Marvel’s Avengers released its latest content patch earlier this week and immediately, players noticed something very wrong. For some reason, the patch made it so that the game displays the player’s IP address on screen at all times. This would be particularly problematic for anyone looking to stream the game, …
Read More »Skype to start hiding IP addresses to protect users
Microsoft is finally going to start hiding user IP addresses by default on Skype. It has been known for years now that there is an exploit within Skype that allows you to obtain an IP address, which can then be used to launch a DDOS attack on someone and while …
Read More »You can’t convict a pirate with an IP address – judge rules
Whether media lobbies and studios were going after individuals, or entire sites full of uploaders and downloaders, the one key piece of evidence that they could use to prove you were the nefarious individual that downloaded that copy of the Hurtlocker, was an IP address. As far as courts were …
Read More »Copyright trolls demand WordPress reveal critic’s details
Copyright law is in a bit of a mess at the moment. It's used by giant corporations like Samsung and Apple to lock others out of their strong selling markets and by trolls to try and scam money from people and companies. One such troll however, is going further than …
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