And if you want to stay anonymous because you’re downloading large files and don’t want people to see what you’re downloading—say, on BitTorrent—Tor is not a good solution. Don’t be that jerk that slows down everyone else’s traffic for no reason. Just as important, you might no...
Licensing is a problem only for those distros produced by entities hoping to rent-seek a profit. Otherwise, it'd essentially be the OS equivalent of launching DVD Decrypter on bittorrent while megacorps fume impotently at not colle...
Install a BitTorrent Client: Withsome sort of network-attached storageor a router with an integrated USB port and an attached USB storage device, you could use your router itself as a BitTorrent client. Run Server Software: OpenWrt’s software repositories contain packages that allow it to funct...
You have to click through various offers that attempt to install the Conduit Search adware and ascammy PC cleaneron your computer. This junk is marked as "Recommended by BitTorrent", so less experienced users may think it's actually recommended software, not that they're being paid to recommen...
The solution I called for then--theadoption of BitTorrentas the official distribution platform for Change.gov--was, admittedly, a pipe dream. In this post, I'll explain why the government needs to step up and host its own videos and why it is simply improper to rely on YouTube to foot...
A network-install version released to MSDN subscribers between August 6–8 did not include this certificate and yields a different MD5 checksum; however, to ensure you have the latest release, we recommend checking for the presence of a valid certificate before installing any network-install...
I can imagine edge cases where all those factors are met, for example, with a small private business with a metered ISP who is trying to stop some users from taking advantage of free wifi to download gigabytes via bittorrent. I only insist that those edge cases are infrequent. For most ...
Some of these fake warnings and messages look better than others. All it takes is one to successfully trick a user into installing it, and malware will be brought onto the system. The good, bad, and ugly of BitTorrent downloads There are good reasons for using BitTorrent, as mentioned at...