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Mr. Robot 'Plugs' uTorrent and Pirate Release Groups (torrentfreak.com)

Posted by msmash on from the pirates-ftw dept.

From a TorrentFreak report: The latest episode of award-winning TV show Mr. Robot includes a nod to online pirates. The main character Elliot is shown pirating a movie using uTorrent, while his movie folder lists movies from various pirate groups including YIFY. The group in question appreciates the "bad ass" mention, while another group casts doubt on the hacker's choice of BitTorrent client.
As the screenshot shows, Elliot uses a recent version of the popular BitTorrent client uTorrent, showing a house ad for an upgrade to uTorrent Plus. In the "movies" folder, which is also shown, we can see various other movies complete with release group tags such as YIFY, PRiSTiNE, DiPSHiT, RARBG and CRiTERiON.

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  1. What OS? by Megane · · Score: 1, Funny

    Is that some Year of Linux on the Desktop going on?

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    #naabhaprzrag, #sverubfr-000, #agi-fcbafberq, negvpyr[pynff*=' negvpyr-ary-'] { qvfcynl: abar !vzcbegnag; }
  2. Wait a minute! by fsagx · · Score: 3, Funny

    The first rule of Mr. Robot is: You do not talk about Mr. Robot.

  3. Re: don't trust uTorrent by kamapuaa · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Serious Business Torrenting" - I'll file that one next to "Jumbo Shrimp" and "Family Vacation."

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  4. Re:init 1 by theskipper · · Score: 5, Funny

    My wife was trying to get my attention last night and finally yelled "SystemD!!" in desperation. I immediately turned and instinctively shouted "you're a useless hipster pos!!".

    I ended up sleeping on the couch and she's seeing a divorce attorney tomorrow morning.

    Goes without saying but the moral of the story is to stick with init and stay far, far away from systemd.