Kodi is rarely out of the news these days, and the media center software has become synonymous with piracy.
Kodi is rarely out of the news these days, and the media center software has become synonymous with piracy.
Users who install third-party add-ons that allow them to stream TV shows and movies illegally should be aware that developers could be monitoring their devices, looking for ‚infringing‘ add-ons that facilitate piracy. Worse still, if any of these add-ons are found, a nag screen will appear demanding their removal.
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TVAddons reports that German Kodi developer Birger Jesch has created an add-on called KN Addon Caretaker, which checks to see which add-ons a user has installed, and compares these against an online database of infringing add-ons/repositories. If any of these blacklisted items are found, KN Addon Caretaker displays a nag screen that remains visible until the add-on(s) in question are removed.
While installing this should be voluntary (perhaps parents using it to ensure their children don’t install anything they shouldn’t), at least two Kodi skin developers have been found pushing KN Addon Caretaker on to systems without users permission.
If you have the Estuary MOD V2 or Embuary skin, then you will now automatically have the KN Addon Caretaker installed as well, and should take steps to remove it.
TVAddons comments on this latest move saying:
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