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.
According to the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) in Poland, BitTorrent’s uTP protocol is under attack. The security experts have observed a massive spike in activity compared to 2011, mostly originating from locations in Russia, Canada, China, A …
In recent years more than a quarter million people have been accused of sharing copyrighted works in the United States. Copyright holders generally sue dozens, hundreds or sometimes even thousands of people at once, hoping to extract cash settlements f …
The first mainstream filesharing applications like Napster (started in the year 1999) operated completely centralized. Napster relied on a single server to store the files every user shared, provided a central file search, and even initiated file trans …
As time progresses, Internet users in general are becoming more wise to the general scams, cons and rip-offs of the online world. These evils take many forms, from rich African dignitaries looking to share their wealth with strangers, to a worried ‘Pay …
This week censorship of The Pirate Bay is the hot topic and inevitably online discussion has centered on the main issue – how this censorship can be circumvented. A selection of methods were suggested by the site’s operators, all of them very easy to ca …
Mass-BitTorrent lawsuits have been dragging on for more than two years in the US, involving more than a quarter million alleged downloaders. The copyright holders who start these cases generally provide nothing more than an IP-address as evidence. They …
“Today’s copyright legislation is out of balance, and out of tune with the times. It has turned an entire generation of young people into criminals in the eyes of the law, in a futile attempt at stopping technological development.” These are the firs …
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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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