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.
Last month Counting Crows released their latest studio album titled Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation). Fans have been waiting since 2008 for the release and it’s selling well, but that won’t prevent the band from giving some tr …
According to a US indictment, Kim Dotcom and the rest of the “Mega Conspiracy” were running a criminal operation. They are accused of engaging in a racketeering conspiracy, conspiring to commit copyright infringement, conspiring to commit money launder …
Instead of the entertainment industry beating up the little guys on the issue of piracy, in 2011 and early 2012 they went for the nuclear legislative option. The ensuing battle for the free flow of information online polarized the Internet. SOPA and PI …
While simple to set up and use out of the box, it may comes as a surprise that the security of VPN anonymity services can be improved. Of course, when things run absolutely to plan there’s little to worry about, but there are occasions where there may be a …
The Internet offers great opportunities for content creators. Technically, everyone in the world could get access to the same content at once. That’s kind of what piracy does. Sounds great, but it also scares the heck out of industries such as t …
Troubled international media giant News Corporation felt the ice crack beneath its feet this week after years of enduring ill winds blowing from phone hacking scandals in the United Kingdom and United States. The Australian Financial Review and the BBC …
Next month, the 2012 Pirate Parties International conference gets underway in Prague, Czech Republic. The event, held on the weekend of April 14th and 15th, will feature speeches from Amelia Andersdotter, Swedish Pirate Party’s Member of the European Pa …
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