Anonymous Hacks Russia’s Roscomnadzor Site-Blocking Agency
For many years we’ve been reporting on efforts by Russian authorities to restrict access to internet content deemed ‘dangerous’ by the state. Our focus has been on the relatively tight niche of copyright issues. These typically involve Russian telecoms agency Roscomnadzor and the use of powerful filtering and detection systems to block pirate sites that stubbornly refuse to remove movies and TV shows. Importantly, the same systems can...
ACE Says It ‘Shut Down’ Two Pirate Sites But That’s Not Quite The Full Story
Earlier this week an article was published in Variety detailing the massive task being undertaken by the anti-piracy team at the MPA and Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment. Jan van Voorn, the MPA’s executive vice president and chief of global content protection, explained that his job is to “oppress the bad guys” in order to let legitimate platforms thrive. As our regular reports here on TF illustrate, no one can deny that the...
EUFA Wants Ukraine to Increase Anti-Piracy Protection, After The War
After more than two weeks, news and images of the Russian invasion of Ukraine continue to shock the world. The conflict has caused a humanitarian crisis, affecting millions of innocent citizens who have to flee their homes in search of safety. In response to the aggression, Governments and companies around the world have imposed tough sanctions on Russia. This also includes many sports organizations, which stopped their broadcasts in...
How I run my blog on a Raspberry Pi
Like a lot of folks who enjoy tinkering with technology, I now have a small but growing collection of Raspberry Pi boxes around my house. I’ve used them for various projects: A PiHole network ad blocker, an OctoPi 3D print server, and a Minecraft server, among others. However, the most custom project I’ve done is setting up a Raspberry Pi to act as a web server to host my own blog site, mandclu.com. I got the idea while...
