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Let's learn about via these 149 free stories. They are ordered by most time reading created on HackerNoon. Visit the to find the most read stories about any technology. Personal Data /Learn Repo HackerDay, HackerNoon, HackerNight... let your secrets stay secrets! 1. AI and Personal Data: Does GPT-3 Know Anything About Me? What do AI's know about you and can you opt out? Large Language Models are going to be used in search engine outputs and it's time to prepare! 2. ‘Hacked’ Netflix MENA Twitter Account Asks For Movie Torrent Recommendations (Updated) Last night the Twitter account of Netflix in the MENA region suddenly had its 'N' logo replaced with a pirate-themed graphic. Then, in a series of bizarre tweets declaring a hack, followers were asked for recommendations on movie torrents. This morning Netflix apparently regained control and apologized but could there be more to this than meets the eye? 3. A Letter from TheMarkup.org President Nabiha Syed My dad brought home a computer when I was 3 years old. He hoped that it would teach me things — and it did. I learned to spell in English by playing Reader Rabbit and the Fabulous Word Factory. 4. Italian Court Orders 'Preventative Measures' Against IPTV Providers An Italian court has ordered 'preventative measures' that requires the websites of 15 'pirate' IPTV providers to be blocked in the country. The complaint was filed by top Italian soccer league Serie A after the IPTV providers reportedly broadcast live matches without permission. How effective the blocks will be remain to be seen, however. 5. The Subpoena Orders Cloudflare To Hand Over The Identities of Uploaders Adult movie company AMA Multimedia has obtained a DMCA subpoena from a Washington court to help it track down individuals who uploaded content to various 'tube' sites. The subpoena orders Cloudflare to hand over the identities of uploaders and potentially site operators too but given the way the content seems to be delivered, it remains a question whether the former will be possible. 6. DISH Calls For $9.9m In Damages From Easybox IPTV A lawsuit filed by US broadcaster DISH Network against Easybox IPTV looks set to end with significant cost to the men behind the unlicensed IPTV provider. In a motion for final judgment and permanent injunction, DISH is demanding $9.9m in damages for direct copyright infringement of 66 copyrighted works, broadcast by Easybox without permission. 7. Manga Scanlation Communities Are Against Unleashing Enmity Huge scanlation platform MangaDex recently revealed that legal pressures had, among things, restricted its ability to receive donations from users. Following our report, a server administrator connected to several other groups gave us additional insight into these anti-piracy efforts. Amid the hostilities, however, it appears that all the scanlation community really wants is to improve the chances of manga titles arriving in the West. 8. 7 Ways to Improve Cybersecurity when You Travel in 2022 If you travel frequently, you should know how to safeguard your data. Think about these things before taking off on your next vacation. 9. Plex Slammed By Huge Copyright Coalition For Not Policing Pirates Plex has become the latest neutral technology to get slammed for not doing enough to prevent movie and TV show piracy. According to pro-copyright lobby group CreativeFuture, which represents more than 560 companies and organizations, Plex - like Kodi - is a "dangerous digital media player" that has joined the ranks of "internet heavyweights who refuse to take responsibility for the criminal behavior on their platforms." 10. ‘Pirate’ iTunes Download Site and Three Others Targeted By the RIAA The RIAA has obtained a DMCA subpoena against Cloudflare in an effort to unmask the operators of several 'pirate' music platforms including one offering iTunes content. The subpoena requires the CDN company to hand over names, addresses and account information of people allegedly behind infringement of tracks by Justin Timberlake, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Selena Gomez and more. 11. Dish Network Envisions Blockchain-Based Patent Application Dish Network is fighting online streaming piracy on many fronts. Aside from lawsuits and other legal campaigns, the company also looks at the broader picture. In a new patent application, Dish envisions a blockchain-based anti-piracy management system that promises to be open and accessible to all. 12. US Movie Companies Prosecute YTS Users Plus The One With a VPN The operator of YTS recently 'settled' a lawsuit that was filed by the US. movie company Wicked Nevada. Soon after, the same movie company joined other filmmakers to sue several users of the notorious torrent site. According to the complaint, the rightsholders know the email addresses that the defendants used to register with at YTS, as well as the VPN IP-address of one user. This raises some questions. 13. 4 Signs You Make it Easy For Someone to Hack You Hacking can happen on any device and to any person—and hackers are only getting smarter by the minute. 14. Giant Pirate Platform Jetflicks Disguised as Aviation Video Service, US Government Reports After being shut down by the FBI, Jetflicks and associated site iStreamitAll were described by the US Government as two of the largest unauthorized streaming services in the United States. A new filing in the Jetflicks case now reveals that the giant pirate platform ran alongside a fledgling aviation video service that quite literally failed to get off the ground. 15. 7 Ways To Protect Your Personal Information on the Internet In this day and age, it seems like everything takes place online. From your shopping expenditures to most of your communications, the internet has truly become a part of every part of our daily lives. And while there are several benefits to the ease and immediacy of the digital age, there are also several security breaches that can arise when living a life online. Check out these few key "Dos and Don'ts" to ensure your time on the internet is safe and secure. 16. Lawsuit Filed Against BitTorrent, The Company Accused of Illegal Profiting A lawsuit filed against BitTorrent owner Rainberry Inc, TRON Foundation's Justin Sun, and one of his colleagues, is based in employment law. However, the allegations it contains could pique interest in Hollywood, with claims that movies including The Lion King were involved in a "fraudulent scheme" to "make a profit from the illegal piracy of those materials." 17. A Look at COVID’s Impact on Data Privacy and Protection After more than a year into the pandemic, it’s clear that COVID-19 will have lasting impacts. As companies rapidly embraced digital transformation, data privacy and protection have seen some of the most significant changes. COVID data risks and policies will likely far outlast the virus itself. 18. Would You Notice If You Were Hacked? Android Security 19. Anti-Piracy Chief: Pirated Content is Now Harder to Find in Search Engines An anti-piracy memorandum aimed at removing allegedly-infringing content from search engines is beginning to have an effect in Russia. That's according to the chief of the Internet Video Association, an anti-piracy group representing the interests of numerous licensed online video distribution platforms. 20. Japanese Publisher Sues Cloudfare For Copyright Violation Major Japanese publisher Takeshobo has sued Cloudflare in a Tokyo court for alleged copyright infringement. The publisher says it was forced into the action after requests to remove content being offered by a Cloudflare customer were ignored. Takeshobo is taking care not to mention the name of the 'pirate' site in question but TorrentFreak has uncovered a DMCA subpoena from 2019 which may shine some light on proceedings. 21. MangaDex Returns Under a New Domain, Confirms Legal Issues After several days of downtime, manga scanlation giant MangaDex has reappeared online. In addition to confirming the existence of a DMCA subpoena first reported here on TF last week, MangaDex says it has legal issues that have resulted in the temporary loss of its .org domain and removal from Cloudflare. It is now operating under a new domain while the problems are dealt with. 22. Japanese Government Approves New Bill to Criminalize Manga Piracy The government of Japan has approved a new bill aimed at reducing the downloading of pirated content from the Internet. The new law, which is targeted for Jan 1, 2021, will criminalize the downloading of manga, magazines and academic material with prison sentences of up to two years. Operators of pirate linking sites will also face up to five years behind bars. 23. 23andMe and Other Sites are Selling Users' Genetic Data: How Safe is Your DNA? How genetic information from sites like 23andMe and Ancestry.com is being shared and sold. 24. Federal Biometrics: How Does the Government Use Biometrics Data? 25. Main Domain of Kim Dotcom's K.im Project Set To Be Reclaimed After falling into third-party hands the main domain of Kim Dotcom's K.im project is set to be reclaimed. The Isle of Man domain recently expired and was quickly snapped up but, following a dispute process, it could be transferred back to the crypto project in a matter of days. Documents reviewed by TorrentFreak reveal that there was an attempt in December to sell the domain back for $100,000. 26. ApolloTV Streaming App Shuts Down Following ACE Cease-and-Desist Notice Movie and TV show streaming app ApolloTV has shut down following threats from the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment. The global anti-piracy coalition hand-delivered a cease-and-desist notice to the developer behind the software, the terms of which he immediately complied with. 27. The Best Cybersecurity Practices for Data Centres Read on to learn about the specifications of data center security and the risks that threaten it. Discover the cybersecurity best practices that you need. 28. Setting Up a Guest Wi-Fi Network Internet Securer It has become quite a ritual among friends to ask for the Wi-Fi password before even exchanging greetings. The technology has taken made us so much addicted to it. The moment people enter your house, all they want to do is to access your internet to post on social media. Well, you can’t blame them because you do the same when you go to their place! 29. Cloudflare Sued For Failing to Terminate 99 ‘Repeat Copyright Infringing’ Sites Two companies that design and manufacture wedding dresses are suing Cloudflare for copyright infringement after it failed to terminate service to 99 'repeat infringer' websites. Allure Bridals and Justin Alexander claim that they sent 7,000 DMCA complaints to the CDN company but aside from passing the notices on, Cloudflare failed to take more meaningful action. 30. How To Create a Complex Password For almost all the accounts that you create on the Internet, you need to come up with a secure, that is, a complex password. Choosing the most secure password requires the use of unlikely combinations of letters and numbers. Fortunately, creating a complex and at the same time easy to remember password is a task that you can handle. To learn how to create a password correctly, use our tips. 31. AMD Uses DMCA to Mitigate Massive GPU Source Code Leak (Updated) AMD has filed at least two DMCA notices against Github repos that carried "stolen" source code relating to AMD's Navi and Arden GPUs, the latter being the processor for the upcoming Xbox Series X. The person claiming responsibility for the leak informs TorrentFreak that if they doesn't get a buyer for the remainder of the code, they will dump the whole lot online. 32. Businesses are Tackling Data Privacy Restrictions with Hybrid Cloud If a business deals with personal data, it inevitably faces data protection and privacy legislation issues. Here is how the hybrid cloud helps address those. 33. What Are The Challenges of Monetizing and Selling Data? There have been great advancements in monetization opportunities in the last decade, but there are still challenges when it comes to generating big data analyti 34. How To Fool Prices: Price Discrimination in the Digital Economy Price discrimination have been around for years. It is seen as a benefit for both companies and buyers, but there is a line that price discrimination can cross to become illegal and harmful for our digital life. 35. Kim Dotcom Domain Case Solved, Followed By Bid To Halt Extradition After falling into third-party hands, the main domain of Kim Dotcom's K.im project has been returned following a settlement agreement. While this progress is being welcomed by the Megaupload founder, even more serious matters lie on the horizon. Will the New Zealand Supreme Court decide against extradition to the US? Dotcom predicts that while close, the judgment will not go in his favor. 36. Judge Asks Author to Consider a Massively Reduced Claim after Suing eBook.bike for Infringement The copyright infringement lawsuit filed by author John van Stry against former Pirate Party leader Travis McCrea may be edging closer to financial discomfort. 37. Another Lawfirm Sues 'Copyright Troll' Malibu Media A law firm hired by notorious 'copyright troll' outfit Malibu Media is suing the company over breach of contract and unpaid bills. According to a lawsuit filed this week by The Lomnitzer Law Firm, Malibu 'circumvented' an agreement between the companies by hiring other attorneys to conduct litigation. The law firm is also demanding that Malibu pay more than $280K to settle its debts with the company. 38. ‘Academic’ Torrent Client Hopes to Shake up the Entertainment Industry Researchers at Delft University of Technology have secured another €3.3 million in funding for academic research into the ‘Internet-of-Trust’. The money will in large part be used to continue development on the Tribler BitTorrent client. Professor Johan Pouwelse, who leads the Tribler lab, hopes that the software and underlying technology will shake up the entertainment industry by shifting the balance of power. 39. Great News About Self-Regulation In VPN industry: i2Coalition’s VTI Essentials In the last decade, the VPN market has been steadily growing, and this growth was spiked even further in 2020. Two main reasons contributed to an even more expansive use of VPN software: 1) Covid-19, quarantine, and work from home set the needs for home network security; 2) cybercrime has been on the rise and cybersecurity became a more common issue. 40. My Story Within The Privacy War I am developing a product with data privacy as the highest priority. It is hard (and maybe costly too). 41. Instagram Takes Down IPA Due To The DMCA Violation Facebook-owned Instagram has taken down an independently developed API claiming that it violates the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA. The complaint claims that the tool 'Instagram-API' allows unauthorized access to Instagram users' posts, which the company says are copyrighted works to which it grants protected access. 42. Christian Rapper Who Filed Lawsuit Against Katy Perry Gets an Infringement Complaint Katy Perry's writers lost a $2.8m lawsuit against Christian rapper Flame last year over the use of a handful of notes. Musician Adam Neely published a hit video on YouTube slamming the lawsuit but in a bizarre twist, Perry's publisher Warner Chappell has now filed an infringement complaint against Neely. Not only have they claimed all of the advertising revenue from his video, they've turned the entire matter into an unbelievable trainwreck. 43. Smart Cities Raise Data Privacy Concerns Should you be excited about smart cities or concerned about your privacy and data? I go through three of the ten privacy principles (PIPEDA) and their effects. 44. How To Manage Your Privacy Online Think carefully before publishing your personal data (especially name, address, telephone number) in a user profile. 45. As Police Investigate Share-Online Operators, Uploaders & Users Could Be Next In October 2019, Share-Online.biz, Germany's largest file-hosting site, was shut down following police raids around Europe. As the investigation into the platform's operators continues, a cybercrime police representative now says that hunting down former content uploaders and regular downloaders at the site remains a "realistic scenario." 46. How to Keep Your Data More Secure in 2022 🔒 Encrypting online data with Cryptomator before uploading to cloud storage services in 2022. How to protect sensitive online data with file encryption by Louis M 47. Popular eBook Platform eBookee Losing Control Of Its Main Domain Popular eBook download platform eBookee has lost control of its main .org domain. The suspension was carried out by the Public Domain Registry 48. Disinformation-as-a-Service: Content Marketing’s Evil Twin Are you tired of all the BS out there on the internet? It's about to get A LOT worse. Dirt-cheap disinformation-as-a-Service campaigns are a thing now. 49. Benefits of Corporate Data Backup and Best Practices to Keep in Place Nowadays, companies are increasingly relying on corporate data backup solutions to guarantee the safety and recoverability of their data. Read on to learn more 50. So Much Data. So Little Time for Ineffective Searches. How can we access this data correctly? Without simplifying it or opening this door, information is just bits. 51. Jehovah’s Witness Body Uses DMCA to Subpoena YouTube For ‘Apostate’ Identity The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, the supervising body and publisher for the Jehovah’s Witness religious group, is using the DMCA to obtain the identity of a self-proclaimed 'apostate'. In a filing at a New York court, the group demanded that Google should hand over the identity of a person who allegedly uploaded videos of sermons to YouTube without permission. 52. Nintendo Shuts Down Kickstarter Campaign For Violating Animal Crossing Copyrights A law firm acting for Nintendo of America has shut down a successful Kickstarter campaign for alleged breaches of copyright. According to the gaming giant, the fundraiser used characters and images from the Animal Crossing series without obtaining the necessary permission. 53. Spotify Hits Windows Software That Downloads Tracks & Removes DRM A law firm acting for Spotify has taken down a piece of Windows software that allows users to download and remove DRM from music tracks while skipping ads. XSpotify, which also carries an ad-blocking feature, is described as a tool that "steals" Spotify encryption keys in contravention of the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA. 54. Have You Been the Victim of an Online Attack? Here's How to Take Action 1 in every 3 Americans suffers from an online attack each year; a rate of about one attack every 39 seconds. It results in scams, fraud, and emotional trauma. 55. Viral Marketing Firm is Pirating Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video & HBO Go A viral marketing company is engaging in blatant copyright infringement as part of a new campaign. MSCHF has launched AlltheStreams.fm, a 'pirate radio' site that is currently streaming shows from Netflix, Disney+, HBO Go and others with zero permission from copyright holders. The company informs TF that once one network shuts it down, five others will take their place.... 56. Facebook and Anti-Abortion Clinics Have Your Info Facebook is collecting ultrasensitive personal data about abortion seekers and enabling anti-abortion organizations to use that data 57. Canadian Pirate Site Blockade Expands With New Domains months ago Canada's Federal Court issued the country's first pirate 'site' blocking order. The order was requested by Bell, Rogers, and Groupe TVA, who recently asked the court to amend the order to ban additional domains that provide access the pirate IPTV service GoldTV. This request was granted. Despite attempts from the rightsholders to keep the update quiet, the new domains have been revealed as well. 58. Why Did Today Feel like a Black Mirror Episode? Are the recent tech giant privacy policy updates of September 2022 pushing us further into dystopia? strfsh live report 59. Combat Online Vaccine Registration Scams With Better Cybersecurity Measures Hackers are targeting the online vaccine supply chain and are setting up malicious attacks to have unauthorized access to the organization’s vaccine information 60. The Biggest Data Privacy Risks For Every User Most spheres of our lives are entirely digitized: starting from cashless transfers while doing some shopping and ending with GPS navigation instead of paper maps. 61. The Independent Phone : More Privacy, Less Freedom? Freedom and privacy tend to go together, but there is a difference. With a more private phone, does it really mean you have more freedom? 62. Secure the Distance: How to Protect the Personal Data of Students Enrolled in Online Education The International Telecommunication Union provides security recommendations for schools. 63. Anime Fans Find ‘Pirate’ Subtitles in Netflix Streams of City Hunter Netflix subscribers in France shared a wry smile over the weekend when a screenshot from the anime movie City Hunter was shared on Twitter. The screenshot revealed that the subtitles hadn't been obtained from an official supplier. Instead, they were apparently culled from a 'pirate' file distributed by an IRC channel specializing in anime content, one that could've been dead for some time. 64. Cloudflare Displaying Rare 'Error 451' to German Visitors, Deny Access to a Music Piracy Site CDN company Cloudflare is displaying an extremely rare 'Error 451' to German visitors who attempt to access a music piracy site. The message currently affecting DDL-Music.to states that the site has been rendered "Unavailable for Legal Reasons'. Contrary to Cloudflare's own error code guide, no explanatory legal demand specifics have been published. 65. Activision Subpoenas Ordering a DMCA for Reddit, to Recognize a Modern Warfare's Warzone Leaker In response to the many Call of Duty Warzone leaks appearing online, Activision has been filing aggressive takedowns on copyright grounds. According to documents obtained by TorrentFreak, the gaming giant has also obtained a DMCA subpoena from a US court, which compels Reddit to hand over the personal details of a user who allegedly posted a leaked image to the site. 66. ACE Scalps Ulango TV App Seizing Domain The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment has claimed another scalp in the 'pirate' IPTV space. The UlangoTV app provided free access to thousands of unlicensed TV streams but there was also an option to pay for more reliable content. Today, however, its clear it is unlikely to be returning after its domain was taken over by the global anti-piracy coalition. 67. Cyber Police Raid Advertising Agency For Working With Pirate Sites Authorities in Ukraine report that officers from the cybercrime unit have raided an advertising agency in the capital Kiev for doing business with sites offering pirated movies and TV shows. Images released by the government show masked and armed officers targeting a building and herding out large numbers of employees. 68. Common Mistakes Made by Developers While Redesigning Mistakes made during software redesign - Perfection, following a trend, hitting with a big hammer 69. 7 Alarming Signs That Magecart Attacks Are Here to Stay Magecart attack has become one of the biggest threats e-commerce businesses are facing. It uses the same techniques as a POS skimmer would do at a physical cash register, cyber criminal launching a Magecart attack would try to insert a malicious script into servers responsible for handling your payment. This way, they were able to get access to your customer data when a customer type it on your e-commerce site. 70. Disney Claims Rights to Denmark’s The Little Mermaid Statue A woman who uploaded one of her own photographs to print-on-demand site RedBubble says she has been hit with a takedown notice by Disney. The photograph, which features the 107-year-old The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, apparently violates Disney's rights. According to a copy of the complaint, the statue depicts one of "Disney's Princesses". 71. Russia Pirate Sites Dump 1XBET in Favor of Identical Yet Legal 1XStavka A study published in 2019 revealed that controversial gambling company 1XBET, known for placing adverts on pirate sites, had become the third most active online advertiser in Russia. 72. ACE Coalition Seizes Four More ‘Pirate’ IPTV Domains The Alliance For Creativity and Entertainment has been quietly comandeering more pirate site domains, presumably as part of settlement arrangements with their former owners. One domain relates to a previously announced case but three others, all connected to pirate IPTV, are reported today for the first time. 73. Court Calls Cloudflare for Denying Access to Copyright Infringement or Face Penalties or Lockup This week visitors to pirate music site DDL-Music were greeted with a rare 'Error 451' message from Cloudflare, indicating that the site had been rendered unavailable due to legal reasons. It now transpires that following legal action by Universal Music, Cloudflare was served with a court injunction , which threatened fines and potential prison time for non-compliance. 74. SSI's Problem with Data Ownership Facebook, Google, Amazon. Everybody seems to be out to get your data. No wonder, monetising data is a massive business that propelled centralised data controllers to the market cap stratosphere. But what do you get for giving away your data? A “free” service, if you are lucky, and a breakdown of democracy if you are fresh out of luck. Consequently, a number of people are pushing the idea that users should control their data using self-sovereign identity (SSI) management systems (like sovrin) and interoperable data pods (such as inrupt). As it turns out, though, this approach has a number of fundamental issues as well. 75. Court Of Appeal Refuses Kim Dotcom's Access To Outlawed Spy Recording The New Zealand Supreme Court has declined Kim Dotcom's appeal in his bid to access private communications captured illegally by the country's spy agency. Dotcom will still be entitled to damages for the unlawful intrusion into his private life but he says this matter is not about money. Instead, he seeks to hold the GCSB agency accountable for its illegal behavior, for the benefit of all New Zealanders. 76. 2 Million Fitbit Accounts Were Exposed by Cybercriminals A user on a well-known hacker community has leaked the emails and passwords of 1,999,999 users of the widely used health and fitness platform Fitbit, famous for its gadgets like smartwatches, and innovative fitness apps that track your training and sleeping patterns (among other things). The platform was recently acquired by Google LLC in a $2.1 billion USD deal. 77. Ensuring Privacy with Zero-party Data Zero-party data is the future of data collection because it bridges the gap between advertising needs and consumers’ concerns about privacy. 78. YggTorrent Website Lost Control Over Its Main Domain France's largest torrent site YggTorrent has lost control over its main domain. According to the site's operators, YggTorrent.ws was suspended by the domain registrar without providing additional information. Given that Alexa reports that YggTorrent is one of the most-visited websites in the whole of France, the disruption is likely to affect millions of visitors. 79. Pre-Deployment Checklist: Django Web Security You already know web security is important to keeping hackers and cyber-thieves from accessing sensitive information. So, in this post we are going to check Django security vulnerabilities and how to fix them. 80. The Pirate Bay: Over 2.5 Petabytes Are Still Being Seeded The Pirate Bay has revealed some intriguing statistics on its decentralized archive of data. Over the years more than 6.7 petabytes of data were made available through the site. Less than half of this is still being seeded. The data further reveal that the 2014 raid did some serious damage to the infamous torrent site. 81. The Invisible Man, Emma, and The Hunt Hit Pirate Sites After Rushed VOD Releases A decision by Universal Pictures to quickly make movies available on VOD services due to the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in the inevitable. Titles including The Invisible Man, Emma, and The Hunt, which are still in their theatrical windows, are now all available for download on pirate sites, just hours after release. 82. Pirate IPTV Supplier One Box Fails to Put up a Defense, Ordered to Pay $3.8m In 2019, 'pirate' IPTV supplier One Box TV found itself on the wrong end of a DISH Networks lawsuit. Filed in a Florida court, the complaint alleged that the IPTV supplier was transmitting DISH programming unlawfully via the Internet. After failing to put up a defense, One Box TV and its owner have now been ordered to pay $3.8 million in damages. 83. The Future of the Internet Through the Web 3.0 Lens Jules Verne, John Brunner, Arthur Clarke, William Gibson, George Orwell — it’s a short list of writers who predicted the future in their books. They’ve written about social and technical changes that will take place in human society. Here we are, facing those changes good or bad. 84. Is 128 Bit Encryption Enough? There are a lot of cloud services that tout encryption strength as a measure of how well they guard your data. It is quoted in bits, which is the size of the key. So you see services quoting 128 bit, 256 bit or even 2048 bit. 85. 6 Browser Extensions for Online Privacy in 2020 A lot of things happened in 2019 that lead people talking and caring more about their privacy online. You might hear a lot of people saying that there isn’t such a thing as privacy online. Our actions online are being monitored, we get personalized ads, that are not just influencing us to buy something, but even influences our political views, influences our values, our actions. 86. Why Cyber Security Should Be Your Company’s Top Priority In 2020 As business is increasingly conducted through online interactions and digital exchanges of data and information, the importance of cyber security for companies grows by the minute. The influence of the advancement of technology has contributed to increased efficiency and productivity alongside a host of new dangers and vulnerabilities that can be taken advantage of by malicious users. In order to address these concerns, security needs to continually evolve to be able to effectively respond to new risks and methods of attack that are developed. To get a better idea of why you should make improving cyber security one of your top priorities moving forward, take a look at the points given below. 87. Privacy Challenges And Improper Use of User Profile Data Improper use of user-profiles data by third parties is probably the most serious potential risk with regard to personal data contained 88. Ebook.bike Holder Is To Get Sanctioned After Failing To Produce Discovery Former Pirate Party Canada leader and Ebook.bike operator Travis McCrea is facing the possibility of crippling sanctions if the plaintiff in his copyright infringement lawsuit has his way. After McCrea failed to produce discovery as ordered by the court, the legal team of author John Van Stry are moving in for the kill, demanding sanctions that have the potential to undermine any chance of McCrea winning his case on the merits. 89. MPA Takes Further Action on Pirate Video App TeaTV, Requests Github To Consider 17 U.S. Code TeaTV is one of the most popular 'pirate' video apps around, providing ready access to movies and TV shows. The app received mainstream media attention in 2019 and following on from that exposure, the MPA has been trying to disrupt the application. The movie industry group is now asking code platform Github to take down three versions of the application while considering its repeat infringer policy. 90. Doom Eternal Debacle May Have Dismantled Denuvo DRM on Debut Day In what appears to be a monumental screw-up somewhere in the game's supply chain, the Denuvo anti-tamper technology deployed on Doom Eternal may have already been compromised. Early purchasers of the game discovered a folder in the game's directory containing an .exe file that can be used to replace the original one protected by Denuvo. 91. All You Should Know About Cybersecurity Hygiene When Using Public WiFi Free WiFi has become so ubiquitous that you’d be hard-pressed to find a Starbucks that does not offer it. People rarely give it a second thought when browsing in a cafe or even using public Wi Fi for business to stay productive. Unfortunately, such carelessness may come at a price, as public hotspots make it quite easy to hack your device and steal sensitive data. Let’s look at what risks free WiFi poses and what you can do about it. 92. Nintendo Launching a New Round of DMCA Complaints (Inadvertently Helping Microsoft as Well) Nintendo has launched a new wave of DMCA complaints at Google in an effort to make piracy-enabling devices harder to find. In common with previous efforts, the gaming giant is making strategic use of DMCA anti-circumvention notices, to permanently delete listings from search results. 93. Top 11 Powerful Keyloggers for Windows Source: Pexels 94. YesPornPlease Restricts Access as PayPal & Cloudflare Are Asked to Unmask Operators Following a massive lawsuit filed by adult entertainment giant MG Premium, video site YesPornPlease temporarily shut itself down. It is now operating behind what appears to be geo-based blocking mechanism that promotes the use of a VPN. Meanwhile, MG Premium wants permission from the court to force several US-based service providers including Cloudflare and PayPal to reveal what they know about the site's operators. 95. Texas Court Orders Easybox IPTV to Pay $9.9m in Copyright Infringement Damages A judge at a Texas court has ordered two individuals behind the pirate IPTV service Easybox IPTV to pay $9.9m in copyright infringement damages. In a judgment handed down this week, the judge awarded the maximum $150,000 in statutory damages for each of 66 copyrighted works willfully infringed by the defendants via their unlicensed streaming platform. 96. Warhorse Studios Turning Tables on the Cracking Group to Prop up the Developer The developer of action role-playing game Kingdom Come: Deliverance has hilariously turned the tables on the cracking group that first put a pirated copy of its game on the Internet. With its tongue planted firmly in cheek, the Czech company is now selling limited edition metal posters of Codex's game-accompanying NFO file, hoping that sales of the high-quality knock-off will "support the developer". 97. This Online Abortion Pill Provider Used Tracking Tools That Gave Powerful Companies Your Data The trackers notified Google, Facebook’s parent company Meta, payments processor Stripe, and four analytics firms when users visited its site. 98. 5 Best Anonymous Browsers: How To Stay Protected Online In 2019 our devices know us better than close friends and relatives. Browsers, messengers, social media trackers analyse the actions you do online and your interactions with content to expand their manipulation. The history of browsing is used to target ads and create more triggering banners for you exclusively. These technological advancements might look smart and comfortable, but the invasion of privacy has gone too far. 99. What Hackers Do With Your Data 4 ways your data is being used without your knowledge 100. The Best Secure Email Provider To Choose Don’t you manage your affairs, both business and personal, via emails and messengers? Sure, you do. It’s convenient and saves tons of time. Colleagues need email to send reports, entrepreneurs to exchange ideas, journalists to send confidential articles for publication, and so on. But there is one issue we all face - a data breach. People aware of this problem and have already found a solution - encrypted email. 101. John Van Stry Claims That Former Piracy Site Owner Is Trying to Bust Him Since early 2019, author John Van Stry has been spending huge sums of money in an effort to bring the former operator of download site eBook.bike to justice. The site itself has been down for months but legal costs are mounting to the point that Van Stry feels there might be an effort to bankrupt him. As a result, a practical win for either side seems a distant proposition. 102. Red Dead Redemption: Damned Enhancement Modder Counters Take-Two Lawsuit The developer behind the Red Dead Redemption: Damned Enhancement Project is fighting back against a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Take-Two. Among other things, Johnathan Wyckoff states that he believes he was working within the rules published by Take-Two, which state that the company will not generally take legal action against non-commercial single player projects. 103. YouTube Cartoon Featuring Creepy Bugs Bunny Copyright Claimed By Warner Bros. A dark parody cartoon depicting a washed-out Bugs Bunny as a sex offender has been hit with a DMCA complaint by Warner Bros. MeatCanyon, a channel with more than 66 million views, has responded with a new animation in which characters mourn his passing, stating that since Warner claimed the content as its own, they have now confirmed that "Bugs was a struggling rapist all along." 104. Using AWS Macie To Classify Databases I'll show how to use Macie to scan any database, inclusive on-premises, to discover sensitive data on tables. 105. The Protection of Rights in The Digital Age The identification of the right to privacy and the protection of personal data is the culmination of a long conceptual evolution. 106. How to Defend Your Smart Home Against Hackers Of course, we love hackers here at Hacker Noon. It’s right there in the name. 107. Need for an Identity Theft Protection Identity theft is a blanket term that covers fraudulent and even suspicious action through bank accounts and criminal databases. It is a violation of getting the financial or personal data of a person with the sole objective of feigning that person's name or identity to make purchases or transactions. 108. Facebook Deems Copyright Misuse As One of the Site's Major Threats Facebook says that it takes abuse and misuse of its 'Rights Manager' system very seriously. The company sees this type of abuse as one of its main challenges and it spends a lot of time making sure that legitimate content isn't blocked. The social media giant made these statements in a recent "Article 17" stakeholder meeting at the EU Commission. 109. PortalRooms Going Dark Leaving Behind Millions of Avid Users PortalRoms, a popular index for ROM and emulators for a wide range of gaming systems, has disappeared without trace. Up until a few days ago the site was servicing more four million visitors per month with links to download content via torrents. However, after domain issues hit the site last October, history may now be repeating itself for the ten-year-old site. 110. Jetflick Piracy Trial Experiencing Delay After Canadian Govt Hands Over The Evidence The trial of six defendants who allegedly operated the 'pirate' streaming service Jetflicks will now take place in July 2020. The delay is in response to Canadian authorities handing over masses of discovery data, including subscriber information and support tickets of the defunct service. The original request for information was made around 22 months ago. 111. The Art of War: Tutorial For Pirate Sites Owners And Their Antagonists There have been countless anti-piracy strategies deployed over the years and pirates have deployed their own in response. In the end, the parties "at war" aren't so different and may even benefit from the same techniques. The most fundamental ones aren't new either, having been around for at least 2,500 years. 112. "Quantum Lock" And The Future of Application Security Quantum technology and its research are believed to revolutionize this decade. Lots of efforts are taken by different organizations to address the current landscape of quantum technologies, identify challenges and opportunities, leverage and collaborate with existing initiatives, and engage the quantum community at large. It is believed that Stevens’ Prototype ‘Quantum Lock’ May Foreshadow the Next Super-Secure Applications. Stevens Institute of Technology is a private institution that was founded in 1870. Innovation and entrepreneurship are stressed at Stevens Institute of Technology, a research-intensive school primarily known for its engineering, science, and management programs. Stevens’ proof-of-concept demonstration successfully leverages quantum properties to secure the Internet of Things. 113. YouTube Refuses to Process DMCA Counternotice for ‘Creepy Bugs’ Cartoon An artist who uploaded a parody cartoon to YouTube and received a strike against his channel following a Warner Bros. complaint has been denied the opportunity to fight his corner. MeatCanyon uploaded a cartoon featuring a creepy 'Bugs Bunny' and later appealed using a DMCA counternotice. YouTube, however, refused to pass the notice on and dismissed the claim. 114. These Companies Are Collecting Data From Your Car Most drivers have no idea what data is being transmitted from their vehicles, let alone who exactly is collecting, analyzing, and sharing that data... 115. Are Smart Devices Worth the Privacy Risk? Smart devices are great. They help you search the internet with only your voice, allow you to order essentials without using your phone or computer, and let you see who's at the door. But they also do one other thing. They are listening, all the time. While Alexa is best known for this morally dubious listening, it's not just them. Google has just been shown to do the same. It seems like every smart device is listening in to your conversations. Let's talk about potential concerns and why these companies are doing this. 116. The Issue of Privacy on Social Networks Personal data becomes publicly accessible in ways and in quantities hitherto unknown; above all, this happens concerning an enormous quantity of images 117. New Anti-Piracy Campaign Piles On The Scare Tactics But Who’s Scared? Yet another major anti-piracy campaign launched last week declaring that visiting pirate sites exposes passwords, photos, plus financial and medical records to criminals intent on ruining people's lives. This scare tactic approach is gaining momentum around the globe, with claims that it has a positive effect on the public. But does it, or should it, really? 118. US Congress Starts on New Copyright-Focused Initiative A new copyright-focused initiative has got underway in the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property. Its goal is to evaluate the 22-year-old Digital Millennium Copyright Act with a view to modernizing the legislation to better deal with today's Internet following the dramatic changes of the last two decades. 119. French ISPs Block Dozens of Pirate Sites Following Movie Industry Action For several weeks, French Internet users have reported difficulty accessing dozens of unlicensed streaming and torrent sites. It now transpires that following legal action by several movie industry groups, a Paris court handed down a ruling ordering some of the country's top ISPs to prevent their customers from accessing around 36 platforms. 120. The Two Best Ways to Scan for PII in Your Data Warehouse Find PII data by scanning column names and/or data in your data warehouse with these two easy to create methods and a step-by-step guide on how to do it. 121. Popcorn Time Isn’t “Back From The Dead” But the New Version is Borked This morning several news articles celebrated the "return" of Popcorn Time after it apparently went offline a few years ago. This claim simply isn't true, neither is the assertion that the just released version of the app works as well as the previous one. In fact, Popcorn Time is facing a wave of complaints from users experiencing a wide range of problems that simply didn't exist before. 122. What is a Digital Identity? 96% of hackers’ first priority is gathering information and intelligence. That means you’ve certainly had some part or all of your digital identity stolen. Pretty alarming when digital identity is exactly as it sounds, you but online. 123. 5 Life-Saving Tips About Cyber Security Introduction: 124. Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library is “Vile” Says Copyright Alliance Last week the Internet Archive responded to the coronavirus outbreak by offering a new service to "displaced learners". Combining scanned books from three libraries, the Archive offered unlimited borrowing of 1.4 million books, so that people can continue reading while in quarantine. What followed was a huge backlash from publishing and pro-copyright groups, with the Copyright Alliance decribing the actions of IA's operator as "particularly vile." 125. The KonMari Method for Your Digital Footprint: How to Clean up Your Digital Clutter Like Marie Kondo It's impossible to leave ZERO digital footprints unless you are offline and live in a cave. Luckily, there're easy-to-do steps to clean up your digital clutter. 126. How Apps Can Steal Your Privacy Each day, the world makes 250 million terabytes of new data – every second 946 Instagram photos are taken, 8,690 tweets are posted, 77,783 things are searched on Google, and 2,845,459 emails are sent and received all over the world. With all of this new data, keeping your data private and away from prying eyes that will exploit any information about you is becoming more difficult by the day. Most people have no idea who owns their data, let alone what they are doing with it. 127. How to Scan Your Systems for Personal Data Learn the many different ways you can scan for personal data across your organisation's customer-facing online systems in this practical, how-to guide. 128. The Privacy Paradox: Do We Really Have Nothing to Hide? Privacy is not something we put a lot of attention or effort into keeping, but maybe we should. 129. Who Will Guard The Guards? In this hyperconnected world we generate data everyday, and anyone who has access to it can be a threat to our privacy and security. Even the government. 130. My Thoughts on Stocktwits, Censorship, and Online Harassment Stocktwits as a tool really excited me in the beginning, but I was awakened to a reality of things that are quite toxic. What inspired me, is that you seem to have had founders with an innovative vision in terms of creating a community for stocks and stock tickers. However, this community may have become a safe haven for trolling, internet harassment, defamation, stock dumping, privacy concerns, and much more. This isn't to personally come after the founders or anything like this, as I warrant a healthy discussion on how to improve big tech. We do need to look at the problems though. 131. Bad Boys For Life Leads Wave of Early Movie Releases Flooding Pirate Sites As cinemas around the globe continue their shutdowns in response to the coronavirus pandemic, a number of movies are now enjoying early digital releases. Of course, many of these are also hitting pirate sites, with Bad Boys For Life, Bloodshot and The Gentlemen currently proving most popular with downloaders. 132. What Happened to Megaupload? Chairman and CEO Mitch Glazier has been oulining some of the RIAA's successes since he joined the industry group. Interestingly, he went straight to the Kim Dotcom and Megaupload case, which he described as a "huge significant victory". While the case hasn't yet gone to trial, its destruction more than eight years ago may be a good enough result for the RIAA. 133. Why Your Data has Most Likely Been Stolen and What Can You Do About It I used to consider myself pretty knowledgable about the cyber-world, but then I started learning about cyber-security and reading reports by companies like Shape Security, IBM and Snyk. 134. California's Current Privacy Rights Under CCPA California recently passed a sweeping privacy law that makes it the most privacy forward state in the nation. But, until it gets implemented, there is this thing privacy framework (the CCPA) is the law of the land. 135. European User Data is Shared 376 Times Per Day on Average Violation of private data and its commercial exchange are recurrent issues in the online world. In this thread, our community discusses personal data share. 136. Court Authorizes ‘Dynamic’ Pirate Site-Blocking in Spain A Spanish court has handed down an order that will compel local ISPs to block pirate sites and services, primarily to prevent the unlicensed distribution of live football matches. Several interesting novelties can be observed in the ruling, including that broadcaster Telefónica Audiovisual Digital can add new sites, IP addresses, and URLs, without judicial oversight. 137. Rivendell Makes History By Reporting 500 Millionth Infringing URL To Google This week anti-piracy company Rivendell made history by reporting its 500 millionth infringing URL to Google. Speaking with TorrentFreak, the founder of Rivendell and sister company LeakID says that his team works closely with Google and finds the search giant very cooperative and helpful. He credits pirates for being resourceful but loves finding ways to "outsmart" them. 138. Serious Copyright Infringers Face Up to Six Years in Prison Under New Swedish Law A draft law in Sweden envisions much tougher penalties for serious copyright infringement. Under current rules, sentences carry fines and/or prison terms up to a maximum of two years. Under the new proposals, serious copyright-related crimes would be treated more harshly, with prison sentences starting at six months and going all the way to a maximum of six years. 139. First Ever Interpol 'Red Notice' in South Korea, Issued Over a Copyright Violator South Korean authorities say they have rquested their first ever Interpol 'Red Notice' in an effort to apprehend the suspected operator of a torrent site that indexed around 455,000 copyright works. Information released by the Ministry of Culture and National Police suggests that the unnamed person is Australian. Police are demanding his or her arrest and extradition. 140. Russia's Search Engine Anti-Piracy Deal Drawn Out Until 2021 The ground-breaking anti-piracy deal signed by Russia-based content and Internet platforms in 2018 will not be written into local law any time soon. The agreement, which sees search engines voluntarily delete allegedly-infringing links, was supposed to be formalized in recent months but in the face of complexities and parliament being tied up with other things, will now be extended until 2021. 141. Unofficial Paywall-Free COVID19 Archive Consumes Half a Terabyte of Bandwidth With the world still grappling with the new coronavirus outbreak, an unofficial paywall-free archive of scientific papers is spreading hope, not disease, to the scientific community. Speaking with TF, the operators of the project reveal that since its launch under a week ago, visitors from all over the world to the 5,300+ study resource have consumed almost half a terabyte of bandwidth. 142. How to Keep Mission-Critical Business Data Secure in the Mobile Age Andrew Nichols | Protecting Mission-Critical Business Data in the Mobile Age 143. Movie And TV Show Portal Attacks Google With Odd DMCA Notices Movie and TV show information portal AlloCiné has reportedly sent a wave of DMCA notices to Google to have allegedly-infringing content taken down. Unfortunately, however, the complaints are littered with clearly erroneous URLs that target everything from Netflix and Amazon listings to news reports from sites like Wired, plus content on rival movie portals such as JustWatch and Rotten Tomatoes. 144. How To Handle Every Ransomware Challenge With Ease Using These Tips There was nothing in particular that should have drawn attention to the two individuals sitting for drinks at the bar in Reno. Just two old colleagues catching up over some drinks. 145. Men Selling Pirate TV Boxes Found Guilty Under The Fraud Act Two men who sold piracy-enabled TV boxes and encouraged buyers to access content without an appropriate subscription have been found guilty after a four-day trial in the UK. The individuals, who will be sentenced later this month, face potentially lengthy sentences under the Serious Crime Act 2007 and Fraud Act 2006. 146. Olympic Committee and Leading Soccer Organizations Urge the US Trade Apply Pressure The International Olympic Committee and leading soccer organizations including FIFA and the Premier League are urging the United States Trade Representative to apply maximum pressure to Saudi Arabia over TV piracy. While beoutQ's illegal satellite broadcasts stopped last August, its set-top boxes now present an Internet-based pirate IPTV threat, the sports groups say. 147. YTS Claim Makes It More Obvious That Pirates Should Be Vigilant One of the most common recurring questions in respect of downloading, sharing and even streaming, is whether service X or platform Y is 'safe' to use, from a copyright-infringement perspective. Recent developments show that no matter how safe users think they are, security is something that should never be taken for granted. 148. Saranya TV's Owner Arested For Broadcasting A Pirated Copy Of The Hit Production On January 9, action thriller movie 'Darbar' enjoyed its theatrical release in India. Bizarrely, just three days later, a pirated copy of the hit production was illegally aired on cable TV. The makers of the movie immediately filed a complaint with police who, according to local reports, have now arrested the channel owner and begun the process of confiscating equipment. 149. Zero People Charged With Online Pirating, Swedish Prosecutor's Office Reports For the first time in almost a decade, not a single person was charged with a file-sharing or streaming related crime in Sweden during 2019. The news comes from the Prosecutor's Office, which reveals that just 23 offenses were reported during the year, the lowest number since 2010. 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