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Saudi telecom Mobily working on project to intercept mobile data

, May 14th 2013 Discuss [0]

Software engineer Moxie Marlinspike over at Thought Crime says he's no stranger to unsolicited emails from individuals seeking help with surveillance efforts, due to some of the software he has created. While the programmer says he ignores most of them, one he received earlier this month caught his eye, and a short while later he discovered that Saudi Arabia telecom Mobily is working on a project to intercept mobile traffic. Read The Full Story

Japanese National Police Agency wants ISPs to block Tor

, Apr 22nd 2013 Discuss [0]

You may not be familiar with a service called Tor. Tor is a web service that allows users to surf the Internet, use IM, and other services while keeping themselves completely anonymous. Tor is a free and open-source that is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. Read The Full Story

ISPs consequences for abusing Six Strikes program revealed

, Feb 27th 2013 Discuss [0]

5 internet service providers, including AT&T, Verizon, Time Warner Cable, Comcast, and Cablevision launched their "Six Strikes" anti-piracy program this Monday. The program is the latest attempt for ISPs to stop its users from pirating software and media illegally. At the launch of the piracy program, the ISPs kept quiet about the consequences that would ensue if the users reached their 5th or 6th warning, but now they've explained their punishments. Read The Full Story

ISPs will launch anti-piracy system next week

, Feb 23rd 2013 Discuss [0]

Starting next week, many of the major Internet Service Providers will be launching their much delayed anti-piracy system. The system was supposed to launch at the end of 2011, and again at various dates in 2012, but due to unforeseen conflicts, the system launch had to be delayed. Now according to various sources, the system has been "confirmed" to launch beginning on Monday next week. Read The Full Story

Netflix ranks ISPs on video-streaming efficiency, Google Fiber comes out on top

, Dec 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

It's no surprise that Netflix takes up a big chunk of internet bandwidth, so the company has decided to rank how fast various internet service providers can stream movies to Netflix customers. They've announced that they'll be releasing a new list every month starting with November 2012 (last month). Read The Full Story

Copyright Alert System rolling out this fall

, Oct 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

The Center for Copyright Information (CCI) will officially begin cracking down on illegal downloading and other various acts of online piracy by rolling out its Copyright Alert System (CAS) sometime in the next few weeks. The CAS will be used to deliver copyright infringement notices to internet service providers from content owners who detect users that are illegally downloading copyrighted material. Read The Full Story

ISP data claims The Pirate Bay ban was ineffective

, Jul 16th 2012 Discuss [0]

It looks like the recent ban placed on popular torrent search site The Pirate Bay in the Netherlands and the UK didn’t really help to minimize file-sharing all that much. The BBC reported that a major ISP in the UK saw peer-to-peer activity go back to near normal levels just one week after the ban had been put in place. Read The Full Story

Opera The Pirate Bay workaround surfaces as BitTorrent usage increases in Europe

, Jul 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you're the sort that likes to download TV shows and movies from BitTorrent websites and have bemoaned the blockage of The Pirate Bay, a very simple workaround has surfaced. All you need to do to access The Pirate Bay using the Opera web browser and enable Turbo mode. Turbo mode was intended to compress and accelerate web browsing on slower connections. Read The Full Story

The Pirate Bay blocked by Be Broadband

, Jun 7th 2012 Discuss [0]

The Pirate Bay has seen another broadband provider slam down the shutters, with BeBroadband confirming it has blocked UK access to the controversial torrent search site. The move follows rival ISP Virgin Media preventing its subscribers from accessing The Pirate Bay in early May, following an April court ruling that five of the largest providers must block the site after complaints that it enabled and promoted content piracy. Unsurprisingly, BE's decision has been met with no small amount of dismay. Read The Full Story