While it can be used as a perfectly legitimate system for sharing files, syncing files, and messaging-in fact, I use it myself every day-BitTorrent sites in general have a bad rap, but why is that? One word: Malware.Ī lot of apps available through BitTorrent websites are paid products that have either been cracked or that come with a crack that turns it into a fully functional application, without having to pay a penny. Often when people hear “BitTorrent,” they assume it’s illegal and dangerous.
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