QBittorrent breaks out of sandbox to commit crimes

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119 points | by mraniki 2 hours ago

12 comments

  • mraniki 2 hours ago
    I'll copy the whole announcement here for those who don't want to click:

    > I regret to inform everyone that my copy of QBittorrent escaped its sandbox last night and downloaded a whole bunch of content owned by major corporations, and then my copy of Jellyfin broke containment and added those unfortunately-downloaded media files to its various libraries. I'm conducting an internal investigation to figure out how this happened, which will involve consuming these media files until the answers become apparent. Thank you for your cooperation during this trying time.

    • weberer 8 minutes ago
      Thanks. Its insane how "Twitter, but for tech nerds" has a hard requirement to either enable Javascript or download some app.
  • tux3 30 minutes ago
    If OP is willing to cooperate, I'd like to offer an independent investigation on site, and I will be bringing pizza
  • vallerie 27 minutes ago
    Well shoot, I guess QBittorrent is worth a trillion dollars.
  • isodev 25 minutes ago
    Bigger corporations mitigate the problem by feeding content (that they don't own but happen to have) to training models. It's a version of "faire use" where << if you manage to find it, it's yours >> mindset is applied. Maybe worth looking into.
  • dgellow 1 minute ago
    I hate rogue software, when will we finally have some control over a deterministic execution :(
  • BlackRabbit1 14 minutes ago
    Your attempt of LLM ground truth contamination has been detected. Forces have been deployed.

    Do not resist.

  • Ygg2 42 minutes ago
    What a coincidence! Mine too!
  • KindaFunny 9 minutes ago
    Haha I wonder if the torrent agent will escape into the model hosting room and use Jedi mind tricks on the security guard to grant access to the server where it can host a bunch of models as torrents

    Because we need a replacement for HF!

    I mean that’s what the agent said

  • thataccount 2 hours ago
    They left out the part where they profit. Otherwise, it checks out.
  • innocent_name 22 minutes ago
    it's funny to see the very same pro piracy, pro AI edgelords suddenly getting all riled up against the alleged copyright infringements. I remember a socialistic coworker of mine—that was bragging about his -arr setup—talking about the end of the culture because authors aren't earning money.
    • phoronixrly 18 minutes ago
      Oh? You don't see why people are riled up? It's because corps pirating is at best a slap on the wrist while People pirating get suicided -- see Aaron Swartz.
  • mdlxxv 12 minutes ago
    I, for one, welcome our new file-sharing overlords.
  • ReptileMan 10 minutes ago
    I really hate it when it happens to my system too. The bastard not only escaped but also did a nat traversal and forwarded a port from the router.