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 legal battle over Internet censorship is reaching new heights in the Netherlands, as the local anti-piracy group BREIN is now asking the court to gag the Pirate Party. The lawsuit is the next move in BREIN’s attempt to deny Dutch citizens’ access to …
What if you organize a pro-copyright demonstration, but nobody wants to attend? Well, then you can always hire some students. This is exactly what the German copyright lobby must have thought. They are reportedly recruiting students who are asked …
… accused of sharing digital copies of titles including “Wordpress for Dummies,” Hacking for Dummies” and “Day Trading for …
Yesterday the Dutch Pirate Party announced it would sue the local anti-piracy group BREIN. Through the lawsuit the Pirates hope to overturn a recent order that prohibits the Party from operating a Pirate Bay proxy site in The Netherlands. Today the …
The legal battle over Internet censorship is heating up in the Netherlands, as the local Pirate Party is now suing anti-piracy group BREIN. Two weeks ago BREIN ordered the Party to take down a reverse Pirate Bay proxy. The site allowed subscribers of t …
While simple to set up and use out of the box, it may comes as a surprise that the security of VPN anonymity services can be improved. Of course, when things run absolutely to plan there’s little to worry about, but there are occasions where there may be a …
In January, a Dutch court ruled that Ziggo, the largest ISP in the country, and competitor XS4ALL, must block access to The Pirate Bay. Both ISPs appealed the verdict, but in the meantime affected subscribers have plenty of ways to route around the blo …
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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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