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.
… first company to tackle BitTorrent piracy. The now defunct MediaDefender charged hundreds of thousands of dollars to attack BitTorrent trackers and upload fake torrent files. MediaDefender was rebranded to Peer Media, and under this brand they continue …
We get a lot of comments on articles from people saying things like “Yeah, it’s stealing. Just embrace it already” or “Good excuse to steal right?.” There are editorials in mainstream newspapers that say “Such theft costs the copyright- or trademark …
… them. Nevertheless, while anti-piracy companies such as MediaDefender have in their time been both loathed and despised, head sheriff …
… the RIAA for many years) and BitTorrent-poisoning company MediaDefender. Read …
… of the emails at the moment, but previous leaks from MediaDefender and ACS:Law have shone an interesting light on their …
… on the cheap. Of course, as with our coverage of the MediaDefender leaked emails back in 2007, TorrentFreak’s coverage of this …
… was turned upside down two years ago when the now-defunct MediaDefender abused Revision3′s tracker for their own ends and when denied … which took down the whole site. Since the demise of MediaDefender, anti-piracy companies certainly haven’t gone away and some have …
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