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One of the Internet's Gatekeepers Is Eyeing Sneaky Cryptocurrency Miners
Websites are hijacking computers to mine digital coins.
Popcorn Time Is Just Like Netflix, Except Everything Is Pirated
The rise of Netflix has corresponded with a decline in piracy, largely due to ease of access. Sure, you can easily find countless hours of entertainment on any number of torrent websites and similar services. But torrents can be risky. Not anymore.
Britain's "Porn Filters" Want to Stop Kids Becoming Hackers
One ISP is blocking legal file-sharing sites as part of their default filter.
TorrentFreak, Demonoid's Site Moderator, and Anonymous All Have Something to Say
On Wednesday I wrote an article for VICE titled "Torrentfreak is Full of Shit, According to a Demonoid Admin," that quoted a Demonoid site moderator I am in contact with. Unsurprisingly, TorrentFreak got a bit upset.
TorrentFreak Is Full of Shit, According to a Demonoid Admin
I've been covering the rise of Demonoid since 2009, so when TorrentFreak reported that they were forcibly kicked off the internet, possibly courtesy of the US government, I reached out to one of their admins. I was told that anything TorrentFreak...
Feds Accidently Brand 84,000 Websites As Child Porn
_Amazing_. Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Justice is boasting that they took down "several" websites this week related to child porn and counterfeit goods. The problem? One of those sites, which was mistakenly targeted, was a big time DNS...
