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Bitmessage Sends Secure, Encrypted, P2P Instant Messages
3Windows/Mac/Linux: Security is naturally a balance between convenience and safety. If you prefer to stay on the safe side of that spectrum, your chats can’t get much more secure than Bitmessage.
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How Can BitTorrent Claim It Has Nothing To Do With Piracy?
In the wake of unsurprising reports that Game Of Thrones is currently the most-pirated TV show, BitTorrent, Inc has put up a blog post arguing that “piracy happens outside the BitTorrent ecosystem”. That’s technically true, but it’s dodging the bigger issue: torrenting is now effectively a synonym for “potentially dubious download” for most people.
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How To Create An Ultra-Private BitTorrent Community For You And Your Friends
These are dark days for BitTorrent. Using it leaves you open to fake torrents, viruses, ISPs throttling your connection and media companies that snoop to see what you’re downloading. If you want to avoid all that, you can create an uber-private BitTorrent community that only you and your friends can access. Here’s how.
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Memo To Kim Williams: No-One Needs To Pay For BitTorrent Software
News Limited CEO Kim Williams gave a speech to the Australian International Movie Convention this week discussing the rising prevalence of piracy online. I’ve got a lot of sympathy for the argument that blithely downloading content through BitTorrent is a hugely damaging activity for content creators, but there’s a crucial element of Williams’ speech that’s…