The Pirate Bay Launches Free VPN

bs0d3 writes "The Pirate Bay team is going to be making the RIAA angry, with the launch of a new ad-supported VPN service. PrivitizeVPN is available for free from The Pirate Bay. Instead of earning revenue through subscription as ipredator does, PrivitizeVPN comes packaged to install the Babylon search bar (adware). PrivitizeVPN appears to be available for Windows users only at the moment. The Pirate Bay staff has a long history of promoting services that have no logs; e.g. , you can't get in trouble if your anonymized IP is subpoenaed by government officials. Although PrivitizeVPN is being released silently, with no press coverage, no official statement, and no comments from The Pirate Bay of any kind, people are assuming that PrivitizeVPN will have the same familiar data protection policies. A backup download location has been setup here for people who have limited access to the Pirate Bay domain."

Comments

Re:so you lot are promoting ip theft now ?

[Joce640k]

The RIAA is probably behind this, Babylon search bar is a far worse punishment than thier frivolous lawsuits.

Re:Ad-supported *and* a installed browser toolbar?

[chiefmojorising]

Well, what good is a torrent site without seeds?

Re:so you lot are promoting ip theft now ?

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah but taking a sniff of that smell doesn't prevent anyone else from smelling it.

Re:Just remember folks..

[MysteriousPreacher]

Piracy of Linux is indeed a serious issue. I found quite a few Linux torrents at TPB.