Telegram Copyright Takedowns Breed a Hydra of Z-Library Bots
With nearly 12 million books, Z-Library advertised itself as the largest repositories of pirated books on the Internet. The site had millions of regular readers who found a wealth of free knowledge and entertainment at their fingertips. This success was vigorously interrupted last month when the U.S. Government seized the site’s main domain names. The problems were later exacerbated when two alleged Russian operators were arrested as...
Bungie’s Relentless Pursuit of Destiny 2 Cheaters Now Spans Three Continents
A lawsuit filed in 2021 targeting businesses, owners and individuals behind the Wallhax, SecureAC, SecureCheats and CODHax platforms, is just a small part of a larger Bungie campaign. Faced with growing numbers of cheaters in its online games, Bungie filed several lawsuits in the U.S. They sent the clearest possible message that similar behavior can have serious consequences. For regular gamers honing innovative strategies to triumph...
Popular File-Sharing Service Refuses to ‘Filter’ Content as it Fears Overblocking
To the global audience, Ulož.to may not be a household name, but in the Czech Republic, it is massive. The file-sharing and hosting service is listed among the most-visited websites in the country, while its mobile apps are frequently used as well. Like many other file storage platforms, Ulož can be used to share a wide variety of files but according to copyright holders, many people abuse the platform to share pirated music, movies,...
8 ideas for measuring your open source software usage
8 ideas for measuring your open source software usage Georg Link Fri, 12/02/2022 – 03:00 Those of us who support open source project communities are often asked about usage metrics — a lot. The goal of these metrics is usually to demonstrate the software’s importance as measured by its user base and awareness. We typically want to know: how many people use the software, how many installations are there, and how many lives...
Try this Java file manager on Linux
Try this Java file manager on Linux Seth Kenlon Fri, 12/02/2022 – 03:00 Computers are fancy filing cabinets, full of virtual folders and files waiting to be referenced, cross-referenced, edited, updated, saved, copied, moved, renamed, and organized. In this article, we’re taking a look at a file manager for your Linux system. At the tail end of the Sun Microsystem days, there was something called the Java Desktop System,...
