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.
3 Players I’ve tested three players on how “BitTorrent friendly” they are. -Democracy -Fireant -I’M They all do what they are supposed to. You can download and watch shows fairly easy, but in my opinion only fireant is really BitTorrent compl …
Source Tags These tags indicate the source and are an indication of the “quality” of the rip. TVRip: Recorded from analog TV, lowest quality of all TV rips DSRip: Recorded from Digital Satellite, good quality rip PDTV: Recorded from Pure Digita …
.torrent: A .torrent fille contains all the info you need to download the file you want. For example, a torrent file has info on the size, the filename, and how to connect to other people (tracker). Another important function of the .torrent file is that i …
So let’s say we want a feed for the latest 24, Lost and Prison Break episodes. (Note that downloading TV-shows can be illegal in some countries. If so, consider moving to another country or collect the torrents just for fun) Step 1. Go to the sho …
Two weeks ago the deal between PeerFactor and the uTorrent developer Ludvig Strigeus caused quite some controversy in the p2p and BitTorrent scene. This is mainly because PeerFactor is known for their Peer-against-Peer and other anti-piracy work. However, …
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