In mijn recensie van Popcorn Time kon je al lezen dat ik mij zorgen maakte door het gebruik van het Bittorent protocol van dit erg handige stukje software. Door dat je films en series bekijkt deel je ook je verbinding met anderen en daar kleven de nodige risico's aan vast, zoals deze mensen ondervonden toen ze opeens boetes kregen van copyright advocaten. Time4Popcorn is een vork van het originele Popcorn Time die de lat een stuk hoger ligt door een (GRATIS!!) VPN in hun programma te bouwen en hier door is je IP adres niet meer te achterhalen en dat is verdomd handig. Het hele verhaal kan je hier lezen.

One of the Popcorn Time forks has included a free VPN option in its software, allowing users to hide their IP-addresses from the public, This feature is a response to copyright trolls, who regularly send settlement requests to users who pirate movies via BitTorrent.

"Throughout these last months we realized that making the ultimate watching experience for everyone is important. However, something that is even more important to us is that everyone will be able to get this experience without risking themselves," the Time4Popcorn team tells TorrentFreak.

The news about the settlement requests prompted the developers to include a VPN option to anonymize use of their client.

This week the feature was added to the latest 4.2 Alpha release. By clicking a lock icon users can quickly connect and disconnect the built-in protection. Although it may take some more time before a stream starts playing, it appears to work just fine.

"Thanks to the new VPN feature everyone from anywhere in the world will be able to use Popcorn Time, worry free. That makes us very happy," the team tells us.