Broadband Service as P2P Distro Experiment

Not another doctor wrote to mention a PC Doctor article about the Sky by Broadband service. In addition to providing access to the internet, the service also helpfully downloads and installs the Kontiki P2P service. From the article: "What this really means is that Sky in all their advertising are making out that you are downloading content directly from them rather than other users. Also, the P2P link continues to run in the background after you've shut down the main application, eating up bandwidth by allowing others to download the files from your PC. Kontiki also collects and sends back to Sky a lot of information about your PC. There is no mention as to how this data is protected from unauthorized access, however, initial examination with Ethereal seems to show that all data is at least encrypted during transmission."

Comments

Just so we're clear here...

[numbski]

...we're INTENTIONALLY creating Sky-net.

Just want to make sure I'm understanding this right. Don't mind me, I'm going to go hide in the Vet office.

Re:they ARE being honest....

[NoGuffCheck]

What ELSE could they say to spell it out? I don't get it.

"All Your Base Are Belong to Us".

Re:Spam

[Anonymous Coward]

"initial examination with Ethereal seems to show that all data is at least encrypted during transmission."

Is it just me, or doesn't this sound like somebody who tried to track down a few rogue packets, and just couldn't figure out how to decipher them?

I read P2P, but I hear FUD.

No, he says you are wrong

[A nonymous Coward]

Look. His handle is Not another doctor and the article is on the website of PC Doctor.

Obviously he's not connected with them. What are you, paranoid or something?

Re:No, he says you are wrong

[paedobear]

well, "Not another doctor", you never know. If the submitter was "** doctors-doctors", then I'd be suspicious.

Im sticking with Comcast, its annoying, not fatal

[228e2]

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