missing privacy policy

[yolomilk]

I am not a lawyer but was looking for the privacy policy anyway. I am especially interested in the privacy policy of the tracker. (e.g. if the files shared over the tracker might also be downloaded by the tracker/admins)

[alxhotel]

Hi @yolomilk, OpenWebtorrent doesn't have a privacy policy, but maybe would be nice to have. Can you point to an example?

[clevertree]

It's a technology, like IRC, and there is no inherent privacy built in. Privacy/security requires an extra layer: files should be encrypted with a public key before being added to the torrent. There is no way for OpenWebtorrent to provide any mode of privacy. Hell, we're still trying to get the browsers to cooperate. Just like with WebAudio the APIs are still broken and unusable for many users. This is a result of the trackers being constantly under attack and censorship. We're going to have to wait for a better browser - maybe a better OS even, before any of this will really work.

[yolomilk]

Hi @yolomilk, OpenWebtorrent doesn't have a privacy policy, but maybe would be nice to have. Can you point to an example?

I don't know any examples, sry.

It's a technology, like IRC, and there is no inherent privacy built in.

It is not just a technology, it is also the server responding to tracker.openwebtorrent.com.

Privacy/security requires an extra layer: files should be encrypted with a public key before being added to the torrent.

I agree with that. It would be nice if this would be stated somewhere (e.g. https://openwebtorrent.com/, README.md or Security Advisory on github)