

This layer not only add privacy to the transaction, but it also acts as a "cache" and speeds up the file sharing process. The new technique works by introducing a new proxy layer to regular BitTorrent traffic. But the Delft University researchers want to bring out a free solution that works just as well, if not better. This lack of privacy has led to for-profit mass lawsuits, and also government sponsored anti-piracy monitoring as part of 'graduated response' laws.Ĭurrently, users can make their BitTorrent havits private by subscribing to a paid monthly VPN service.

#Annonymous bittorrent update
The worst nightmare of rights holders may come true soon, as researchers at the Netherlands's Delft University of Technology are only a few months away from releasing a new BitTorrent client that will not only work anonymously, but it will also be free, and will speed up downloading too.Īlready successful with their totally decentralised Triber client, dubbed the most resilient BitTorrent client currently available, the researchers plan to release the next major update to Tribler, and anonymity will be the key new feature.Ĭurrently, rights holders and agencies working for them can easily track the IP addresses of those downloading and uploading in any swarm, as this data has to be published publicly in order for the BitTorrent protocol to work.
