Month: August 2017

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In this episode, we meet Steve Phillips of The Pursuance Project. Pursuance is a new tool for organising activists and journalists online which springs directly from the work of journalist Barrett Brown and Barrett’s experience handling the Stratfor HBGary leaks around 2012-2013, which resulted in him going to prison.

We discuss the tech behind the Panama Papers and Snowden leaks, the details behind the HB Gary leaks, how Steve was inspired by the story of Anonymous’ first big online hit and how organizational tools are the new frontier online – whether for corporate teams or activist groups.
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Steal This Show aims to release bi-weekly episodes featuring insiders discussing copyright and file-sharing news. It complements our regular reporting by adding more room for opinion, commentary, and analysis.

The guests for our news discussions will vary, and we’ll aim to introduce voices from different backgrounds and persuasions. In addition to news, STS will also produce features interviewing some of the great innovators and minds.

Host: Jamie King

Guest: Steve Phillips

Produced by Jamie King
Edited & Mixed by Riley Byrne
Original Music by David Triana
Web Production by Siraje Amarniss

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Forscher haben gezeigt, wie sich digitale Assistenten von Unbefugten missbräuchlich nutzen lassen. Das gelingt mit Sprachbefehlen, die für das menschliche Ohr nicht wahrnehmbar sind. Das Risiko bei Smartphones ist dabei höher als bei smarten Lautsprechern. (Digitaler Assistent, Google)

Im November 2017 will Nintendo seinen vor allem für die Wii U gedachten Onlinedienst Miiverse einstellen. Spieler können dann in erster Linie über Nintendo Switch Online in Kontakt treten - allerdings startet der Service in vollem Umfang erst 2018. (Nintendo, Games)

Der Ausbau des schnellen Internets und des neuen Mobilfunkstandards 5G spielt in allen Wahlprogrammen eine Rolle. Selbst die AfD vertritt dazu Positionen, die jedoch von keiner Sachkenntnis getrübt sind. Eine Analyse von Friedhelm Greis (BTW 2017, Urheberrecht)

Manche Kritiker finden den BMW i3 etwas behäbig, was BMW dazu veranlasst hat, mit dem BMW i3S eine leistungsfähigere Version auf den Markt zu bringen. Auch die normale Version des Elektroautos erhält eine leichte Überarbeitung. (BMW, Elektroauto)

More and more people are starting to use “fully-loaded” set-top boxes to stream video content directly to their TVs.

Although the media players themselves can be used for perfectly legal means, third-party add-ons turn them into pirate machines, providing access to movies, TV-shows and IPTV channels.

Over the past several years, there has been little enforcement effort on this front. However, this changed earlier this year, when the European Court of Justice ruled that selling devices pre-configured to obtain copyright-infringing content is illegal.

The hardware can still be sold and media player software such as Kodi is legal too, but vendors who ship boxes with pirate add-ons could get a letter or visit from rightsholders. Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN is particularly active on this front and has convinced hundreds of sellers to clean up shop.

One of these vendors, located in The Hague, recently promised that it would stop offering these boxes. However, BREIN discovered that while the pirate media players disappeared from the online store, they were still sold in the bricks-and-mortar store.

The anti-piracy group obviously wasn’t happy with this and reported the shop owner to the local police, who went in and confiscated 245 “pirate” media players a few days ago.

“We summoned this merchant to stop but, despite his promise to do so, he continued. We have therefore reported it to the police. These players cause great damage because people no longer pay for the movies and series they watch,” BREIN director Tim Kuik says.

It is now up to the authorities to determine if any further action is needed. BREIN expects that the prosecutor’s office will try to settle the case with a fine, but if the vendor refuses to pay it may also lead to a prosecution. At the same time, BREIN also has the option to file a civil case.

Although BREIN’s actions usually don’t result in criminal prosecutions, the anti-piracy group continues to pressure people who are involved in selling and developing these platforms. Ultimately, they hope that this will deter others from getting involved.

Earlier this year the Motion Picture Association described pirate media players as a major threat, dubbing them “Piracy 3.0.” While this threat is far from over, it has definitely become riskier for people to get involved in developing and selling these boxes.

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DeepL heißt ein neues Übersetzungstool. Es will besser als die Übersetzungsdienste von Google und Microsoft sein. In Stichproben war Golem.de von den Ergebnissen sehr angetan. Ein Hands on von Ingo Pakalski (Internet, Supercomputer)

Ein internes Gremium soll sich künftig um die Sicherheit des OpenJDK kümmern. Der Vorschlag kommt von Oracles Java-Chefentwickler Mark Reinhold. Die geplante Gruppe soll eng mit Oracles Entwicklungsabteilung zusammenarbeiten. (OpenJDK, IBM)

Die Luxusmarke Aston Martin, bekannt als Dienstwagen von James Bond, will künftig nicht mehr auf den Elektromotor verzichten und ab ungefähr 2025 nur noch Hybridfahrzeuge anbieten. Auch ein reines Elektroauto ist in Planung. (Elektroauto, Technologie)

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