<story><title>Popcorn Time – Watch torrent movies instantly</title><url>http://getpopcornti.me/?hn</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>humanfromearth</author><text>If you look at this file here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/popcorn-time/popcorn-app/blob/master/js/tracking.js&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;popcorn-time&amp;#x2F;popcorn-app&amp;#x2F;blob&amp;#x2F;master&amp;#x2F;js&amp;#x2F;t...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;It sends usage data to Google Analytics. I can see how this can translate into you getting caught. Be careful.&lt;p&gt;Even if you don&amp;#x27;t have a &amp;#x27;trackingId&amp;#x27; set it still sends GET requests to &lt;a href=&quot;http://google.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;google.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ultramancool</author><text>You&amp;#x27;re far more likely to be caught by directly looking at torrent peers as is already done in bulk by media companies and is far better proof of piracy than a Google Analytics hit. Use a VPN if you&amp;#x27;re using this and have any questions about the legality of it in your area. Typically VPN providers only get complaints sent to datacenters, not actual lawsuits.</text></comment>
<story><title>Popcorn Time – Watch torrent movies instantly</title><url>http://getpopcornti.me/?hn</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>humanfromearth</author><text>If you look at this file here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/popcorn-time/popcorn-app/blob/master/js/tracking.js&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;popcorn-time&amp;#x2F;popcorn-app&amp;#x2F;blob&amp;#x2F;master&amp;#x2F;js&amp;#x2F;t...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;It sends usage data to Google Analytics. I can see how this can translate into you getting caught. Be careful.&lt;p&gt;Even if you don&amp;#x27;t have a &amp;#x27;trackingId&amp;#x27; set it still sends GET requests to &lt;a href=&quot;http://google.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;google.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>MatthewPhillips</author><text>Add this to your &amp;#x2F;etc&amp;#x2F;hosts&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;   127.0.0.1 ssl.google-analytics.com
   127.0.0.1 www.google-analytics.com
   127.0.0.1 google-analytics.com&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;</text></comment>