Article: Worldwide surge in encrypted torrents.(Security Report)

A published report in The Register should be a wakeup call to media companies, ISPs and Universities," said SafeMedia Corporation CEO & Founder Safwat Fahmy. "The number of file-sharers disguising their BitTorrent activity with encryption is skyrocketing, and rising 10-fold in the last year, from four to 40 per cent according to the report. "Content filtering and packet shaping solutions are not long term viable solutions to eliminate illegal file sharing and identity theft associated with contaminated P2P networks." (Contaminated P2P networks are known to contain illegal copyrighted files, classified business information, national security data and personal identification ...

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