Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Law & Security”
Almost every Android device relies on a Google account for activation. For extra security, a feature labeled “Factory Reset Protection” (FRP) has been added to Android. Pretty handy tool, but it can also be a serious problem if you forget the Google name and password you used to set up your device. If that happens, it’s a good idea to …
“All copying forbidden”, “downloading is killing the entertainment industry”, “up to 30 years jail time and $100.000.000 in fines”… gee, what haven’t we all heard about the evils of torrents, downloading and the Internet in general and all the horrible things happening to people who do more than just surf the web for baseball game results and use Facebook to …
Are Movie Streams Secure? Convenient, easy to use, fast: Movie streaming has become the new standard of watching movies online for not too tech-savvy users. Simply go to your favorite movie streaming site, click on a few links, battle through the ads, and you’re in for some quality time. But behold, what is this nagging feeling, creeping through your brain? …
Old times, where have you gone? Remember the days when you didn’t worry about your anonymity online? The government didn’t spy the Internet, no self-proclaimed “anti-piracy” companies lurking around, and certainly no one was talking about forcing Internet providers to scan their customers traffic for potentially suspicious acts (okay, I suppose they will go for the suspicious stuff first before …
The “underground” sites out there are like your government: You can’t do without them and are glad they exists, but very often they try to screw you. Ads, sometimes merely annoying, sometimes potentially harmful for your wallet or your computer, are rife on these websites, being streaming, direct downloading or torrent sites. And of course, your anonymity is at stake …
Be it Movies4k, The Pirate Bay, iWatchOnline or Movietube, all of them are run by companies or individuals who love money as much as you and me. And imagine owning a website easily reaching a few million visitors per month – wouldn’t you try to make as much money as possible? There is one teeny, tiny problem however: with visitors …
Much has been said about the copyright industry and their alleged attempts to stop piracy. Or is it more about making as much money as possible, no matter the methods? Decide for yourself… Apart from warning letters, the pay-up-or-else scheme has gained by far the most publicity. Notorious for demanding (or “extorting”, as some say) hundreds to thousands of dollars …
Ever since the copyright industry and others, such as the NSA similar parties both official and private, have begun spying, suing and harassing everyday Internet users and downloaders alike, ways have been developed to avoid their gaze and remove any restrictions imposed on your connection. The VPN: A condom for the Internet (only better) From lawsuits being filed by rogue …
Quick Overview: PeerBlock, along with it’s predecessor PeerGuardian, has been around since 2003 as one of the first ways to protect file sharers from unwanted attention from anti-p(r)ivacy outfits and everyone else trying to analyse and track the networks, such as government agencies. Is it really worth the effort to install this free software to your computer, and how effective …
