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.
Despite the fact that Grooveshark will heavily rely on P2P, it will still be a commercial service. Songs themselves won’t be exchanged for free. Users will be charged 99¢ per song, but since they’re also uploading files to others, they will get “rewards …
Both clients are scam products that claim to bring you ‘high speeds downloads’, but all they do is install malware, and hijack your browser. We already posted about Bitroll a while ago, and if you take a look at the comments on that post you will see that …
Basically, Jon has decided that it is no longer feasible for him to continue running p2pnet.net. The main reason behind this seems to be the lack of advertisers. Most of his previous ones have been sued out of business by the MPAA/RIAA. And Google Adsense …
TorrentFreak: What is the best thing about your job at BitTorrent Inc? Bram Cohen: I really enjoy making products which I personally want to use, and like to empower people to do things they couldn’t do without BitTorrent’s efficiency and reliability. I …
February 2006 the MPAA announced lawsuits (PDF) against Torrentspy, Torrentbox and Isohunt, three of the most popular BitTorrent search engines. Isohunt owner Gary later told TorrentFreak that they will not bow down to the MPAA. Isohunt hired a top-notch l …
TorrentFreak: When did you first learn about BitTorrent? Niek: I guess that was somewhere back in 2003. Rob, one of the other Mininova staff members, pointed me to a new kind of P2P protocol, named BitTorrent, and soon thereafter I became a regular …
1. Torrentspy.com (Alexa rank: 176) 2. Mininova.org (Alexa rank: 207) 3. ThePirateBay.org (Alexa rank: 291) All three websites continued to grow in 2006, especially in the first h …
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