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.
A few months ago the U.S. Copyright Group (USCG), who pioneered the mass-BitTorrent lawsuits in the United States, were themselves sued for fraud, abuse and extortion. The class-action lawsuit targets the movie studio Achte/Neunte, their lawyers and th …
In late 2009 The Pirate Bay made an announcement which initially shocked many BitTorrent users. With immediate effect the site would stop operating its own tracker. However, the torrent eco-system didn’t collapse because in part TPB would rely on other …
Whether it be a virus, trojan horse or worm, adware, badware or scamware, most Internet users are familiar with the notion that some software available online can do harm to both them and their computer. These days people are becoming more cautious and sav …
Up until a few days ago the three 1337x BitTorrent trackers were coordinating downloads of more 40 million peers. But from one day to another, the trackers simply stopped working. As it turns out, the operator of 1337x was forced to abandon the popula …
XtremeSpeeds is a multi-focus private BitTorrent tracker now well into its third year of operation. According to information from its administrator, it may never see its fourth. On July 28th, the admin of XtremeSpeeds had his house raided by the authori …
There is a long running debate over whether private torrent sites are ‘safer’ in respect of being monitored by anti-piracy companies. Very generally, users of public trackers are the “low-hanging fruit”, easy pickings for anti-piracy companies who want …
In March this year IFPI announced that they had reached agreement with MasterCard, Visa and the City of London Police to develop cooperation against sites selling unauthorized music. Under the deal, IFPI investigators hand evidence of infringement to the p …
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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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