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saurabh New user 86 Posts |
I wouldn't really count on IP because its so easy to acquire a half decent proxy these days. And if the IP is dynamic (most are) then it won't give you a definitive location.
That said, combatting piracy is quite a task. Yes you can use DRM, watermarks and passwords, but they can just as easily be removed. A new technology was developed to tag movies on Blu-Ray discs. It contains some infrasonic sound that can be detected by players such as a PS3. Called Cinavia. But even such a copy protection has been bypassed by pirates and now we see Blu-Rays being traded all over. I have a small suggestion as far as selling is concerned. Lets have a thread or testimonial system for buyers. All magicians that are known to be 'not pirates' can be listed and sellers can list honest people they've sold to in the past. Then sell the limited pdf's etc. only to those people. This can be applied to the selling that goes on through the PM system here to prevent piracy of ebooks. |
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
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On 2012-07-18 21:52, Peter_turner wrote: Oh, yes. We know exactly who it is. I think a sticky topic should appear at the very top of every forum on every reputable internet magic board. It should state clearly that the use of PM's to facilitate illegal trading should be reported immediately to the administrators so that the offender may be banned and the appropriate authorities and ISPs notified. |
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DavidSena New user 71 Posts |
[quote]On 2012-07-18 22:35, mastermindreader wrote:
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On 2012-07-18 21:52, Peter_turner wrote: I'm still unsure if it's the same individual but I hope Bob can help me out...he introduced himself as "Charles Edwards here, practicing mentalist of 30+ years and Psychic Entertainers Association member for 20 years (and former longtime Board member)", I tried to find information about Mr.Edwards but didn't succeed. The person that pm'ed me used a username which has been on the café for quite some time, mystic1 and that's why I'm not so sure that it is the same individual. Honestly I think that if it's the same person that is trying to scam other mentalists he might have stolen the username and use it as his own... I hope Bob can clear this out for me. David |
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C.J. Inner circle There's a lotta rambling in my 2366 Posts |
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On 2012-07-18 08:18, bole wrote: The guy who's been hounding me certainly seems to have the hallmarks of a hoarder/collector. I wouldn't go so far as to comment on his level of understanding or appreciation - he probably does both - but I don't think he's looking to make profit (or possibly even USE) of the material he's trying to get hold of. And yes, he's probably reading this thread right now. Hey buddy!
Connor Jacobs - The Thought Sculptor
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Destiny Inner circle 1429 Posts |
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On 2012-07-18 20:28, Stefmagic wrote: That made me think! This guy has obviously been around a while - I didn't remember till Stefmagic posted but I removed my email address from my profile at least 12 months ago because of the amount of magic related spam I was getting. What really greives me is that the creators like Bob and Jerome who frequent this place share so much for free. Pirates, by the way, are unlikely to be great hackers. More likely they download some crappy programme from somewhere that tells them how to send keyloggers via email and get passwords to porn sites and they think by virtue of the download they're the new Anonymous, but someone who thinks he can send curses through the bandwidth is just a very naughty little one handed typist. |
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
David-
He's also falsely used the name of Richard Mark. Last year he was using Peter's name. If you received the offending PM on the Café I recommend that you report it to admin. Best- Bob |
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DavidSena New user 71 Posts |
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On 2012-07-19 10:07, mastermindreader wrote: All done Bob, thank you. David |
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DickDaze New user 54 Posts |
If we're being picky, I'd guess pirates are probably more likely than the average internet user to be great hackers - although the chances are still slim I admit.
Thing is, the sort of "crappy" program they can download these days is pretty advanced. From what I'm told by a security chum, there is a genuine threat of "silent drive by" attacks which don't even need you to do anything other that visit a site or read an mail. If you are running an old browser, or if the program is advanced there is no real defense for the casual user. I guess you could protect your files a lot by keeping them in encrypted volumes and only mounting them when you need to, but that starts to become quite inconvenient.
Richard Daze
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Destiny Inner circle 1429 Posts |
So it's worth getting anti-virus protection then?
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IAIN Eternal Order england 18807 Posts |
The only upside to the pirating side of things is this - a fair few sites are now adding dormant pieces of software inside the stuff you freely download illegally...and it activates when you next open what you've stolen...this can give them all kinds of details...and also, pretty much the only way to remove the software is to pay them to remove it...
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DickDaze New user 54 Posts |
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So it's worth getting anti-virus protection then? As I understand, anti-virus is only a partial protection. If non-standard encryption is used then it wont be recognized by current anti-virus and might not be for several months.
Richard Daze
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DavidSena New user 71 Posts |
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On 2012-07-19 12:05, DickDaze wrote: That's not entirely correct (this is my main area of expertise). I tried to understand your first post DickDaze but was unable to do so, in any case, as long as you keep your computer updated with a quality security suite, you're safe from most threats and attacks that are not 0day threats. The key word here is keep you computer updated, windows updated, browser updated, antivirus updated (this basically means that those who don't own legitimate versions of these programs are better off uninstalling them as they're close to useless). Nowadays most antivirus suites come complete with an antivirus package, spam filter, firewall and a bunch of other "kitchen appliances" that you won't need. Also most of them will have default definitions that will be all that the regular joe will need to have in order to be safe without having to configure anything other than installing the software. It's VERY rare to have any type of software that it's not caught by a good quality updated antivirus, the heuristics used nowadays are very complex and anything you can catch in an email or download easily from the internet WILL be caught. David Sena |
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DickDaze New user 54 Posts |
That runs contrary to what my friend has told me and he works combating industrial espionage. I could well be mistaken or be miss fumbling my words, but he has told me in the past that there is very low barriers to entry to hacks that pass anti-virus. I will ask him.
Richard Daze
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DavidSena New user 71 Posts |
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On 2012-07-19 12:46, DickDaze wrote: I can assure you that as long as you're not performing anything related with nuclear warheads, nobody has anything to be worried about. You have to understand that industrial and governmental espionage is a whole different league that I doubt 99.9% of the users here in the Café will have ever to deal. It's a myth that some "hackers" hold special hidden knowledge and they can do anything they want with computers by just pressing a button...some of them explore flaws in software that when corrected are useless. That's why I said that keeping an updated version of all your software is very important. Nobody in these forums has anything to be worried about. If you have a decent and updated (properly configured) security suite, you have nothing to worry about and that's a fact, not an opinion. David Sena |
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DickDaze New user 54 Posts |
I spoke to my friend and sent him this thread. it seems I was overstating things originally, but he has a bit more concern than you.
He says that the way attacks like were described above would happen would be with a "Remote Administration Tool" which is like a trojan that lets the hacker control and see what is on your computer, take stored passwords etc. This would be delivered by attaching the 'tool' to a "Java Drive By" attack which bundles the tool with a java program. On most browsers this requires the user to click a box like they are installing something but if the browser is out of date or the hacker has a current exploit it might be totally silent. He says that none of this will be detected by an antivirus if its been encrypted well. Apparently there are many hacking communities where you can give you package to the author of an encryption system and he will encrypt it for you. That costs about $1 and it would normally stay undectable for a period of weeks/months until the antivirus companies notice that new variant. He says that 0day exploits for silent java installations would be well protected and valuable, so aren't likely to be used for stealing magic books. So the advice is to keep everything up to date and be very careful about any prompts that appear on websites that might be installing something.
Richard Daze
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