Month: September 2019

Das nächste Xiaomi-Smartphone kommt offiziell nach Deutschland: Das Redmi Note 8 Pro ist ein großes Mittelklasse-Smartphone, das sich mit seiner 64-Megapixel-Kamera allerdings von der Konkurrenz abheben kann. Im ersten Kurztest macht der Bildsensor einen guten Eindruck, ebenso wie der Rest des Gerätes. Ein Hands on von Tobias Költzsch (Xiaomi, Smartphone)

Die aktuelle Version 17 von Nextcloud bietet mit Virtual Data Rooms einen neuen Dienst zum Umgang mit besonders kritischen Daten an. Außerdem lassen sich nun Daten von gestohlenen Geräten löschen. (Nextloud, Applikationen)

The latest version of HP’s Spectre x360 13 thin and light convertible notebook features a smaller footprint than its predecessors, but it packs more horsepower thanks to a move to a 10th-gen Intel Core “Ice Lake” processor with Iris Plus graphics. HP has slimmed down the design by shrinking the top and bezels around the […]

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The upcoming One Mix 3 Pro is a convertible laptop with an 8.4 inch touchscreen display, a 360-degree hinge, a backlit keyboard, and support for a pressure-sensitive pen. It’s also the first computer of its size to sport a 10th-gen Intel Core “Comet Lake” processor. The One Mix 3 Pro features an Intel Core i5-10210Y […]

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Grafikkarten, Mainboards und Smartphones: PC Games Hardware, wie Golem.de Teil der Marquard Media Group, stellt von der Redaktion ermittelte Testergebnisse auf einem neuen Ratgeberportal vor, das herstellerunabhängig bei Kaufentscheidungen helfen will. (CMG, PC)

Die Einführung von DNS-über-HTTPS in Googles Chrome gefährdet angeblich das Geschäftsmodell der Provider mit Werbung. In den USA soll deshalb ein Kartellverfahren gegen Google angestrengt werden. Sinnvoll erscheint das kaum. (Google, DNS)

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Betrüger nutzen die Insolvenz des Reiseveranstalters Thomas Cook für ihre Zwecke. In Phishing-E-Mails versprechen sie eine komplette Rückerstattung der Reisekosten, sofern die Betroffenen ihre Kreditkarten- und Passdaten übermitteln. Ein Datenleck gab es wohl nicht. (Phishing, Internet)

Passwortgeschützte PDF-Dateien bieten wenig Sicherheit. Ein Angreifer, der die Dateien manipulieren kann, kann dafür sorgen, dass deren Inhalt geleakt wird. Abhilfe gibt es nicht, dafür müsste das Dateiformat geändert werden. (PDF, Technologie)

Ten years ago Facebook reached out to The Pirate Bay, asking the torrent site to remove the ‘share’ button from its site.

At the time, the torrent site was at the center of a high profile copyright infringement lawsuit, something the social media network didn’t want to be associated with.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, The Pirate Bay wasn’t very cooperative. The request remained unanswered which left Facebook with no other option than to block Pirate Bay URLs at its end.

“The Pirate Bay has not responded and so we have blocked their torrents from being shared on Facebook,” the company told us at the time.

Today, more than a decade later, the “share” button on The Pirate Bay is long gone. Somewhere during this period, Facebook’s ban was also lifted. When the social media site started blocking several other torrent sites a few weeks ago, we noticed that TPB was not among them.

However, this changed recently. When we reviewed Facebook’s blocking efforts a few days ago we noticed that The Pirate Bay is now blocked as well. Similar to the other pirate sites, it apparently violates the platform’s “community standards.”

People who want to use Facebook to post a link to The Pirate Bay will see the following error message instead; “You can’t share this link. Your post couldn’t be shared, because this link goes against our Community Standards.”

Similarly, all Pirate Bay links are blocked in Facebook’s Messenger chats as well, returning a similar notification.

Facebook’s Community Standards and its Terms of Service allow the platform to take action against potential intellectual property infringements, which is likely what triggered this action.

While The Pirate Bay is now blocked again by Facebook, the current ban is substantially different from the previous one. Ten years ago the site only prevented people from linking to actual torrent pages, while all URLs, including the homepage, are banned today.

It is apparent that Facebook is gradually expanding its ‘piracy’ blocking efforts. In addition to adding The Pirate Bay, 1337x.to was recently added as well, and it wouldn’t be a surprise if more URLs will follow.

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