Abandoned Popcorn Time apps disabled to prevent botnet formation

Abandoned Popcorn Time apps disabled to prevent botnet formation

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Popcorn Time, once a popular app for streaming pirated movies and TV shows, has been abandoned for years. Despite this, millions of devices still have the app installed, posing a risk of being co-opted into a botnet. To prevent this potential 'zombie army,' the apps had to be disabled.

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Originally published by theverge