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Protect Your P2P Privacy

Posted by Hemos on from the stealing-anonymously dept.

BillGatesInABikini writes "APC Magazine has a short piece on protecting your privacy online while using P2P software with the likes of Peerguardian (Windows) and MoBlock (Linux). It's concise and to the point, and a real eye opener if you don't currently protect yourself while using P2P for transferring files, legitimate or otherwise."

2 of 39 comments (clear)

  1. It's a panacea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Even if you use these programs, your IP address will be exposed to others, if not directly than indirectly. It's simply part of how P2P works over TCP/IP.

  2. Safest Method? by FreyarHunter · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The safest method of using P2P software is not to at all.

    Seeing as how various law-groups continue to think they run the universe and thus have the right to destroy computers by "injecting" infected files onto the P2P network.. Egh.

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