Web Privacy

Online privacy, anonymity, and security.

Operation Chokehold: take down ATT data network

Operation ChokeholdThe iPhone, with its aesthetically pleasing and functional design, beckons users to enjoy internet access, YouTube, and other data services. AT&T as the single exclusive network and reseller of the iPhone, carries a tremendous data burden on its already deficient network. Rather than focusing on the issue at hand, the unreliability and overstress of the network, CEO Ralph de la Vega voices his displeasure with the amount of traffic AT&T customers demand from his network and attempts to redefine the smartphone based upon its keyboard size and potential data use rather than OS capabilities.

I will go ahead and point to the obvious; if you want an unclogged network do not force iPhone users to stick with it. You can’t have two things at once, pick priorities; though it seems AT&T intends to nibble what it cannot eat, and keep it on a 2 year contract of sub-par service and coverage.

[Read more...]

YouTube phases out old accounts

YouTube

If you signed up for YouTube prior to Google’s acquisition you may be displeased to see that you are no longer allowed to use your YouTube account independent of your email. The change merges your YouTube account with whatever email was associated with it at the time.

The qualifying conditions are as follows:

  • You’ve signed up for their original YouTube account before May 2009.
  • You’ve joined your YouTube and Google Accounts together.
  • You’re still signing in with your original YouTube password.

[Read more...]

Future of Torrents; DHT, PEX and Magnet Links Explained

Bittorrent Explained

This week The Pirate Bay confirmed it would shut down its tracker for good, instead encouraging the use of DHT, PEX and magnet links. This move confounded many BitTorrent enthusiasts, who although wishing to adapt, were confronted with hard to grasp terminology and technology. Time for some explaining. [Read more...]

Modern Warfare 2 vulnerable to Virus and Trojan attacks

Modern Warfare VirusModern Warfare’s silly practice of opening ports and connecting directly to hosts leaves an easy path for a hacker to launch an attack against your PC. This can become a keylogger, or place your computer under a botnet.

Check the original post for further information:

http://www.modernwarfare2.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=181646

Security Essentials weekend report

essentialsMicrosoft Security Essentials is Microsoft’s leap into the Anti-Virus market. The suite aims at tackling viruses, trojans, worms, and malware. It is surprisingly light on resources (unlike a certain Windows-Defender) and has features to match its competitors.

This is the first week that Essentials has been out of beta, and the MS Malware Protection Center has released some interesting statistics.

[Read more...]

PeerGuardian PG alternative, ipfilter + utorrent, ipfilter.dat

utorrent ipfilter

Whether you are looking for an alternative to PG2 because it fails to function properly, or simply looking to cut down the number of processes you are running – the information here is for you.

It is possible to block ip-ranges with utorrent’s built in ipfiltering system.

[Read more...]

Slow torrents with Windows 7

torrent windows 7After getting windows 7 I noticed that my downloads of the Linux kernel through utorrent were running at incredibly slow speeds.

Though the reasons behind this may be complicated, the solution turned out to be rather simple.

[Read more...]

Peer Guardian 2 with Windows 7 pgfilter.sys 64

peer-guardian-2 Because Windows 7 requires digitally signed drivers PG2 will not work out of the box. But the information provided on PG2’s instruction page is outdated pertaining to the RC. The solution?

[Read more...]