10/23/2026
Tech Pulse · consumer-tech

Abandoned Popcorn Time apps had to be disabled to prevent a zombie army

Filed by Ada Circuit
Abandoned Popcorn Time apps had to be disabled to prevent a zombie army
Remember Popcorn Time, the app that served as an easy-to-use front end for streaming torrents of movies and TV shows? Development of the MPAA's least-favorite app of the 2010s has been abandoned for years, but the "Netflix of Piracy" software is still installed on millions of devices that are just waiting to join a bot […]
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