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.
Earlier this week I stumbled across an interesting forum discussion. Someone claimed to have an artist ‘friend’ who had been hatching a cunning plan to get his own back on The Pirate Bay. The individual noted that The Pirate Bay are making a lot of money f …
Update: BitBlinder is no more but TorrentPrivacy currently has a limited free trial available here. A question which regularly pops up in the TorrentFreak mailbox is “How do hide myself online? How can I get free anonymous BitTorrent?” Our answer is usu …
In 2007 we reported on the difficulties experienced by comic book tracker, Z-Cult FM. Around since 2004, the site was put under pressure by comic giants DC and Marvel, and eventually took action to remove torrents linking to works to which these publishers …
With over 1250 free WiFi access points across the US, Panera Bread is offering a much appreciated service to its customers. Tens of thousands of people use their free wireless Internet every day, and the company even lists it as one of their selling points …
Last week, ‘godcanjudgeme’, a prolific uploader to Demonoid, The Pirate Bay, Mininova and OneBigTorrent, made another upload to add to his long list of releases, but this one turned out a little differently to all the others. Blue Gold : World Water War …
In 2007 BitLet launched a web-based Java applet which allows users to download .torrent files without having a BitTorrent client installed. For this innovation Bitlet received a nomination for the Webware 100 Awards where the hobby project competed with co …
It was less than two weeks ago when The Pirate Bay implemented a new feature making it easier for site users to post links to torrents on their Facebook profile, so their friends can download those torrents with just a single click. The entertainment i …
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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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