Do Pirate IPTV Customers “Support Human Trafficking & Arms Trading”?
Jan01

Do Pirate IPTV Customers “Support Human Trafficking & Arms Trading”?

There is no doubt that over the past 20 years, online piracy has transformed in many ways. While still not completely dead, the original “sharing is caring” ethos is now overshadowed by what is a largely commercial web of for-profit piracy services. In most jurisdictions, the operators of commercial piracy services commit crimes ranging from criminal copyright infringement to money laundering and fraud. So, by definition, pirate sites...

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TorrentFreak’s 12 Most Read Articles of 2021
Jan01

TorrentFreak’s 12 Most Read Articles of 2021

Every year we write hundreds of articles here at TorrentFreak, and some are more popular than others. On the brink of the new year, we look back at 2021 by going over the twelve most read news items of the last 12 months. All in all, it was quite a controversial year once again. Pirate IPTV services were targeted around the globe, Yout.com managed to temporarily get itself unblocked in Brazil, and Netflix intensified its VPN ban. Of...

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New year, new Opensource.com community manager
Jan01

New year, new Opensource.com community manager

I am privileged to be here at Opensource.com as the new community manager. I’m looking forward to working with existing correspondents and contributors, and also bringing in new contributors and increasing the diversity of thoughts and ideas shared here on Opensource.com. My open source journey I moved through several lifetimes before coming into tech and all have shaped me into who I am as a contributor to open source. Here are...

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