Collaborate Disseminate
Michael Geist
Pig Hogger (Slashdot reader #10,379) reminds us that in Canadian law, “fair use” is called “fair dealing” — and that Canadian digital media users just enjoyed a huge win. Canadian user rights champion Michael Geist writes:
The Fede… Continue reading Big Copyright Win in Canada: Court Rules Fair Use Beats Digital Locks
Say there is a frontend mobile app and a backend server (let’s call this service MyApp) which hosts an API for the mobile app to connect to. The backend server makes any needed requests to third party APIs and only send what’s needed to th… Continue reading Is it impossible to protect an API from data redistribution?
After six months of work, DRM developer Maurice Heumann successfully cracked Hogwarts Legacy’s Denuvo DRM protection system to learn more about the technology. According to Tom’s Hardware, he’s “left plenty of the details of his work vague so as not to… Continue reading Developer Hacks Denuvo DRM After Six Months of Detective Work and 2,000 Hooks
Actually I’m using Linux and I would like to see the DRM protected contents offered by nowtv.it because I have a paid account with them.
The browsers supported by nowtv.it are :
Google Chrome version 102 or later (on MAC and Windows)
Moz… Continue reading Linux OS / Windows User Agent does not work for nowtv.it [closed]
When [Unethical Info] was looking at air purifiers a while back, their eye fell on a Xiaomi 4 Pro, with a purchase quickly made. Fast-forward a while and suddenly the …read more Continue reading Hacking A Xiaomi Air Purifier’s Filter DRM To Extend Its Lifespan
In 1999 Los Angeles Times reporter Michael Hiltzik co-authored a Pulitzer Prize-winning story. Now a business columnist for the Times, he writes that a Southern California maker of pornographic films named Strike 3 Holdings is also “a copyright troll,”… Continue reading ‘Copyright Troll’ Porn Company ‘Makes Millions By Shaming Porn Consumers’
A week ago we covered the story of a Polish train manufacturer who was caught using software to brick their products after they had been repaired by in independent railway …read more Continue reading Polish Train Manufacturer Threatens Hackers Who Unbricked Their Trains
Hackers unbricked a train in Poland that had been deliberately disabled by its manufacturer. Now the manufacturer is threatening legal action against the hackers despite evidence it sabotaged the trains. From a report: The manufacturer is also now dema… Continue reading Polish Hackers Repaired Trains the Manufacturer Artificially Bricked. Now The Train Company Is Threatening Them
If the right-to-repair movement has a famous story, it’s the familiar green and yellow John Deere tractor. Farmers and mechanics have done their own repairs as long as there have …read more Continue reading The Deere Disease Spreads To Trains
I have to store a document (e.g. a JSON file) on a remote PC (that my App is running on) alongside a signature to be able to verify that this file was signed by me. I have no access to this PC nor does this PC have access to the internet. … Continue reading How to prevent public key tampering