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.
Today, one of the UK’s leading Internet service providers unveiled a new system it believes will enhance the safety of families online. HomeSafe from TalkTalk is a network-level blocklist product which offers three key features. Firstly it offers ‘Virus …
The second day of the trial began with the announcement that Pirate Bay co-founder Fredrik Neij is not present because he hadn’t slept much the previous night. According to Neij’s lawyer he has been under the weather lately. He is trying to get some more s …
In June 2005 when the now-famous Grokster decision was handed down, initial reaction was almost unanimous. The Internet was alive with this historic defeat – Grokster had been savaged by the Supreme Court, lost their case in the biggest possible way and wo …
There are a lot of newcomers in this week’s list, 7 in total. Despite all the efforts from the movie industry to prevent “Australia” from being cammed in theaters, it was an insider who got it out in DVD quality. The data for our weekly download cha …
‘Resident Evil: Degeneration’, or ‘Biohazard: Degeneration’ as it’s known in Japan, will never become a blockbuster film, simply because it is only set for release in a few movie theaters. On the Internet, however, its popularity exceeds all expectations. …
As we reported earlier, The Dark Knight is on its way to become the most pirated movie of 2008, crushing Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk and Transformers. The data for our weekly download chart is collected by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and e …
Here at TorrentFreak we get a few emails each week announcing the arrival of new BitTorrent sites but there are so many, we can’t possibly write about them all. Instead, due to time limitations, we write about ones which are topical in some way or offer so …
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