best no adware/spyware peer to peer network

[korn469]

I'm looking for the best best peer to peer network that has the following things:

*NO ADWARE or SPYWARE!
*free
*lots of content

so what do you recommend?

[BustaMike]

Emule is pretty good.

[korn469]

does emule have spyware? and do you have a link for it bustamike?

[alva]

No spyware on Emule AFAIK, none on WinMX either

[korn469]

nevermind about the link i googled it

i'm trying it out now

[Q Classic]

gmail.

set up a shared account, and you know everyone on it... and requests are easy to do.

[BustaMike]

Gmail... you're joking right?

What a pain in the ass. 10 meg size limit. Having to rename everything to a .jpg so it'll upload. Don't get me wrong, I love gmail, but for a p2p system is royally sucks.

[Ari Rahikkala]

Originally posted by BustaMike
Gmail... you're joking right?

What a pain in the ass. 10 meg size limit. Having to rename everything to a .jpg so it'll upload. Don't get me wrong, I love gmail, but for a p2p system is royally sucks.

So the ability to warez stuff makes a system peer-to-peer today?

(incidentally... is "to warez" a verb, anyway? I find it much more appropriate than "to pirate", so I sure hope it is)

[Dis]

I use email, it's slow as hell, and I have trouble finding things in English. I have a feeling it's mostly used by Europeans.

but it gets the job done. (usually)

[BustaMike]

Originally posted by Ari Rahikkala


So the ability to warez stuff makes a system peer-to-peer today?

(incidentally... is "to warez" a verb, anyway? I find it much more appropriate than "to pirate", so I sure hope it is)

I didn't say anything like that.

And if the point is just to share things with friends (as would be necessary if you were using gmail), why wouldn't one just set up an FTP? Hell, why wouldn't you just use something like MSN messenger and send it directly? Gmail is intended for mail, not file sharing.

[Ari Rahikkala]

Hm... yes, in fact I should have quoted q cubed's post instead... and since violating the principle of precision is an even greater sin for him... Q^3! I'm calling you out for a duel! Explain to me how gmail is supposed to be a peer-to-peer network!

[Buck Birdseed]

I still use just Soulseek and DC++.

[Spiffor]

I was a traditional user of WinMX, but I switched to Emule after seeing how superior Emule is. Emule rocks

[Q Classic]

heh. it doesn't fit the basic premise of a p2p network; however, neither does an ftp site.

granted, if you have the resources, setting up an ftp is better; however, if you're on the run and do not have the capacity for setting up such a service, gmail provides oodles of space for songs.

you have authentication; theoretically, everybody should know each other, and it will have a greater level of trust. you pretty much know precisely where the files are from. there's the search feature. you can also associate certain files with each other.

no, it's not a true p2p system. is it even an efficient system? no.

but it's one of those suggestions that's from way out in left field. it's also a solution which does work. i use it with a few of my friends because i don't have a computer which can serve as an ftp host. none of them are capable of setting one up, either.

and some of the songs we have are damned hard to find on any of the file sharing networks.

[Ben Kenobi]

Hell, why wouldn't you just use something like MSN messenger and send it directly?

Because we want to be able to continue using MSN. They spell it out very clearly, that Messenger is not to be used to transfer these files.