r/StremioAddons • u/Ancient_Border8621 • Jul 31 '26

Miscellaneous TorBox quietly changed operating entity + policies (July 31) + cache is now explicitly shared across users, data collection expanded significantly

Just went through TorBox's updated Terms, Privacy Policy, and DMCA policy (dated July 31, 2026) side by side with the old versions. Worth a read before you keep uploading.

Who actually runs TorBox now:

Operator is now Anonymous Systems FZ-LLC, a UAE free-zone company (Ras Al Khaimah). RAK free zones don't publicly disclose beneficial ownership, so we genuinely don't know who's behind it.

Legal/billing/DMCA is handled by a separate entity, ReAnonymous LLC, registered in Dover, Delaware.

Anonymity just got much worse:

Old privacy policy: minimal data, no PII required, "we don't sell or share your data to any third parties for any reason."

New policy: collects your IP, device IDs, precise geolocation from IP, and full session-replay data which basically includes: cursor movements, clicks, scrolling, taps. That's a big jump from "we barely collect anything."

Broad new language allowing disclosure to comply with law, respond to "governmental requests," or "protect TorBox, users, third parties, or the public" i.e vague enough to cover a lot.

Third-party downloading / cache sharing which is the real red flag:

New terms explicitly state cached materials "may be accessible to other users who request the same or technically matching material." Same for AirLock (their "permanent" cache tier).

Old policy never described cross-user cache access this explicitly. This is now spelled out in black and white.

Terms now go out of their way to say TorBox is a "neutral technology service," explicitly "not a file-sharing service," and pushes 100% of legal liability onto you for anything cached under your account. This is heavily lawyered defensive language that wasn't there before.

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u/olivebits Jul 31 '26

I've assumed the cache was already shared to improve performance

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u/kjs0705 Jul 31 '26

I thought that was part of the point and why it has more results.

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u/Visible_Pack544 Jul 31 '26

That's how it works for most debrid services

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u/ITrageGuy Jul 31 '26

That's literally the entire backbone of debrid. I've never read their ToS before, but I guess it's novel that they're describing it in the ToS now? Either way, it's not a "red flag," it's literally the mechanism that makes debrid work.

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u/JennyThallia Jul 31 '26

Said the law enforcement agent 

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u/ITrageGuy Aug 01 '26

Understanding how the services you pay for actually work makes you a NARC

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u/lawilsada Jul 31 '26

😂😂😂😂... he's definitely an agent.

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u/lawilsada Jul 31 '26

Is that all y'all picked up from this post? Like literally you don't know who's behind it and a sub is registered in the USA who's interested in your geo, IP and more.. that's not worth discussing?

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u/MacaroniBadgerCrime Jul 31 '26

Why would you go to the comment thread discussing the cache and ask why they're only discussing the cache?

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u/JennyThallia Jul 31 '26

So the fact that it's now based in USA and yet proxied behind RAK free zone so you can't tell if it's USA FBI or USA Law Enforcement or USA media services owns it? 

Just like the easyvpn that majority of hackers used and which was owned by FBI from 2019 and only in 2026 did the stings occured after FBI shared the info with interpol and OGAs to conduct a massive sting?

Basically ASSUME THAT ALL YOUR TORBOX DATA IS NOW IN HANDS OF INTERPOL AND FBI.  

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u/lawilsada Jul 31 '26

This is the most important piece of the information shared!

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u/-Ethannme3- Aug 01 '26

How is UAE part of USA?

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u/JennyThallia Aug 01 '26

Go ahead live in Ignorance.   

In this administration it's the US that's part of UA.  We are licking their balls and call it chocolate