Wouldn't make it mandatory, as you're still working with torrents. I wouldn't use Popcorn Time either if I had to register/login first.Yes, currently registering/logging is mandatory.
If you check the remember me, you basically only have to login once.
Well I am making it mandatory because of several reasons:Wouldn't make it mandatory, as you're still working with torrents. I wouldn't use Popcorn Time either if I had to register/login first.
For the same reason Popcorn Time advices you to use a VPN. Torrenting is still illegal in a lot of countries. Especially if I am in such a country, I would never want to sign up before doing something that could possibly get me into trouble. It's a giant safety hazard, let's say your service does get taken down for investigation, and your whole database is filled with users who (potentially) used your service to torrent.Well I am making it mandatory because of several reasons:
Bookmarks, settings, offline mode, (maybe built-in proxy?), better suggestions for new movies / shows etc.
Aswell to get the best quality media, I manually find the torrent magnets and insert them into the DB.
Tbh I don't see the issue in having to register first
There's really not any security risk, if there's not any IP authentication.For the same reason Popcorn Time advices you to use a VPN. Torrenting is still illegal in a lot of countries. Especially if I am in such a country, I would never want to sign up before doing something that could possibly get me into trouble. It's a giant safety hazard, let's say your service does get taken down for investigation, and your whole database is filled with users who (potentially) used your service to torrent.
If you make logging in mandatory, I don't think people would use this. Besides the obvious safety risks, I'd be annoyed too if I had to register/login before using something like this. I'd gladly leave the extra options such as offline mode/better suggestions for just a good working version of what it is.
Making it optional for all those extra's, sure, then it's their own choice to take the risk.
Even though you are not storing their IP's, they are still connecting with your service. So yes, there is a potential security risk. Authorities aren't stupid, if anything, they can surely track people down if they want. It's not hard either for them if they can sniff them about because they need to connect to a service.There's really not any security risk, if there's not any IP authentication.
But yeah for sure, Facebook authentication etc would be a risk, but it's entirely up to the users themselves to do so. I might do it like, that you don't need an account to use the service, so it isn't mandatory, but as for long as it's in beta mode, it will be mandatory.
Getting caught for torrenting really depends on where you're from. I've torrented approximately up to 2-3 movies/series everyday for the past 6 years without any trouble.
Preview of the progress so far:Even though you are not storing their IP's, they are still connecting with your service. So yes, there is a potential security risk. Authorities aren't stupid, if anything, they can surely track people down if they want. It's not hard either for them if they can sniff them about because they need to connect to a service.
But yes, as I said, you should make it mandatory in the end.
Yeah, that's what I've also thought about doing. But the thing about bookmarks being saved on your own device, means that if you need to use the application on someone else PC, then you haven't got your own bookmarks.PopcornTime doesn't make you register and saves all bookmarks and settings. But then, that's an actual application that runs on your PC so it is able to save configuration files on the device itself. I think with some hardware ID authentication/logging, registration would not be needed. I am just looking for some features in this that would make it better to use than the alternatives that currently exist.
Since I cant design and dont wanna pay for a open source project I might aswell use an existing.Oh so you can copy designs but I get bullied for it You should provide a video of all the features in use sometime
I wasn't saying you shouldn't do it, hence the winky face. I was just stating it due to backlash when I done it on my previous projectsSince I cant design and dont wanna pay for a open source project I might aswell use an existing.
You can use any design you want even if it's copyrighted by a company.
As long as you don't earn anything off and provide the copyrights, they can't sue you.
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A lawsuit would be frivolous since there are no damages that can be inferred. They can still issue DMCA takedowns on it though.Since I cant design and dont wanna pay for a open source project I might aswell use an existing.
You can use any design you want even if it's copyrighted by a company.
As long as you don't earn anything off and provide the copyrights, they can't sue you.
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