There is a “probable leak of all hashes to and access for BitTorrent Inc to all shared data.” The analysis portion added, “ server receives many (all?) hashes in clear-text when sharing the directory it is used to share links amongst people, even though the previous BTsync hash sharing mechanism was better for security.”.If Amazon gets hacked, security of whole BTsync architecture is compromised.”Īccording to Hackito Ergo Sum’s TL DL post and conclusions: The hackers who conducted the privacy tests of BitTorrent Sync, have written a lengthy blogpost about their results when they put this entire system under rigorous test.Īn example from those purportedly includes the fact that Sync “infrastructure is dependent on other, maybe insecure, infrastructure and deployments. Each peer becomes a sender also, helping sync files with new peers if and when your device is not online. Your peer list provides you a record of all the devices you’ve shared with. When Sync 1.4 Beta was released, Erik Pounds, Vice President of Product Management for BitTorrent Sync, wrote, “Privacy controls including Read-Only/Read & Write options, link expirations and approval settings, which all let you customize the level of access you want to provide. So your data remains perfectly safe and sound. The tech specs even added, “Sync was designed with privacy and security in mind.”Ī big advantage of using the service is that since your files are not technically stored on a cloud storage, no law enforcement officer can legally get a warrant to access your personal data. Every connection is encrypted and secured against prying eyes,” BitTorrent had said. “Files are never duplicated on to third-party servers. One of the reasons BitTorrent Sync is becoming increasingly popular even while it is in Beta is because it was “built for trust” and to give the user “complete control” of their files. The fact that it does not need a subscription fee hasn’t been a blockade in its spread. For the reason we mentioned above, the service is now used by over 10 million individuals and many may be using it for sensitive and private information. “Sync performed 8 times faster than Google Drive, 11 times faster than OneDrive and 16 times faster than Dropbox,” the test results had claimed.Īs of August 2014, the popularity of the service has grown far and wide. In October, BitTorrent conducted a speed test to see how well Sync held up against major cloud storage companies. Sync “gets its speed from the BitTorrent protocol on which it was built” and it is fast. In fact they have warned users against snycing and sending sensitive and confidential information over BitTorrent Sync. Now researchers have found out that it neither provides security nor privacy. Not only can BitTorrent Sync users sync files between devices on a local network, but also between devices online via “secure distributed P2P technology” without the pitfalls of the cloud like file size limits, third-party snoopers and painfully slow transfer speeds. If you have used BitTorrent Sync before, you know how different it is from other cloud storage services. Hackers test BitTorrent Sync, say its not safe to share sensitive informationĮditors Note : Techworm has been through the claims made by Hackito and the clarifications provided by BitTorrent Sync.The claims seem unsubstantiated as the group’s premise was flawed as they misunderstood how the technology works.
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