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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Thebay@lemmings.world to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Why do some peers have unusual client names in qbittorrent

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[-] istdaslol@feddit.de 33 points 3 months ago

It’s because some chars aren’t decoded properly. &amp should be rendered as just &. Hinting that more than this is not properly rendered

[-] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

To add to this,

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[-] bullring888@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 months ago

Looks like a bug. But as long as they upload legitimate files, I don't see the problem.

[-] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 months ago

Maybe they're not PC users and maybe those are servers??....

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago

Haven't noticed this in Tixati. I've only noticed better d/l speeds since I switched over.

[-] retro@infosec.pub 1 points 3 months ago

Tixati isn't whitelisted on pretty much any private tracker because of how easy it makes spoofing other clients.

this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2024
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