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.
The program consists of a total of 15 pages, and should be the most concrete and factual of the programs presented by parties running in the elections. After The raid on the popular BitTorrent tracker “The Piratebay”, the Pirate Party has transformed in …
Bill Gates admitted to watch pirated content on youtube. As you might know, the MPAA and RIAA are targeting youtube at the moment for its pirated content. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal Bill Gates said: WSJ: You watch physics l …
P2Pnet owner Jon Newton is facing a libel suit filed by Kazaa CEO Nikki Hemming. To help Newton with his legal fees, Toronto based singer/songwriter Neil Leyton has written a song about the situation, and has organized a fundraiser for August 5th at the Ri …
Let’s correct something first. Targetpoint confirmed yesterday that they indeed were interested in buying Meganova about a year ago, like we reported three months ago. This makes is likely that the statements of the two other torrentsite admins, who told m …
The fact that The Piratebay Founders profit from ad revenues could mean that they are facing stricter laws in the upcoming court case. Piratebay founder Fredrik Neij said to Svenska Dagbladet on Wednesday: “If there is money left over, it wi …
PRQ wanted their four computers back, computers used for book keeping and keeping tabs of customers (also necessary for PRQ to be able to pay their taxes). HÃ¥kan Roswall refuses and insists that the computers are to remain locked away for at least a …
Tip: Want to download Torrents anonymously? Try BTguard, a great way to download torrents securely. 1. Hack the max half-open TCP connections If you’re on XP sp2, your TCP connections are limited to a maximum of 10. This might hurt your downloading s …
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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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