Today, Torrents are one of the greatest branches of file sharing, but they can be quite a bother at times as well. When using torrents, aside from your web browser, you will need a torrent file and a separate application.
In the end, all of this is superfluous next to the vast advantages, but sometimes we still dream about torrent files or the rest of the internet being more flexible.
hid.im
With hid.im, you can encode your torrents to an image file as this allows you to hide torrent files inside pictures beyond recognition where you simply surf to the website, upload your torrent file and wait for your png. You can save the image to your hard disk or temporarily reach them on the website according to preferences.
The use of this technology enables to ’hide’ your torrent files inside pictures, which will be increasingly difficult once this technology gets better known.
That’s right, with your torrent file in picture format, you can simply upload it to otherwise restricted forums, mail them to your friends or embed them in a MakeUseOf article. Exactly how many people will need it remains the question, but it’s a beautiful concept and I can imagine a multitude of situations in which it’d be useful.
How to decode Torrents?
Obviously, you can’t just open the png files in your local torrent client; they’ll need to be decoded first. There are two ways to do this including, by using the bookmarklet which you can find on the webpage. A bookmarklet is nothing but a bookmark that executes a small piece of JavaScript in your browser. Once you activate your bookmarklet, you can simply click on the image for a download link to appear and save it.
The bookmarklet works on both Safari and Firefox, but not yet on Chrome. Also, Internet Explorer is not specified, but you could give it a shot.
An alternative for Firefox users, which is to the bookmarklet is the hid.im add-on. As this one is installed, you can simply right-click on your torrent pictures and save them to your computer, which you is less work, but only if are using Firefox.
