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• Blu-ray Anti-Piracy Tech Stops Discs and Promotes Purchases

  An anti-piracy system present in all official Blu-ray players since 2012 has received a fresh update...

• Foxtel Breeds Pirates by Locking Up Game of Thrones

  One of the main reasons why people turn to piracy is the lack of legal alternatives....

• UK Student Admits Breaching Sony Copyrights With Leak of PS3 SDK

  Last year an Internet user known as El Nomeo leaked version 3.70 of Sony’s Playstation3 SDK...

• Pirates Can Be Identified Despite Sharing IP Addresses, ISP Claims

  Carrier-Grade Network Address Translation is a network mechanism through which many Internet subscribers can share the...

• Feds Seize Cash from Major Bitcoin Exchange’s Dwolla Account

  The U.S. Government has taken a significant action against the web’s top Bitcoin exchange by seizing...

MostDiscussed

Below are TorrentFreak's most discussed articles of the past month. Join the discussion if you like.

• Pirate Bay Takes Over Distribution of Censored 3D Printable Gun

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• McAfee Patents Technology to Detect and Block Pirated Content

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• Pirate Bay Finds Safe Haven in Iceland, Switches to .IS Domain

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• Copyright Trolls Threaten to Call Neighbors of Accused Porn Pirates

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• Game Pirates Whine About Piracy in Game Dev Simulator

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PopularArticles

A selection of some TorrentFreak's classics dug up from our archives.

• VPN Services That Take Your Anonymity Seriously, 2013 Edition

  More than a year ago TorrentFreak took a look at a selection of the web’s VPN...

• Top 10 Most Popular Torrent Sites of 2013

  Continuing a long-standing New Year's tradition, today we present an up-to-date list of the world's most-visited...

• Which VPN Service Providers Really Take Anonymity Seriously?

  Last month it became apparent that not all VPN providers live up to their marketing after...

• What’s The Best VPN / Proxy for BitTorrent?

  Privacy is important on the Internet, and BitTorrent users are certainly not excluded. Already, hundreds of...

• BTGuard Review: How Does it Work?

  With the entertainment industries lobbying for increased powers to spy on BitTorrent users, many downloaders are...

• Optimize Your BitTorrent Download Speed

  BitTorrent can be fun, as long as you get decent speeds. Not satisfied with your current...