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PGP im Parlament: Warum mein Abgeordneter keine PGP-Mail öffnen kann

Offiziell fordert das Europäische Parlament “Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung als Selbstverständlichkeit”. Sucht man jedoch eine Möglichkeit, seinem Abgeordneten eine verschlüsselte E-Mail zu senden, trifft man auf ahnungslose Politiker, frustrierte Mitarbeiter und eine sehr vorsichtige IT-Abteilung – und das in Berlin genau wie in Brüssel. (PGP, Microsoft)

Offiziell fordert das Europäische Parlament "Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung als Selbstverständlichkeit". Sucht man jedoch eine Möglichkeit, seinem Abgeordneten eine verschlüsselte E-Mail zu senden, trifft man auf ahnungslose Politiker, frustrierte Mitarbeiter und eine sehr vorsichtige IT-Abteilung - und das in Berlin genau wie in Brüssel. (PGP, Microsoft)

PSA: Fan-made Star Fox cartoon recalls best of ‘70s sci-fi animation

Watch it before lawyers take offense to unauthorized—and awesome—use of Fox McCloud.

"All your friends are out of the game, Wolf! Don't make me shoot you down!" Thus begins A Fox In Space, the best fan-made Nintendo cartoon I've probably ever seen. (credit: Matthew Gafford / A Fox In Space)

After watching the first 12-minute episode of A Fox In Space, you'd be forgiven for thinking this was somehow an official Nintendo project. Maybe some hip promotions person at the big N thought an Adult Swim-caliber, '70s animation throwback series starring characters from the Star Fox games would make for some good PR—especially with a new Star Fox Wii U game hitting store shelves.

A Fox In Space. Warning: This video contains a few curse words, in case that makes it NSFW for you.

As it turns out, the above video wasn't made by Nintendo, or Adult Swim, or any established animation house, really. A Fox In Space is largely credited to a self-taught artist named Matthew Gafford, and in addition to serving as the cartoon's sole animator, he was also its scriptwriter, editor, director, soundtrack co-writer, and lead voice actor for most of the characters.

The result is a high-quality tale whose dark-comedy atmosphere and animation styles recall the best of Heavy Metal and Don Bluth. Episode one finds the series' rival faction, Star Wolf, exploiting a rare moment of Fox McCloud emotional weakness, and its opening Arwing battle montage gives way to a lower-key kidnapping plot. The voice acting is shockingly on-target for the aesthetic—and I'm particularly stunned by the animator pulling off such quality, different-sounding voices for Fox and Wolf—while the slow-but-simmering pacing still leaves room for a lot of impressive animation and beautiful scenery design. (Plus, I'm partial to the cartoon's gags about silly series elements like Fox's legs.)

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Harmonix: Online-Musikband für Rock Band 4

Der Schlagzeuger trommelt in München, der Gitarrist spielt in Liverpool und der Sänger bringt seine Nachbarn in New York um den Schlaf: Das Musikspiel Rock Band 4 soll Ende 2016 einen Online-Multiplayer-Modus bekommen. (Rock Band, Musik)

IT-Sicherheit: Schadsoftware auf Rechnern im AKW Gundremmingen entdeckt

Gezielter Angriff oder nur zufällige Infektion? Nach dem Fund von Schadsoftware auf Rechnern im AKW Gundremmingen bleiben einige Fragen offen. (Verschlüsselung, Server-Applikationen)

Übernahme: Nokia kauft Wellness-Produkte-Hersteller Withings

Netzwerktechnologie scheint Nokia auf Dauer zu langweilig zu sein: Das finnische Unternehmen hat den französischen Anbieter von Wellness-Produkten Withings gekauft. Zusammen wolle man weiter Produkte im Gesundheits- und Vorsorgebereich entwickeln. (Nokia, Wirtschaft)

Blackroom: John Romero und das Shooter-Holodeck

Klassische Action inklusive Rocket-Jumps will John Romero (Doom, Quake) in Blackroom bieten. Der Designer verspricht, jeden Level in seinem neuen Ego-Shooter rund um ein mysteriöses Holodeck selbst zu entwerfen. (Kickstarter, Steam)

Smartwatch: Neue Apple Watch wird schneller und selbstständiger

Die nächste Generation der Apple Watch ist in Arbeit und es gibt erste Hinweise auf die Neuerungen. So soll die Smartwatch einen schnelleren Prozessor und Mobilfunktechnik erhalten. (Apple Watch, Apple)

One S9: HTCs neues Android-Smartphone ist zu teuer

Ganz durch ist HTC mit der One-Serie offenbar noch nicht: Das neue One S9 ist ein Smartphone der gehobenen Mittelklasse, das vom Gehäuse her dem One M9 gleicht. Warum Interessierte statt des 500 Euro teuren Geräts aber nicht gleich das Topmodell des Vorjahres kaufen sollen, wird HTC schwer erklären können. (HTC, Smartphone)

Pirates Switch From Torrents to Streaming and Download Sites

A new report from piracy tracking firm MUSO reveals that the piracy landscape continues to evolve. Pirate sites received a staggering 140 billion visits last year, but there’s a clear shift from torrents to direct download and streaming sites. Interestingly, traffic to private trackers remains relatively stable.

Source: TF, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and ANONYMOUS VPN services.

download-keyboard While there haven’t been any breakthroughs in file-sharing technology in recent years, the piracy ecosystem is constantly evolving.

Torrent sites have traditionally been very popular, but according to a new report published by piracy tracking outfit MUSO, direct download and streaming sites have taken over.

Using data sampled from over 200 million devices by a leading data provider, the company compiled a detailed snapshot of the traffic that flowed to various websites last year.

In total MUSO monitored traffic to 14,000 of the largest global piracy websites, which were visited a dazzling 141 billion times over a 12-month period.

While overall visits remained relatively stable, there was a major shift away from torrent sites to more centralized streaming and direct download sites.

“Our data shows a rapid change in piracy behavior, with a large movement away from torrent usage, and growth in web based piracy,” MUSO informs TF.

The tracking company exclusively shared several interesting data points from the report with TorrentFreak. Zooming in on torrent sites it shows a clear downward trend in number of visits.

From January 2015 to December 2015 these sites saw a 24% reduction in monthly visits. There was still plenty of traffic left though, as the average monthly visits hovered around 3 billion, totaling 34.8 billion for the entire year.

All Torrent Site Visits

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The traffic drop applies globally, with some notable exceptions and variation. In France, for example, visits to torrent sites actually went up.

“Our data can split the above traffic by country, and shows that most countries follow this downward trend. There are however some notable exceptions, such as France, where torrent usage increased throughout the year,” MUSO informs us.

The United States remains the country with the most visits to torrent sites, 3.6 billion per year, followed by India and Russia with 3.3 and 2.7 billion visits respectively.

Interestingly, the downward trend mostly applies to public torrent sites. Private trackers, which make up roughly 4% of all torrent site visits, are affected less.

“Unlike public torrent site usage, private torrent site visits started to increase again during the second half of the year, and ended the year with 8% fewer visits per month,” MUSO explains.

Private Tracker Visits

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The data is part of a large study into the piracy ecosystem. MUSO publishes two commercial reports today, with the first focusing on music piracy, and the second on film & TV.

Overall, MUSO concludes that the piracy ecosystem is rapidly changing. Over the past year torrent sites lost a big chunk of traffic, but piracy remains relatively flat as the decrease in torrent traffic is offset by an increased interest in other web-based pirate sources.

Source: TF, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and ANONYMOUS VPN services.

Videostreaming: Droht Amazon wegen des Prime-Abos eine Kartellbeschwerde?

Amazons Video-Streaming-Abo Prime Video ist für ProSiebenSat.1 ein Ärgernis: Das Fernsehunternehmen sieht in Amazons Prime-Abo ein unzulässiges Kopplungsangebot und will sich deswegen bald beim Kartellamt beschweren. (Prime Video, Amazon)