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.
When it comes to “first ever” convictions, prosecutors in Scotland are certainly racking up the points this year. In May we reported that Anne Muir, a 58-year-old woman from Ayr, had pleaded guilty to criminal file-sharing offences. She received three y …
While the major record labels are doing everything in their power to fight the illicit distribution of ‘their’ music on BitTorrent sites, several indie labels and artists are choosing a different path. Last month the punky girl-rock band Sick of Sarah …
The purpose of this article is not to try and convince anyone that I’m some kind of Justin Bieber guru, but from what I’ve been hearing during the last couple of years, she’s pretty good looking and has millions of adoring fans. That’s got to be a good sta …
According to those involved in France’s “3 strikes” illicit file-sharing process, the Hadopi authority has sent a total of 100,000 warning emails to Internet account holders since October. The figure is substantially below the requirements of the entert …
Don’t mess with the Internet they say. Well, actually stronger terms than that are often used, but the end result is the same. When people get organized on the Internet, very strange and powerful things can happen and in few places can this be more true th …
In January 2005, perhaps inspired by the previous year’s Operation Fastlink FBI raids, Wired ran a now-famous article titled The Shadow Internet. The article was one of the first attempts to publicly document ‘The Scene’, the shadowy collection of individu …
“I’ve been sent a letter from Tilly Bailey & Irvine, they say i’ve been downloading porn and want £800 or they’re going to take me to court,” said an email to TorrentFreak early February, which was quickly followed by another – and another. We’re used …
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