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.
This week there are three newcomers in our chart. This Means War is the most downloaded movie this week. The data for our weekly download chart is collected by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. All the movies in …
This week censorship of The Pirate Bay is the hot topic and inevitably online discussion has centered on the main issue – how this censorship can be circumvented. A selection of methods were suggested by the site’s operators, all of them very easy to ca …
Yesterday one of our old articles on isoHunt was promoted to Reddit’s frontpage. This prompted isoHunt founder Gary Fung to do an AMA(A) If you have any questions to ask, this is the time. isoHunt is currently involved against in two major lawsui …
“Because today’s threats do not recognise national boundaries, our responses must also transcend borders,” Ms Napolitano told her hosts in a speech overly dominated by assurances the US would respect the privacy of Australian citizens. The legal r …
Pirate Parties are gaining momentum around the world. In Germany and Austria Pirates have good chance of entering the national parliament in the next election, and in the UK things are picking up steam as well. In this weeks local elections Pirate Pa …
The popular torrent site H33t.com is “under fire.” For reasons unknown, the site has been unresponsive for a few hours now. TorrentFreak contacted the owner of the site for more details on the situation, but he has yet to reply. As usual, we expe …
A few days ago the latest uTorrent alpha release saw the light. Among other things, the new version aims to make downloads even faster for users with high bandwidth connections. But there was something else quite unique about the release. Those who …
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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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A selection of some TorrentFreak's classics dug up from our archives.
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