PirateBrowser gets 100,000 downloads in three days

[NavyRet]

PirateBrowser gets 100,000 downloads in three days

The new browser provided by the Pirate Bay to beat censorship and web site blocking has been downloaded over 100,000 times in three days.
The PirateBrowser works by taking advantage of the TOR network, which can be used to get around censorship and web tracking by routing traffic through the network before eventually connecting to the remote location via an exit node. If the exit node is not subject to any such censorship, then it will have no problem downloading and relaying data from the remote website back to the user.

This would come in handy for anyone who finds that their ISP has blocked access to a website. In Ireland, for example, the two main service providers (UPC and Eircom) have been forced by the High Court to block access to the Pirate Bay website, meaning users who attempt to go to the site will get a message explaining the court's decision instead.

By using the TOR network correctly, this block can be easily overcome.

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[Katzenfreund]

It's part of the scene's expected reaction to the authoritarian restrictions.

Yet, the browser has weaknesses, as per my post here:

http://Dirtywarez.org/pirate-bay-new-censorship-dodging-browser-not-secure-t148586.html

And apparently many people don't know about warez boards which provide a better, safer alternative to torrents.