Comments on: BitTorrent is working on a personal file syncing app to compete with Dropbox

By: swattz101

swattz101 — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:27:13 +0000

Yes, when I refereed to the “BitTorrent Network” I was referring to the decentralized mass. Sorry for the confusion.

Everything I’ve read says there is no cloud caching, so I’m kinda curious as to how this works. I expect that if I am syncing between two computers, they both have to be online at the same time. I can’t connect one computer at home and let it upload updates to the decentralized cloud, disconnect and then go to another computer and connect and download the updates.

By: swattz101

swattz101 — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:14:45 +0000

I agree, there are many legit uses for torrents. In addition to large ISOs, many games use some form of P2P for patch updates. I’m just glad to additional services added that will help the image of BitTorrent to people who don’t have the knowledge that we have.

By: djkindberg

djkindberg — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:27:40 +0000

BitTorrent is decentralized, meaning that the BitTorrent network is not needed for the transfer of files, just a signature file called a torrent.

By: Anonymous Coward

Anonymous Coward — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:10:50 +0000

But there are already many legit uses for torrents. I’ve not downloaded a Linux DVD image any other way in years.

By: Anonymous Coward

Anonymous Coward — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:09:58 +0000

IMO BitTorrent’s advantage is not its installed user base, but the fact that it provides a service which Google, Amazon and other cloud storage providers don’t – it doesn’t store anything in the cloud, it lets you sync info on your devices without giving in-between parties a possibility to snoop on your data.

Especially in enterprise setups this will probably be a huge advantage.

By: swattz101

swattz101 — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:52:30 +0000

Glad to see more legit uses coming out of BitTorrent. Maybe this will eventually clean up the bad image. I am curious as to whether this still uses the BitTorrent network or some other way of transferring the files.

I would look into it a little more, but the BitTorrent site is taboo through Websense at work.

By: jdrch

jdrch — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:24:28 +0000

Finally someone besides LogMeIn (who have a similar service called Cubby) realizes that not everyone wants their files in the cloud. Some of us just want encrypted P2P syncing.

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:26:44 +0000

RTMFP in Flash has had this ability 2 yrs ago. It’s called Object Replication. And a quick google search found a pretty simple sample that does just that.