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Anti-Piracy Crusader’s Sex Engine is Now a Pirate Linking Site

Four years ago, adult industry worker Robert King launched the StopFileLockers campaign, an anti-piracy initiative designed to shut down cyberlockers. Now, in 2016, a domain bought by Robert King to act as a search engine is serving up an indexing site which uses cyberlockers to deliver pirated TV shows.

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

In 2012, adult industry businessman Robert King embarked on a mission to destroy the “bad players” of the cyberlocker market. At the time, the Australian told TF that he would stop at nothing to rid the world of their influence.

“What I hope to achieve is very simple. I want to tear apart the illegal file locker industry by removing its supply of funds and then ultimately removing its supply of network connectivity,” King said.

“In the main file lockers are simply modern-day ‘fences’ of stolen goods. Just like a thief would take a stolen television or car radio to the pub and sell it for a few dollars, there are thousands of people around the world who take copyright content, upload it to an incentivized file locker, then get a few dollars to as much as $30 for 1000 downloads of that content.”

During the months that followed, King became one of the most hated people in the cyberlocker and linking-site sphere. Within three months of the launch of the campaign, King claimed to have shut down payment processing for more than 500 sites.

For almost three more years, controversy continued to build but suddenly, in April 2015, King announced the shutdown of the project, declaring a victory of sorts. Today, however, an ironic situation of head-shaking proportions has emerged.

It appears to have begun during the summer when King told members of the GFY forum (NSFW) that he’d begun work on a new search engine for porn.

Exactly how Node.xxx started life isn’t clear (Wayback Machine has no archive) but there can be no doubt what purpose it is being put to today. The domain is serving up a fully-fledged pirate streaming link index catering for consumers of every TV show imaginable.

Aside from the mere existence of the site, perhaps the greatest irony is to be found in the places where Node.xxx-indexed TV shows are hosted. Yes, of course, they’re all hosted on cyberlocker sites, the same kind of sites King waged war on during his StopFileLockers campaign.

To give a specific example, this page (indexing Gangland Undercover) has a “Click Here to Play” button, which opens up the episode in question which had previously been uploaded to cyberlocker Openload.

For the avoidance of doubt, the Node.xxx domain was registered by AdultKing (backup image here) and uses sales@adultking.co.uk as the contact email.

The AdultKing.co.uk domain (also owned by Robert King) points to the same server as AdultKing.com.au, a domain which is owned and operated by Robert King’s Melbourne-based company, AdultKing PTY Ltd.

Domain-wise, however, that’s just the tip of the iceberg (backup) of those owned by AdultKing PTY, with Node.xxx nestled somewhere in the middle of a long list.

A mirror of Node.xxx (which in turn appears to be a clone of watchseriesgo.to) can be found here, should this mystery deepen with the mysterious taking down of the site following the publication of this article.

We’ve asked Robert King for a comment and will update when we receive a response.

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

Leaked images suggest LG G6 has no modular “friends”

Motorola seems to be bullish on modularity. The company’s Moto Z line of smartphones support a series of MotoMods that snap onto the back to add high-quality speakers, projectors, extra battery life, and other features. More MotoMods are on the way, and the company is encouraging hardware hackers to design their own.

But before the Moto Z launched, there was the LG G5. It also has a sort-of modular design, thanks to a slot on the bottom of the phone that allows you to slide out the battery and/or insert add-ons including a Cam Plus camera grip.

Continue reading Leaked images suggest LG G6 has no modular “friends” at Liliputing.

In an era of password leaks, Netflix tries extreme vigilance—with mixed results

Did my account actually get hacked? Hard to tell, even after Netflix’s “heads up.”

You can hardly throw a stone at a major Internet company these days without that stone's password and personally identifying data being hacked. Data breaches have become the norm, and for average Internet users, that means an increased need for vigilance.

On Wednesday, an unexpected e-mail alert from Netflix made me wonder if the media-streaming giant had become the latest victim of a giant data break-in. That wasn't the case. Instead, I found myself facing rather the opposite scenario: a tech company offering proactive support. But did Netflix's vigilant take on my account's security tip over into scare-tactic territory?

"It is more like a heads up"

I began to prep a dinner on Wednesday evening when I saw an e-mail alert on my phone saying, "Netflix password reset required." It's the kind of notice that might make anybody toss their bottles of cumin and dill aside and rush to a computer.

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Unsicherheit bei Flugbuchungen: “Greift mehr Legacy-Systeme an”

Hacker sollen mehr Legacy-Systeme angreifen – zumindest wenn es nach Karsten Nohl geht. Der Sicherheitsforscher zeigte auf dem 33C3, wie leicht sich Flugbuchungen manipulieren lassen (33c3, Datenschutz)

Hacker sollen mehr Legacy-Systeme angreifen - zumindest wenn es nach Karsten Nohl geht. Der Sicherheitsforscher zeigte auf dem 33C3, wie leicht sich Flugbuchungen manipulieren lassen (33c3, Datenschutz)

Lenovo’s new ThinkPad laptops include models with Intel Optane storage

Lenovo is refreshing its ThinkPad line of laptops just ahead of the new year, and there are a few key changes.

The new laptops ship with 7th-gen Intel Core “Kaby Lake” processors. They all feature Microsoft Precision touchpad drivers with support for Windows 10 features. And they all come with Windows 10 Signature Edition software, which means there’s virtually no bloatware.

One of the most interesting changes though, only affects certain models: Some of Lenovo’s new ThinkPad laptops will be among the first to ship with Intel Optane storage.

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Lenovo is refreshing its ThinkPad line of laptops just ahead of the new year, and there are a few key changes.

One of the most interesting changes though, only affects certain models: Some of Lenovo’s new ThinkPad laptops will be among the first to ship with Intel Optane storage.

Continue reading Lenovo’s new ThinkPad laptops include models with Intel Optane storage at Liliputing.

EU-Kommissarin Vestager: Irland hätte das (mit Apple) nie machen dürfen

Margrethe Vestager sieht die Klage Apples und Irlands gegen die Steuernachzahlung tiefentspannt. Die Gewinne würden im Vergleich zu anderen Unternehmen in Irland viel zu niedrig besteuert. (Apple, Rechtsstreitigkeiten)

Mini-shootout: $900 smartphone vs. $3,000 DSLR, round three

It’s still not a match at the extremes, but it’s definitely “good enough.”

The smartphone-vs-DSLR shootout has become something of a tradition here at the Ars Orbiting HQ. We did one in 2014 and another in 2015, relying on my own (small) skills as a photographer to stage and shoot a bunch of different images using both the latest model iPhone and my Canon 5D Mark III DSLR.

For the past two years, we’ve had essentially the same two takeaways: first, that smartphones take pretty solid pictures when the lighting is good; second, I am a crap photographer and we need to hire someone who knows how to compose a scene if we’re going to keep doing these.

Well, good news, everyone: this time around, for this shootout, we got together with Houston-area pro photographer Jay Lee. This partnership has resulted in some excellent images without any of the casual mistakes my shots exhibited in past comparisons. (If Jay’s name sounds familiar, it’s because he gained some Internet fame a few years ago when Slashdot featured his efforts to fight a paranoid conspiracy theorist illegally using his photos.)

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