BitTorrent announced yesterday on their blog that they’re doing a new update to their client, both the BitTorrent client and their uTorrent client, which aims to get people to share more …when they file share. Did anyone else just hear Xzibit say something like “Yo dawg, I heard you like file sharing, so we…”
The feature is interesting, so let’s look at it a bit deeper to see what it all means.
Read More »BitTorrent Client: New Features Reviewed
IPVanish, our number one ranked VPN, just released a new version of their client (V3) for all platforms. I have been in contact with the team over the last few weeks, playing around with their new toy, and will be giving you my assessment of it during its beta-testing, as well as the final version.
Read More »New IPVanish Client Review: More Features, Sleek Design
Piracy in India has been unique in the world in that piracy sites have been actively blocked. A new blocking message has been added, and it is causing greater worry amongst those who torrent and p2p, mentioning jail time and large fines as penalties.
Read More »Piracy in India: Blocks on Torrent Sites Escalate
Wow, what a month this has been in the world of torrenting. First, KickAss Torrent was shut down by the FBI. That was a huge blow as the site had taken over from The Pirate Bay as the largest torrent hosting site in the world. That wasn’t all that has happened this month, it got worse!
Read More »Bad Month in Torrenting: Torrentz is Gone, ExtraTorrent Deleted from Facebook
With the recent LinkedIn hack causing worry all over the world as potentially 117 million accounts being exposed, interest in online security is once again on people’s minds. Why it ever left is an even bigger question, especially after you read through these 10 online security #fails which have been happening since the ‘online’ world started!
Read More »The Worst Internet Security Breach Incidents of the Past
After the recent news out of Russia in regards to their ‘anti-terror’, or pro-spying and surveillance, legislation, first it was Private Internet Access having their servers seized leading to them leaving their Russian presence.
On July 12, IPVanish stopped offering servers in Russia as well. Never content with giving their customers less, they have since added new servers. Let’s look at what’s happening.
Read More »Server Activity at IPVanish: Leave Russia, Add in UK, Australia
Private Internet Access is a very well reviewed and respected VPN provider which prides itself on three things:
It appears as if number 2 and number 3 have finally come in conflict with one another as it is rumoured that Russian authorities have seized some of their servers in Russia as part of a crackdown on encryption, and severe surveillance laws.
Read More »NEWS: PIA Servers Possibly Seized in Russia, Taking Precautions
Privacy and security on the Internet is becoming a bigger and bigger issue all the time. Unfortunately, people are trying to take back their privacy and security online …and have no idea what they’re doing. This leads to confusion, vulnerabilities, hacking, and things like the new Opera VPN (which isn’t as advertised).
Let’s take a moment to really look at privacy and security tools that you can use on your computer that will actually help you. Some of them are a bit advanced, but you can learn how to do them with a bit of reading.
Read More »Privacy and Security on the Internet: Advanced Tools Anyone Can Use
The battle to save Net Neutrality seems to be a never-ending one. Just yesterday, June 28, 2016, over 7,000 sites have added a protest banner which pushes people to send their comments on net neutrality to the BEREC, the EU’s regulator.
Read More »Save Net Neutrality in the EU: July 18, 2016 DEADLINE
If I’ve learned anything in my years of online security writing and research, it’s that if you want something good you have to pay for it. This is particularly true for VPNs and virus protection. Yes, I have written a review of the best free VPNs, but those are not ideal in comparison to the ten best paid options.
There are some instances, however, when not for profit companies, or companies which are for profit but looking to attract new clients with free software, do create free online security tools that are good. Let’s look at them now, and let’s protect you better online after you’ve chosen a
Read More »The Best Free Online Security Tools to use with a VPN