Privacy has always been a major concern for BitTorrent users and there are only a few ways to remain anonymous. By using a secure connection, as the new TorrentPrivacy tool offers, you can bypass almost every firewall or traffic shaping application, while making sure that nobody can see what you're downloading.
Yesterday TorrentFreak received several emails from worried Comcast subscribers who could no longer load their favorite BitTorrent site, The Pirate Bay. A quick look at our web-analytics further revealed a bump in people searching Google for “thepirateb …
BitComet came out with a news release of their client, and as the first of all major BitTorrent clients it offers a stable 64-bit version. The 64-bit version allows for larger disk caches, something that may benefit the heavy-duty downloaders among us. …
As we reported last evening, the US Government has seized a number of online Poker related domains. Three of the largest sites – PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker – all had their domains seized and 11 people connected to the gambling ou …
Yes, The Pirate Bay is down at the moment. Absent without official leave (AWOL) according to the IRC channel. No, there’s no reason to panic. Every time The Pirate Bay suffers a few minutes for downtime, thousands of people start to worry that something …
The danger of applying DRM to any software is that the pirated copy can turn into a more desirable product than the retail version. That is, those who download a copy illegally are actually better off than legitimate customers who chose to spend their hard …
Yesterday, the Dutch Government announced plans to outlaw downloading of all copyrighted material and measures to make it easier to block websites that facilitate copyright infringement. An interesting move, particularly since a survey they published on th …
Hadopi has had its fair share of troubles since it came into effect last year. One of the most shameful missteps occurred when the agency unveiled its logo to the public, as it turned out that they had forgotten to secure a proper license to actually use t …
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Left Quote“The Pirate Bay has been one of the most important movements in Sweden for freedom of speech, working against corruption and censorship.
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A selection of some TorrentFreak's classics dug up from our archives.
Continuing a long-standing New Year's tradition, we present an up-to-date list of the world's most visited...
Privacy is important on the Internet, and BitTorrent users are certainly not excluded. Already, hundreds of...
With anti-piracy outfits and dubious law-firms policing BitTorrent swarms at an increasing rate, many Bittorrent users...
With the entertainment industries lobbying for increased powers to spy on BitTorrent users, many downloaders are...
BitTorrent can be fun, as long as you get decent speeds. Not satisfied with your current...