For the most, we take for granted that the internet is free and uncensored, or we become oblivious to the fact that it is no longer this way. From tracking companies to hackers, we are continually threatened by privacy invasion in one form or another. The more time we spend online, the worse, this will … Read more
With an upsurge in nationwide (even global) internet monitoring and policing, and the recent laws passed by the Australian government that require internet service providers to maintain meta-data logs of all user activity, internet privacy has become more than just a niche concern. Users had been employing proxy software to bypass restrictions for a while, … Read more
A great video to get you started protecting your privacy in Australia
The Internet is a global network, and anyone has a wealth of knowledge in their hand, in their device, I mean. You have the whole world (almost) with you. But not always. There are websites whose content are not available for certain regions. This phenomenon is what people call geo-blocking. This happens quite often when … Read more
Torrents are a life saver in this day and age, due to the extremely high costs of various shows, movies, programs, software, and even games. These huge multi-national corporations in the end only care about their profits. They release the same old thing with a little bit of tweaking and call it a new version … Read more
On April 13th, 2017, the mandatory data retention scheme fully went into effect. And what it means for us normal folks, is that all of our metadata will be recorded by telecommunication companies for up to two years. This includes personal details such as email Id’s, phone numbers, time, date as well as location and … Read more
What is Usenet? Usenet is a network of individuals that share files or articles with common labels that are called “newsgroups” (for example alt.movies, alt.tvshows, alt.music). Usenet is not brand new and has been around before the internet was developed. Today Usenet uses an NZB file. What is an NZB file? It is an XML-based … Read more