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.
The joint press conference was held mainly in Swedish and there was very little English. The media present had applied for invitations, and some representatives from the media had already been banned from attending by The Pirate Bay. Those in attendance we …
Earlier this week, Peter Sunde aka Brokep of The Pirate Bay called for a live webcast of their upcoming trial to be available to the masses. “We want to show how it works,” he said. “Cards on the table, everything should be transparent!” Just a coup …
Launched in 2007, Mininova’s content distribution platform has been growing steadily. Unlike regular uploads, all files on the content distribution platform are both tracked and seeded by Mininova. This ensures high download speeds while the publishers don …
After the unfortunate demise of the mighty Suprnova in December 2004, a large gap appeared in the BitTorrent community. Five Dutchmen – Erik, Jos, Matthijs, Niek and Rob – were inspired by the successes of Suprnova, and on January 15 2005, Mininova was bor …
Similar to The Pirate Bay, Mininova is experiencing a traffic surge. Since August, the number of visitors has grown by approximately 35%, to almost 5 million every day. It come as no surprise that such an increase is stretching the limits of the hardware s …
For weeks on end, the NorBits tracker has been crushed by DDoS attacks. Last month IT-Avisen reported that the tracker had been allegedly hacked by a group called MORRADi. The group threatened to publish all IPs of Norbits’ users, if the site didn’t cease …
Mininova.org is the most popular BitTorrent site. The site is ranked in the top 100 of all websites on the Internet according to statistics from Alexa. The first public version of Mininova went live in 2005 and was hosted at the DSL line of Niek van de …
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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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