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.
Starting two years ago, hundreds of thousands of BitTorrent users who allegedly shared films without the consent of copyright holders have been dragged to court in the US. The aim of the copyright holders is never to take any of the cases to trial, but …
… past year. The leading BitTorrent VPN and proxy service BTGuard even doubled its customer-base during the past 12 months. “BTGuard has been consistently growing since we started. Compared to 2010, we …
So what have you downloaded lately? If you’re not using BitTorrent through a proxy or VPN, there’s a good chance that the rest of the world can see without asking. YouHaveDownloaded is a new Russian-based service that claims to track about 20 percent …
In April, The Pirate Bay renamed itself to The Research Bay and teamed up with the Cybernorms research group at Lund University to conduct the largest ever survey among file-sharers. The Cybernorms group researches how the Internet creates new social no …
… space first. P2P Supporting VPN providers BTguard Response to Q1: “It’s technically unfeasible for us to maintain log files with the amount of connections we route,” BTguard explain. “We estimate the capacity needed to store log files would be …
Today the Copyright Infringing File Sharing Act officially came into force in New Zealand. Those who are caught sharing copyrighted material online will from now on receive warning letters via their ISP. On receipt of a third notice, copyright holde …
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 …
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