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Anomos. The Best BitTorrent Websites « GeekLimit. Posted by AtariBoy | Filed under Software, Web BitTorrent is a great way of transfering large files across the net without putting large loads of servers.

The Best BitTorrent Websites « GeekLimit

All you need are the torrent files. Here are a few of the best sites you can get legal and not-so-legal torrents from. BitTorrent.com – The origonal site from the creator of the BitTorrent protocol. Legaltorrents.com – 100% Legal torrents, many independant films and music. Linux Tracker - As many Linux ISOs as you can handle, all free of course. Torrentz.com - One of the best torrent search engines available. The Pirate Bay – The biggest tracker of them all, many not-so-legal torrents. Torrentspy - Moving towards more legal torrents, a very popular site. TorrentPortal – Lots of Ads, but if you can get past them its a gold mine of great torrents. 3 Very Cool New Online P2P Services - FSF Exclusives. At FSF, we love exploring new P2P services; whether it be new trackers, P2P apps or online search utilities.

3 Very Cool New Online P2P Services - FSF Exclusives

We’ve got three brand-new sites to report about, including a very unique webservice for checking your IP address in a torrent; a new chic Web 2.0-style serial number search utility; and a website to help find passwords for downloaded files from RapidShare and other hosters. Checkmytorrentip.com New CheckmytorrentIP.com allows users to test their VPN or proxy to monitor if it’s successfully masking your home IP address in a torrent. The service is actually a torrent tracker that generates a unique .torrent file (with a secure passkey) for you to load into your home PC BitTorrent client to check & monitor which IP address is shown in the torrent - and thus every other torrent running in it. If you’re using a VPN or proxy there are many ways your personal IP address can still be exposed.

BitTorrent for Beginners: Protecting Your Privacy. Photo by Benjamin Gustafsson Anytime you’re making connections to anything outside of your network, security should be a concern, and this is doubly true for users of BitTorrent, who are getting data from all sorts of unknown sources.

BitTorrent for Beginners: Protecting Your Privacy

Here’s how to protect yourself. Note: This is the third part in our series explaining BitTorrent—be sure and read the first part of the series, where we explained what BitTorrent is and how it works, and then the second part, where we explained how to create your own torrents. Security Threats It’s important to understand what types of threats are out there in order to effectively block them, so let’s take a look. Viruses and other forms of malware are the most basic of threats. Photo by fitbloggersguide On the more serious side, it shouldn’t be any surprise that your IP address is very easy to trace. Encryption. The place to look for open private trackers! Opentrackers is a site that checks whether private bittorent communities are open.

The place to look for open private trackers!

Most private bittorent communities have small time periods where they are open for signups as they require new members to keep the site going. Often users will find it difficult to check every single site manually and thus OpenTrackers was born. Simply look through the conveniantly alphabetically sorted list to have a complete overview of which trackers are open or closed! The brown leaf icon takes you to a review of the site you are interested in. If the site is open a large green circle will be displayed next to it so hurry and go sign up! : The tracker is open for signups. Ten Most Used BitTorrent Sites Compared. µTorrent. Torrents Search Engine. ExtraTorrent.com The World's Largest BitTorrent System. Demonoid.com. Torrents Search Engine. Btjunkie - the largest bittorrent search engine. Bittorrent sites - the place where you can find all the torrents. Bitenova. 500+ Bittorrent Sites @ BTsites.tk. EZTV - TV Torrents Online.

SUMOTorrent.com - The fresh torrent source - Download Applicatio. Asian Movies, Music and TV Drama Torrent Downloads English Subti. Torrent Arama Motoru – Torrent Ara net. Comic Pirates. Download Torrents. Fast and Free Torrent Downloads - KickassTorr. BitDefender Safego Keeps a Security-Minded Eye on Your Facebook Account - Lifehacker. How To Avoid Spies On BitTorrent. This month both the MPAA and RIAA filed civil lawsuits against Megaupload and its founder Kim Dotcom for massive copyright infringement.

How To Avoid Spies On BitTorrent

What they failed to mention, however, is that many of their members' employees were actually sharing files on the site. In addition, Disney, Warner Brothers and Fox were all eager to set up content distribution or advertising deals with Megaupload. Two years ago the Internet's biggest ever protest killed the hugely controversial anti-piracy legislation SOPA. Speaking to studios this week, a prominent UK government intellectual property advisor admitted that the damage caused was so great that it's unlikely that there will be a fresh piracy-focused legislative push for another five… A man who uploaded a single movie to The Pirate Bay kickstarting South Africa's first online piracy case has been sentenced today. Several large "pirate" movie streaming portals are using Google's servers to distribute copyrighted material.

How to Boost Your BitTorrent Speed and Privacy - Lifehacker.