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Shvoong Home>How To>Computers & Internet >How to Protect Privacy While Downloading Something Review

How to Protect Privacy While Downloading Something

Article Review   by:GHMisha    
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Whether you are downloading a copyrighted material free of cost or not, but the fact is you will never like to be continuously monitored by someone else.

Here are some steps which will teach you about not allowing a media company or other organizations intruding your privacy during download or file sharing.

When you use BitTorrent, you are being connected with several users who are distributing chunks of files to you. You and your peers have to exchange each others IP addresses to communicate properly so that exchange of data can be maintained. However, keep this in mind that when you are downloading a copyrighted material free of cost then some related organization will join you as your peer and will get access to all of your information. When they will get your IP address then they may contact your ISP and make a complain about the copyright infringement being done from your computer. Hence, when you use BitTorrent to download some copyrighted material then you need to follow some security tips.

You may use the service IP Gauradian 2 to keep all of those blacklisted IP addresses away from your activity. It means to say that any organization who is intruding on users information may safely be blacklisted and hence will not be allowed to become your peer.

All you need to do is to download IP Guradian 2 and install on your system. By default, the Anti P2P IP addresses are checked for your help. Proceed and use BitTorrent safely.

There are also other options to avoid Anti P2P firms from intruding into your activity. One is to use a proxy server.
Published: February 25, 2011   
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