Is it Illegal to Use Pirate Streaming Sites?
There are many options for people to enjoy movies and TV shows legally but millions still choose to pirate content instead. Up until a decade ago, this piracy landscape was dominated by torrent sites and direct download portals. Today, the vast majority of pirates use streaming sites. The entertainment industries have swiftly adapted to this shift. At the moment, most anti-piracy initiatives are streaming-related, spearheaded by the...
Software Downloads Netflix & Disney+ Videos to Make DRM-Free Copies
Long before the advent of legitimate online video streaming services, torrent sites and similar platforms allowed users to download and keep copies of movies and TV shows. Building a local video library from unlicensed sources has its attractions. Even if we leave cost out of the equation, these copies come in convenient formats that will play on any device, play over a network, and can be organized to create a Netflix-type experience...
A guide to Pipy, a programmable network proxy for cloud
A guide to Pipy, a programmable network proxy for cloud Ali Naqvi Wed, 05/18/2022 – 03:00 Register or Login to like Register or Login to like Pipy is an open source, cloud-native, network stream processor. It is modular by design and can create a high-performance network proxy. It’s written in C++ and is built on top of the Asio asynchronous I/O library. Pipy is ideal for a variety of use cases ranging from edge routers,...
US Courts Are Coming After Crypto Exchanges That Skirt Sanctions
A newly unsealed opinion is likely the first decision from a US federal court to find that cryptocurrencies can’t be used to evade sanctions. Powered by WPeMatico
Luna Foundation Guard Discloses Usage of Bitcoin Reserves
The Luna Foundation Guard, the entity in charge of safeguarding the peg of UST, the stablecoin of the Terra ecosystem, has revealed how it used the available Bitcoin reserve before the recent debacle involving the Terra ecosystem. The organization sold part of the bitcoins owned directly, while another part was traded on different dates to try and stabilize the value of UST. The reserve was comprised of more than 80,000 BTC. Luna...