BitTorrent was developed in 2001: today’s file-sharing technology predates the launch of Facebook, Twitter, and the iPhone. In those fifteen years, surveillance and repression technologies have advanced massively. If we designed file sharing today to keep up with these developments, sharing technology would be an uncensorable, untrackable, and unidentifiable peer-to-peer mesh network between mobile devices. … Continue reading “BitTorrent is fifteen years old. What would a file sharing technology developed today look like?”
The operator of the torrent site KickassTorrents has been arrested in Poland on an extradition request from Hollywood, and the domains seized. This action, while deplorable, shows that the copyright industry is still some fifty years behind reality in its thinking: there are no central chokepoints you can control on the Internet, and the net … Continue reading “The utter futility of the legal attack on KickassTorrents”
0
Notice: Undefined index: dirname in /var/www/blog/wp-content/themes/privacynews/tag.php on line 45
Notice: Undefined index: extension in /var/www/blog/wp-content/themes/privacynews/tag.php on line 45
Your BitTorrent downloads are very public, and Suren Ter, the producer behind YouHaveDownloaded.com, has helped to raise public awareness on this reality. We sat down with our friend, Suren, to discuss the idea behind YHD, piracy, and the future of file sharing. • • • Please give the world a brief introduction about yourself, such … Continue reading “Exclusive Interview with Suren Ter from YouHaveDownloaded.com”