Your IP address can reveal a lot about you, and if you are concerned about privacy while downloading torrent files and surfing the web or are getting blocked because of internet censorship, using proxy servers and VPN services is an solution to the problem but both require paid services for fast access and bandwidth intensive usage, but not anymore as all new free internet anonymity service BitBlinder promises to protect your identity by hiding your IP address and allowing private web-browsing and torrent downloading at fast speeds.

The multi-platform, open-source application BitBlinder is currently in Beta and makes use of TOR network for creating encrypted anonymous connections between peers, every user is required to contribute by relaying data for others making the network fast and efficient.

World's most famous bittorrent network ThePirateBay is all set to mock the new swedish Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED) legislation which empowers copyright holders get personal details of file-sharing users from ISP's, scheduled exactly on the same date when IPRED gets into effect The Pirate Bay announced their new global anonymity service named IPREDATOR offering subscribers more anonymity than traditional VPN services.

Unlike any other VPN service IPREDATOR assures that no user activity logs of anykind is stored, the service is currently under beta and will be released to public before 1st April 2009 costing a moderate 5 EUROS a month.