The team over at Popcorn Time has announced that their iOS app is now available for non-jailbroken devices, a massive launch that the team has been teasing for over six months.
iOS beta version 1.2 was also launched in conjunction, adding Chromecast and Apple TV support along with a ton of performance fixes and bug fixes. Free VPN will also be added in the coming days, notes the team.
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At your own risk man! The pc version has 2specific Trojans and PT adamantly denies but they're full of shizzy! I have checked and verified. Plus this program uses torrent network for pc and I would assume the same for cellular and this prog is a massive infringement bec you're simply downloading mp4s locally to device. My wife PT'd the show Selfie and I got DMCA notice from att uverse 4 days later. This prog is just not worth it. Couch tuner.eu or isolated torrent downloads that you can monitor and manage individually.
Yes, this program is basically a player with a built-in BitTorrent client, and yes, it DOES infringe copyrights all over the place. I cannot advise using this app anywhere but at a public wifi hotspot.
That said, false positives are very common, I've checked and verified -.-' . Stentorian declarations of malware, without any evidence but a scan by one or two AV clients, while lacking actual evidence of damage or malware activity, simply is not enough. It's easy to tell you've never been much of a pirate, hearme0, to your credit - lol...
Thanks for your feedback hearme0 and Bozobub. I am aware of the "legality" of the software. To be honest, I wasn't looking to use it regularly. Just wanted to take it for a spin to see what all the fuss is about. If there is a risk of trojans or malware then I will stay away. It's not worth the risk just to test out an app.
I've checked the software myself, and there's no malware in the PC version, at least, but I'm leery of the Android version; Android tends to bleed data easily, and even more-legit apps have been caught sending data back to their HQ that's absolutely none of their business. An easy example is the Facebook app, just for starters. So, any "grey-market" app like this, really isn't worth the risk; not malware, but personal data leakage.
Originally posted by Bozobub: Yes, this program is basically a player with a built-in BitTorrent client, and yes, it DOES infringe copyrights all over the place. I cannot advise using this app anywhere but at a public wifi hotspot.
That said, false positives are very common, I've checked and verified -.-' . Stentorian declarations of malware, without any evidence but a scan by one or two AV clients, while lacking actual evidence of damage or malware activity, simply is not enough. It's easy to tell you've never been much of a pirate, hearme0, to your credit - lol...
I agree about the false positives.
And I can't say I don't grab stuff my share of the time, as I do. I don't want to be a hypocrite but my complaints are geared toward rampant piraters. Those that always take but never give.
Either way, not false positives in Popcorn Time for the PC, I actually found and researched the two files. They are bad backdoors bundled nefariously into the K-Lite codec pack. They aren't there if you grab K-Lite separately but installing PT requires installing "their version" of the codec pack.
