Ed & LOTR

On all but one of my apps, and that is my AV, I have auto update disabled and, as I have said before, I want to consciously give consent to the comings and goings from my PC.

Now, if this new (mini) facility allows me to enable or disable it then I am all anything that enables greater sharing but if it auto opens ports without permission then I would either stop using LW or get my firewall to block it.

As for the info LW sends when it is open, apart from my IP Address and an index of the files I am sharing I would expect it to send nothing else (apart from selected uploads)

However, if someone of more experience tells me differently, i.e. LW is sending out non-LW specific info, then I will have to think again. Because, as I have said many times before, LW and P2P-ing is not and has never been the most important activity my PC performs for me.



UK Bob