Ask HN: Googledrive.com showing up in my torrent's peer list?

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How is googledrive.com showing up as a peer in my torrent's peer list ??

Here's a screenshot I've taken - https://imgur.com/j8yYOqq

UPDATE: Looks like it's been solved. Apparently http seed are a thing. Here you can see the seed specified in the torrent properties - https://imgur.com/MXF2yfA

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It might be worth noting that the client says "UploadServer". Wonder how this was accomplished.

Looks like a HTTP seed

Thanks! Had a hunch it was something like that. Like this right http://techie-buzz.com/how-to/what-are-web-seeds-bittorrent.... ?? Seems cool. Wish I'd known this earlier. However it looks like an abuse of the service.

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