Month: August 2016

Unfreiwillige Transparenz für die Geheimniskrämer: Privacy International veröffentlicht eine neue Sammlung mit Dokumenten und Informationen zur Überwachungsindustrie. (Überwachung, Instant Messenger)

Trotz positiver Gespräche mit Lucasfilm ist nun klar: Das Fanprojekt Galaxie in Turmoil muss ohne Star-Wars-Lizenz weitermachen. Die Entwickler des Actionspiels wollen stattdessen ein eigenes Universum erschaffen und denken über Crowdfunding nach. (Star Wars, Steam)

Ein bisschen zusätzliche Akkulaufzeit, mehr CPU- und GPU-Geschwindigkeit habe ich erwartet, als ich mein Thinkpad X1 Carbon von 2013 gegen den Nachfolger von 2016 ausgetauscht habe. Doch ich wurde überrascht - positiv und negativ. Denn Lenovo hat einige wichtige Details verschlimmbessert. (Thinkpad, RSS)

Microsoft is beginning to push out the biggest update to Windows 10 since the operating system launched last summer. The Windows 10 Anniversary Update is a free update for anyone running Windows 10, and if you buy a new Windows 10 PC in the future, it’ll probably have the Anniversary Update pre-installed.

While the update begins rolling out today, Microsoft started talking about it in June and members of the Windows Insider program have been testing preview builds for a while.

Continue reading What’s new in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update? at Liliputing.

Der spektakuläre Hack eines Chrysler-Jeeps hat im vergangenen Jahr weltweit Schlagzeilen gemacht. Nun legen zwei US-Sicherheitsexperten nach und warnen vor den Gefahren manipulierter Autosoftware. (Security, Technologie)

Around the world copyright holder groups are lobbying for increased efforts to combat online piracy.

The situation is no different in Sweden, where the Black Market Watch group just published a report calling for increased cooperation from stakeholders such as advertisers and ISPs.

In an opinion piece for DN, Internet providers are accused of handsomely profiting from their inaction, generating an estimated 2.5 billion Swedish krona ($230 million) from piracy.

“According to our calculations, revenue for Swedish Internet providers potentially exceeds two-and-a-half billion kronor a year, much more than the pirate sites earn,” Black Market Watch co-founder Karl Lallerstedt writes, together with the report’s co-author Waldemar Ingdahl.

They argue that Internet providers are in a unique position to prevent copyright infringement, as they can see what their users do online and have the means to block websites.

Speaking with IDG, Jon Karlung, CEO of Internet provider Bahnhof, refutes these calls and discredits the profit claims as lobbyist nonsense.

“It is pure nonsense, there is no truth in it. This is the work of their business lobbyists who want to put more responsibility on us. Our task is to ensure an internet with free movement, not playing cops,” he says.

Ideally, rightholders would like to see a series of measures being introduced to combat copyright infringement. This includes easier domain name seizures, increased anti-piracy efforts from law enforcement and ISPs, plus better education about the risks of piracy.

According to Karlung, Bahnhof already does enough to alert subscribers about unsafe sites. It is also happy to assist law enforcement but the company doesn’t see itself proactively policing its network to catch pirates.

“We inform users about unsafe sites today, and we will continue to do so without copyright holders instructing us what to do,” Karlung says.

“If there is merit to the Swedish legislation, we will help the police if they can show in a documented manner that the servers are being used for illegal activities. But it is not our job to act, they themselves must identify the type of activities.”

The copyright holder requests go directly against one of the core goals of the company – protecting the privacy of its subscribers. In recent years the Internet provider has fought hard to guarantee this right.

Bahnhof has been a major opponent of extensive data retention requirements, launched a free VPN to its users, and recently vowed to protect subscribers from a looming copyright troll invasion.

Given the above, it’s unlikely that rightsholders can expect much voluntary cooperation from Bahnhof.

This stance doesn’t come as a surprise, and the report suggests that rightsholders should demand new legislation from Swedish lawmakers to force ISPs and other stakeholders into action.

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

Ärger mit dem Taxifahrer gibt es in Singapur in wenigen Jahren nicht mehr: Ab 2022 sollen in dem Stadtstaat fahrerlose Kraftdroschken Passagiere kutschieren. Ein Pilotprojekt startet in Kürze. (Autonomes Fahren, Auto)

Das wird vielen Fans anderer Mannschaften nicht gefallen: EA Sports und der FC Bayern München haben eine besonders enge Zusammenarbeit für Fifa 17 verkündet. Neben den Spielern betrifft sie auch die Fußballarena des Vereins. (Fifa, Electronic Arts)

Kinder könnten durch Pokémon Go in gefährliche Gegenden gelockt werden, fürchten Politiker der Stadt New York. Sie wollen, dass Entwickler Niantic dabei hilft, dass Sexualstraftäter auf Bewährung das Spiel nicht nutzen können. (Pokémon Go, Nintendo)

Forscher der Universität Michigan haben ein Samsung Galaxy S6 ohne ein aufwendiges 3D-Modell eines Fingers entsperrt. Sie druckten den Fingerabdruck mit einem Tintenstrahldrucker und leitender Tinte und überlisteten so den Fingerabdrucksensor. (Biometrie, Smartphone)