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.
Until the end of last month, the Russian torrent tracker Pornolab had operated happily out of a datacenter in Ukraine. With previous market leaders Empornium and PureTNA dead and buried, Pornolab became the world’s largest adult BitTorrent site, serving ar …
In an announcement today, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has revealed that Andrew Crossley, the former boss of ACS:Law, has been handed a penalty for his failure to ensure the security of sensitive data held on their computer systems. …
In February, a secret meeting of the European Union’s Law Enforcement Work Party (LEWP) resulted in a worrying proposal. To deal with illicit sites on the Internet, the group suggested the adoption of a China-like firewall to block websites deemed ‘i …
Last week, Creative Commons Founder Lawrence Lessig gave a talk at CERN where he discusses the disastrous effects of copyright on creativity and science. Lessig starts off by making the distinction between creators and publishers of content (e.g. music …
The above is an introduction from an article written by James Gannon, a lawyer based in Toronto. Gannon graduated with distinction from the University of Waterloo, with an honours degree in System Design Engineering in 2005. He received his degree in law i …
Yesterday, the Dutch Government announced plans to outlaw downloading of all copyrighted material and measures to make it easier to block websites that facilitate copyright infringement. An interesting move, particularly since a survey they published on th …
Imagine that you found this great new TV-show “Pioneer One,” which the makers decided to give away for free. You’re actually so excited about it that you want to share it with a friend by pasting them a FilesTube link in Yahoo! Messenger. Although this …
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