Court Orders WhatsApp to Suspend Users Sharing Pirated Movie
‘Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai’ is a new action film directed by Prabhu Deva. Originally scheduled for a May 2020 release, like many others it was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. With no clear end to the virus in sight, the decision was made to release ‘Radhe’ in India via premium VOD on Zee Plex and digitally through ZEE5 on May 13, 2021. It was immediately pirated. Last week, Zee Entertainment Enterprises revealed that it...
German ‘Upload Filter’ Law Sets Standards to Prevent Overblocking
In 2019 the European Parliament adopted the new Copyright Directive that aims to modernize how copyright is protected in the online environment. After the directive passed, individual EU member states began working on implementing the text into local law, which has to be finalized next month This includes the controversial Article 17, which requires online services to license content from copyright holders. If that is not possible,...
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 05/24/2021
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. These torrent download statistics are meant to provide further insight into the piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources. This week we have two new entries in the list. “Mortal Combat” is the most downloaded title. The film can be watched online legally on HBO Max, but that’s not yet available...
Pen testing with Linux security tools
The multitude of well-publicized breaches of large consumer corporations underscores the critical importance of system security management. Fortunately, there are many different applications that help secure computer systems. One is Kali, a Linux distribution developed for security and penetration testing. This article demonstrates how to use Kali Linux to investigate your system to find weaknesses. Kali installs a lot of tools, all...
Launch Flatpaks from your Linux terminal
The Flatpak application distribution model is helping developers target Linux in a new and easy way, and it’s helping Linux users install more applications without worrying about what version of Linux they’re running. It’s an exciting technology, and on my Fedora Silverblue system, it’s the default package installation method. All of my desktop applications on Silverblue and several of my favorites I use on...
