After BlackSuit is taken down, new ransomware group Chaos emerges
After BlackSuit is taken down, new ransomware group Chaos emerges
As BlackSuit’s dark web site goes dark, Chaos is already around to pick up the slack.Dan Goodin (Ars Technica)
AdGuard is yet another app to block Windows Recall
AdGuard is yet another app to block Windows Recall
Recall, a controversial Windows 11 productivity feature, is now available to more users. At the same time, more privacy-focused apps are blocking it.Taras Buria (Neowin)
Cloudflare gets involved in the battle against piracy, blocking streaming websites in the UK — and VPNs won't help
Cloudflare cracks down on UK piracy – and VPN users are getting caught in the crossfire
VPNs used to be the go-to solution to bypass ISP blocks, but Cloudflare just ramped things upMonica J. White (TechRadar)
Cloudflare gets involved in the battle against piracy, blocking streaming websites in the UK — and VPNs won't help
Cloudflare cracks down on UK piracy – and VPN users are getting caught in the crossfire
VPNs used to be the go-to solution to bypass ISP blocks, but Cloudflare just ramped things upMonica J. White (TechRadar)
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India bans streaming apps you’ve never heard of — but millions watch
India has ordered the blocking of 25 streaming services — many with millions of viewers and even paying subscribers — for allegedly promoting "obscene" content.
India bans streaming apps you’ve never heard of — but millions watch | TechCrunch
India has ordered the blocking of 25 streaming services — many with millions of viewers and even paying subscribers — for allegedly promoting "obscene" content.Jagmeet Singh (TechCrunch)
Echelon kills smart home gym equipment offline capabilities with update
Update also blocks compatibility with popular third-party apps.
FULU Foundation offers $20,000 bounty to unbrick echelon bikes
Pebble is officially Pebble again
I guess that means no more Intel Core jokes.
Pebble is officially Pebble again
Core Devices CEO Eric Migicovsky says the company has regained the Pebble trademark so its forthcoming watches will “still” be Pebble watches.Victoria Song (The Verge)
SF-Based Internet Archive Is Now a Federal Depository Library. What Does That Mean?
SF-Based Internet Archive Is Now a Federal Depository Library. What Does That Mean?
The Internet Archive, thanks to its designation by California Sen. Alex Padilla, joins a network of over 1,100 libraries that make government documents accessible to the public.Morgan Sung (KQED)
SF-Based Internet Archive Is Now a Federal Depository Library. What Does That Mean?
SF-Based Internet Archive Is Now a Federal Depository Library. What Does That Mean?
The Internet Archive, thanks to its designation by California Sen. Alex Padilla, joins a network of over 1,100 libraries that make government documents accessible to the public.Morgan Sung (KQED)
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In most situations, getting that designation provides extra funding and legal protection. However, all of that is managed by the federal executive on behalf of Congress… and these days that could result in added risk.
On the plus side, I believe it means that every work submitted to the LoC also goes to IA, which is indeed a good thing. Sure beats the lawsuits they had to endure following COVID.
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What it means is that they, inexplicably, haven't yet fled to a country that isn't turning fascist and censorious.
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Microsoft admits it 'cannot guarantee' data sovereignty
Under oath in French Senate, exec says it would be compelled – however unlikely – to pass local customer info to US admin
Microsoft admits it 'cannot guarantee' data sovereignty
: Under oath in French Senate, exec says it would be compelled – however unlikely – to pass local customer info to US adminPaul Kunert (The Register)
US | FCC to Appoint a Babysitter to Make Sure CBS Isn't Anti-Trump
FCC commissioner Brendan Carr says CBS will have a "bias monitor" who reports directly to the president of Paramount.
Itch.io deindexes NSFW games after becoming the latest target of skittish credit card companies and anti-porn group Collective Shout, catching an award-winning indie and more in the crossfire
Itch.io deindexes NSFW games after becoming the latest target of skittish credit card companies and anti-porn group Collective Shout, catching an award-winning indie and more in the crossfire
Finally, we're safe from… uh, award-winning indies about girlhood and games that discuss the historic oppression of queer people.Harvey Randall (PC Gamer)
Canada’s Bill C-2 Opens the Floodgates to U.S. Surveillance
Canada’s Bill C-2 Opens the Floodgates to U.S. Surveillance
The Canadian government is preparing to give away Canadians’ digital lives—to U.S. police, to the Donald Trump administration, and possibly to foreign spy agencies.Electronic Frontier Foundation
Canada’s Bill C-2 Opens the Floodgates to U.S. Surveillance
Canada’s Bill C-2 Opens the Floodgates to U.S. Surveillance
The Canadian government is preparing to give away Canadians’ digital lives—to U.S. police, to the Donald Trump administration, and possibly to foreign spy agencies.Electronic Frontier Foundation
DNS security is important but DNSSEC may be a failed experiment
Systems Approach: Nobody thinks of running a website without HTTPs. Safer DNS still seems optional
US | Internet Archive Designated as a Federal Depository Library
Announced today, the Internet Archive has been designated as a federal depository library by Senator Alex Padilla. The designation was made via letter to Scott Matheson, Superintendent of Documents at the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Book Talk: Lucky Day with Chuck Tingle (IN-PERSON)
The Internet Archive is thrilled to host Chuck Tingle and his upcoming novel Lucky Day, for a book talk presented by The Booksmith! We can\'t wait to see you there, […]\nblog.archive.org
Hughes.net?
I am thinking about getting Hughes.net for home internet.
My internet usage is totally vanilla, streaming, games etc.
Has anyone used Hughes.net, and are you happy with the service?
Kairos
in reply to cm0002 • • •So a VPN will help? lol.
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in reply to Gravitywell.xYz • • •Doesn't seem to be a DNS block. I just set Mullvad to the UK and visited one of the pages. Mullvad does run their own dns. Still got cloudflare 451.
The error message reads like the website is using Cloudflare CDN, so Cloudflare'd be able to block any requests originating from the UK.
Cloudflare's CDN is definitely used by a lot of torrent/piracy sites (e.g. 1337x, thepiratebay, Anna's archive), so we'll see what'll come off this.
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in reply to QuazarOmega • • •It's not just convenience - depending on how you use it, Cloudflare is also pretty good at giving an additional layer of anonymity. They assign any user of your site to the closest CDN Server geographically, so it's is pretty hard to determine how and where your site is actually hosted. They also used to be pretty good about resisting takedown requests.
Oh well. I'd say time for a federated CDN, but the legal costs would probably be rather annoying for most volunteers.
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in reply to cm0002 • • •This doesn't make sense.
They say "endpoint in the UK" and "VPN Server in the UK", and that they could not confirm whether outside the UK would still block.
Cloudflare blocks UK requests. If you use a VPN you choose which country you send the requests from.
Cloudflare as a separate entity from the VPN provider can't know where requests originally came from. That's the whole point of the VPN.
There is nothing new here. The article seems to misunderstand and to misrepresent.
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