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.
An example of the BitTorrent traffic boost was reported yesterday, as Mininova got 10 million downloads in a single da. A record breaking figure, in part thanks to the debut of ‘Heroes’ and several other shows. Other BitTorrent sites report a similar incre …
Last week we’ve shown that most TV-series are downloaded by people from outside the US, 96% to be exact. Release delays are one of the major reasons why people use BitTorrent to download TV-shows. Non-US fans of Prison Break and other TV-shows sometimes …
Notoriously known for their aggressive pro-piracy stance and prolific file sharing, Purdue has never been one to fly under the RIAA radar. Perched at #2 on the all-time piracy “badass” list, they’re no strangers to RIAA’s threats, and students are conti …
With an estimated 250,000 members and around 7 million page impressions a month, ShareReactor was one of the world’s most popular eD2K link sites. Similar in operation to sites that host .torrent files, eD2K (eDOnkey) link sites carry no copyright material …
Like most publications, here at TorrentFreak we regularly interview adults. However, when a recent conversation with a child turned to file-sharing, we took the opportunity to give the P2P kids a voice. We had a little chat with a 9 year old girl who wan …
Yesterday we reported on a porn-industry meeting where they decided to take on BitTorrent and tackle the piracy menace. Today we take a look at some of the pre-meeting arrangements and discussions leading up to the ’round table’ meeting. A message on the G …
Anton asks: How many percent of those who use TPB to download copyrighted material do you think believe they have the moral right to do so? Gottfrid: We don’t do any polls of the morals of our users, so it’s hard to say. Peter: It’s not very interest …
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