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.
Tip: Want to download Torrents anonymously? Try TorrentPrivacy, the only way to download torrents securely. In March we reported in some detail about the case of 500 UK file-sharers being legally pursued following claims that they uploaded games fr …
… banned too. No P2P is allowed whatsoever. If you get caught going over your ‘Unlimited’ service’s cap of 5gig in one month, Verizon …
Since early March 2007, many internet forums have been buzzing with news of users receiving letters from UK law firm Davenport Lyons, alleging that they have illegally distributed (uploaded) the ‘Dream Pinball 3D’ game from German company Zuxxez Entert …
The idea here is to give an overview of anti-p2p activity. This is by no means an exhaustive report but the aim is to give a summary of some of the companies developing a new industry – one dedicated to disrupting the activities of file-sharers. Founded …
… world of the internet and thought they would never be caught. They were wrong. These sentences, and those to follow, should send a …
Inspired by our previous posts on fake BitTorrent trackers, Ben Maurer decided to take a good look at the behavior of these trackers. For this research he used a BitTorrent client, and started to connect to fake torrents. The torrents were hosted by BayTSP …
… IT spokesman at MU, said in a response: “When folks were caught violating (the DMCA), we were notified by the copyright authority. We …
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