beta key, the program will work.
The official 0.20 client is confirmed to include Cydoor and SearchSquire right out of the box.
Exeem uses libtorrent as its codebase, with extra coding for the decentralized tracker. Libtorrent is an open source GPL'd C++ implementation of the bittorrent protocol. The only requirements for compiling it are support for STL and the latest Boost. This means it works in Windows, Linux, Mac OSX... even cygwin! It's also a library, so it can be plugged into any application.
I've had many communications with the creator, and he's a very cool guy and quite dedicated to the work. I helped a little with debugging, etc, but my main interest at the time was using it to in my own graphical interface. I never completed the project, but I still feel a good connection to libtorrent.
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11. What is the official eXeem website? Return
the eXeem website is located here, but the official eXeem client does contain spyware!
"The ads appearing on the Exeem.com Web site and within eXeem(TM) application are delivered by our web advertising partner, Cydoor. Information about users of eXeem(TM) and Exeem.com, such as the number of times they have viewed an ad (but not user name, address, or other personal information), is used to serve ads to users."
Cydoor is given a 7/10 Threat Assessment level by lavasoft.de, makers of AdAware.
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The company behind Exeem (there is indeed a company, and they are going to be profiting, which raises some interesting legal questions) basically paid the creator of Suprnova for the rights to use his name and to basically say that Exeem is the next Suprnova. In layman's terms: They bought his credibility and userbase.
Personally, that doesn't matter that much to me. If it works, and gets as large as Suprnova with more protection and overall improvements...well, what do I care if they make money off of it. However, I will NOT tolerate any spyware/adware (a banner ad in the window is fine) bundled with it. Thankfully the makers of Exeemlite have taken care of this. I wonder how aggressively the folks at Exeem will handle this. The folks over at Sharman Networks (Kazaa) basically cut off everybody else on Kazaalite from their existing network.
So, in conclusion, I don't care if they make money as long as it helps protect me, and gives me more value than Suprnova did, and I will not tolerate any spyware/adware. If they screw that up, they've just screwed themselves.
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And from elsewhere:
OK, I think I'll pass.
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^^
You might want to check out this FAQ, particularly point 2.
Say, are those popups jumping on your desktop?
The world's largest P2P tracker was unharmed when MPAA went berserk and is at tracker.piratbyran.org.
;-)
There's sometimes some web server hickups and they've done some maintenance recently.
The server load increased a lot when Suprnova entered hide & seek mode.
Just wait a while if it's down and it should be online again, with thousands of torrents and seeders.
Beware: In C++, your friends can see your privates!
Everyone was hoping that this would replace Suprnova.
Sad news- it doesn't.
The dead memory of Suprnova has been replaced by a spyware infested program that is marketed under the guise of being a Suprnova replacement.
If you like clogging your system up with programs such as Cydoor, be my guest. But if not, reject this filth.
Well firstly, it's already been said in previous Slashdot posts that it's a company responsible for this, who the former owner of Suprnova has some sort of agreement with, which gives them credibility that they don't necessarily deserve (yet.)
But in the grand scheme of things, the client isn't open source, so you really don't know what's going on in there. And what's worse, the EULA revokes your right to disassemble / reverse-engineer the software, so they may well crack down on anyone trying to distribute an open source version:
Secondly, from the privacy policy:
So the app spams you with ads, and what's worse, Wikipedia has this to say about Cydoor:
So you're not only spammed with ads, you're installing spyware. This is confirmed by eXeem Lite's FAQ:
A closed source, advert spamming, spyware installing pile of crap that you are expressly forbidden from reverse engineering... sounds like a whole barrel of laughs.
As far as I'm concerned, eXeem can go and fornicate itself with an iron stick.
Yeah, so you didn't install the eXeem toolbar.
But you did just install cydoor, kudos to them for actually rolling this, but I'm happy sticking with the alternatives until a version not spyware ridden appears.
I'll repeat that, because it isn't made instantly clear (fairly clear, but not as clear as I'd like): eXeem will install cydoor, with no opt-out.
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This program is NOT written by the guys at SuprNova.org. It is simply endorsed by the guys at SuprNova.org. Listen to the radio interviews with for verification.
which way is up, this post you've just made and received a "+5 informative" for is my post from December 2nd when Exeem was first brought up for discussion. It would appear that this is the second time you've done this today. Quit being such a karma whore.
As a side note, I was banned from the Exeem beta forum for making this post on Slashdot.
Moderators, please mod down this plagiarizing piece of crap.
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From the libtorrent documentation: libtorrent is released under the BSD-license.
I don't see any COPYING file in the archive, and the source files contain the following:
whoops, there goes my "excellent" karma.