Encryption and PeerBlock Do Not Protect You from Prying Eyes

[Archiee]

The Problem: Many BitTorrent users, in an effort to hide their activity from media companies, the government, hackers, or other organizations, encrypt their traffic and use a program called PeerBlock to block known snoopers from connecting to you. Unfortunately, neither of these solutions can truly hide you. PeerBlock can't possibly know everyone that could try to snoop your traffic, and is only going to give you a false sense of security. Many users have gotten "caught" torrenting while using PeerBlock. Similarly, while encryption used to protect you from ISP throttling, ISPs have found other means of snooping on your traffic.

The Solution: There's no harm in using encryption and PeerBlock, but they aren't enough to keep your traffic hidden. If you really want to keep other people out of your business, you'll need to use a proxy like BTGuard, a VPN like one of these, or other similar methods. And yes, you'll probably have to pay money for these services, so if you're looking for free solutions, you're mostly out of luck.

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