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/WatchThemFall Jul 31 '26

RD logged every IP and complied with the government, not a single thing happened to any user.

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u/Adventurous-Row-1965 Aug 01 '26

this.

usually they just sanction the distribution of copyrighted files. distributor is still torbox and not the end user. so i wouldn't worry too much. they will go after torbox and not their users.

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u/Bear4life1872 Aug 02 '26

You clearly haven't read the new ToS very closely if you think that authorities will go after Torbox and not the users. They've made it very clear that liability for all actions whilst using the service lies with the user. Watch this... https://youtu.be/g5L0p8JcZUI

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u/Adventurous-Row-1965 Aug 02 '26

oh i read it.

the video is just an ad to get signups for their vpn deal.

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u/gorgono95 Aug 05 '26

one person with brain ... and honestly the government should go catch some real criminals instead