How Anonymous Are Cloud Torrenting Services?
Jun01

How Anonymous Are Cloud Torrenting Services?

Every day, millions of people download files through BitTorrent. This works well but there is one major drawback; everything you download can be tracked. To bypass this privacy concern many people have started to use VPNs, many of which provide good anonymity. Others prefer cloud torrenting tools, which also help to hide users’ IP-addresses. Over the past few years we’ve regularly asked VPN providers how anonymous they...

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ACE/MPA Seize Four More Sites For Facilitating Movie & TV Show Piracy
Jun01

ACE/MPA Seize Four More Sites For Facilitating Movie & TV Show Piracy

Domain takeovers and seizures have been part of the piracy landscape for at least 15 years. Previously implemented mostly by government agencies, including the Department of Justice and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as part of criminal investigations, seizure banners are used as messages to deter former and would-be pirates. Given the finite resources of law enforcement agencies and their tendency to focus on...

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When to choose C or Python for a command-line interface
Jun01

When to choose C or Python for a command-line interface

This article has a simple goal: to help new Python developers with some of the history and terminology around command-line interfaces (CLIs) and explore how to write these useful programs in Python. In the beginning… First, a Unix perspective on command-line interface design. read...

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How to write a VS Code extension
Jun01

How to write a VS Code extension

Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is a cross-platform code editor created by Microsoft for Linux, Windows, and macOS. Unfortunately, Microsoft’s version of VS Code is released under the Microsoft Software License, which is not an open source license. However, the source code is open source, released under the MIT license, with releases distributed by the VSCodium project. read...

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10 tips for maintaining a DevOps mindset for distributed teams
Jun01

10 tips for maintaining a DevOps mindset for distributed teams

I am one of the agents of chaos who passionately argued the importance of removing barriers and recognizing that people are the core of a healthy DevOps mindset. Fast-forward to the COVID-19 pandemic, in which collocated teams were forced to disperse overnight into self-isolating distributed entities, relying on technology to bring us all back together in a virtual world. read...

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