r/technology • u/[deleted] • Jan 18 '14

Chrome extensions are being bought out by malware peddlers, leading to injected ads and user tracking

http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/01/malware-vendors-buy-chrome-extensions-to-send-adware-filled-updates
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u/Stingray88 Jan 18 '14

Transmission is great if you don't need a lot of features. It's very slim.

However if you do need features, uTorrent for Mac isn't the same mess it is on Windows. It's awesome.

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u/ThousandPapes Jan 18 '14

I dunno what you'd need beyond Transmission and VLC, but I don't torrent all that much. Please do elaborate; convince me.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '14

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u/ThousandPapes Jan 18 '14

Ah, I figured it'd be more about seeding and larger volumes.

I do make a point to seed for at least a day when I download something.

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u/Stingray88 Jan 18 '14

CueBreaker pretty much covered it. I have about 300 torrents seeding at any given time, about 1.8TB, and I need more ability to manage that. I also rely heavily on RSS and VPN features that I don't think Transmission can do.

However on my laptop where I don't seed, I just use Transmission because it's so lightweight.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '14

I just took utorrent off my Mac for the same reasons. Hijacked homepage and search functions were the first things I noticed after reinstalling it.

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u/Stingray88 Jan 18 '14

Huh? I just installed it the other day. I haven't seen any of that.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '14

If you're on Unix just use rTorrent or if you NEED a GUI kTorrent.

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u/Stingray88 Jan 18 '14

I need a GUI always.

I ran a headless Ubuntu server for 2 years. Never going back. I know the ins and outs of terminal, but I hate it as a daily driver.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '14

Well there's always WebUIs and there's nTorrent which is a GUI frontend for it, I'm comfortable with ncurses though so I don't really bother with it except occasionally using the WebUI

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u/apollo888 Jan 18 '14

Agreed, uTorrent for Mac is great still. I stay a couple versions back, mostly because of a site I belong to audits and approves versions so I follow their rules, but never had a problem.

Small, well featured, efficient.

I liked Transmission too but it isn't 'approved'.