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.
Two weeks ago the deal between PeerFactor and the uTorrent developer Ludvig Strigeus caused quite some controversy in the p2p and BitTorrent scene. This is mainly because PeerFactor is known for their Peer-against-Peer and other anti-piracy work. However, …
Unfortunately, Johan Pouwelse, one of the Dutch researchers working on the project at the Delft University was not allowed to comment but here’s summary of the article “Most current P2P file sharing systems treat their users as anonymous, unrelated enti …
The script is based on 1c3d0g’s excellent tutorial. The tutorial is written for uTorrent, but most of the other torrent clients out there have similar options. The only thing you need to put in are your maximum download and upload speed, the script then au …
Over the last year more and more cable companies and tv-studio’s are looking for ways to distribute their content over the internet, NTL is the first cable company that is going to collaborate with BitTorrent. Cachelogic, another company included i …
Tip: Want to download Torrents anonymously? Try TorrentPrivacy, the only way to download torrents securely. Currently both Azureus and uTorrent included this new form of encryption (specs) in their latest Beta’s. The fact that these two clients are acti …
In order to apply these tips you need to know your maximum up- and download speed. You can test your bandwidth over here (stop all download activity while testing). Also make sure that you applied the tips provided in our previous posts. Note that there …
The next obvious question would be, “how do I connect to other BitTorrent users to download files?” Here’s a simple 3-step guide: 1. Get a BitTorrent client First you need a BitTorrent client, a program that will enable you to connect to other us …
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