YTS Torrent Giant is Part of a Bizarre & Brand New Anti-Piracy Scheme
It’s public knowledge that sites like The Pirate Bay store IP addresses and other data relating to its users. Users hope that this data will be handled with care but in 2013, when the site effectively did the unthinkable, many users cheered the site on instead. In order to assist the criminal prosecution of the infamous lawyers behind the now-defunct Prenda Law copyright troll outfit, The Pirate Bay released user logs that...
Recognize more devices on Linux with this USB ID Repository
There are thousands of USB devices on the market—keyboards, scanners, printers, mouses, and countless others that all work on Linux. Their vendor details are stored in the USB ID Repository. read more Powered by...
Happy 10th anniversary, OpenStack!
OpenStack has transformed the open source industry since it launched 10 years ago. It was an endeavor to bring greater choice in cloud solutions by combining NASA’s Nova with Rackspace’s Swift object storage and has since grown into a strong base for open infrastructure. read more Powered by...
Origin stories about Unix
Brian W. Kernighan opens his book Unix: A History and a Memoir with the line, “To understand how Unix happened, we have to understand Bell Labs, especially how it worked and the creative environment that it provided.” And so begins a wonderful trip back in time, following the creation and development of early Unix with someone who was there. read more Powered by...
Facebook Finally Cracks Down on QAnon
Plus: A top-secret iPod, Carnival ransomware, and more of the week’s top security news. Powered by WPeMatico
