That command prompt.

  • Venia Silente@lemm.eeEnglish
    249·
    3 months ago

    They could steal your personal data without you knowing.

    Hah! Like the “legal” services are much better than that!

  • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
    121·
    3 months ago

    You should use legal streams that you pay for so you know they’re stealing your personal data!

  • Kissaki@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    1021·
    2 months ago

    They could steal your personal data without you knowing.

    So very ironic when it’s the opposite between them.

  • Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    891·
    3 months ago

    so i went to their website. For a site thats immediate branding is about how scary and dangerous hackers are, you’d think their news section would be full of fraud and ransomware stories. instead, their “latest news” is solely articles about people being arrested for using pirate streaming services or selling loaded firesticks.

    The single exception to this is a “social experiment” they allegedly did where they put a QR code up at the tube marked as “free streaming for life” and had people put pii in to sign up. This entire “initative” is solely another way to harvest user data lmao.

    • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      27·
      2 months ago

      people being arrested for using pirate streaming services

      What circumstances does that even happen in? Like a bar that plays a pirated sports stream?

      • Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        111·
        2 months ago

        Gonna be honest I didn’t read the articles so I’m not entirely sure. I did see a headline about cops going to peoples houses to issue warnings so maybe isps are snitching?

        • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          111·
          2 months ago

          I’d be skeptical that’s even real, outside of a select few countries with especially strict copyright enforcement

          • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
            4·
            2 months ago

            Not even in the US, which it seems leads the charge on enforcing copyright most of the time.

            It’s the “your internet could be disabled” scare tactics.

      • FarFarAway@startrek.websiteEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        Theres firestick apps that stream all the regular channels, plus all the premium channels. (HBO, showtime, stars, ppv, etc) Essentially for $10 - $20 a month you get the best, most decked out cable package one could buy. You may or may not have access to all the new and old movies, TV shows (from all the platforms), and porn, on demand, as well. Maybe like that?

    • Vespair@lemm.eeEnglish
      17·
      2 months ago

      their “latest news” is solely articles about people being arrested for using pirate streaming services or selling loaded firesticks.

      So just to be clear, the damage then is not from the actual piracy or due to any invasion from the source of the piracy, but rather 100% of the danger comes from the enforcement of piracy’s prohibition.

      Yes, definitely sounds like piracy is the problem here 🙄

      • i_love_FFT@lemmy.mlEnglish
        6·
        2 months ago

        Yup! The fact that it is defined as “illegal” allows goons to storm your house and court troll to harrass you.

        Thus everything they say is true, in some way…

        • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
          5·
          2 months ago

          And it’s not even illegal in the sense most people think of, it’s a copyright violation. Which is a regulatory thing, not a criminal law thing.

          • Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            2 months ago

            Given the cops can show up and harrass you in the UK it might be an actual criminal offence at this point over there.

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      131·
      2 months ago

      social experiment" they allegedly did where they put a QR code up at the tube marked as “free streaming for life” and had people put pii in to sign up

      It’s insane that this is even legal.

      • JadenSmith@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        17·
        2 months ago

        They were bought by Comcast a number of years ago, so they’re actually worse than before if you can believe it.

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
      9·
      2 months ago

      Wonder how much of your personal data they have? 😆

      Or how many times they’ve been hacked, or broke the law.

  • webghost0101@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    612·
    2 months ago

    I went to their website just to have a laugh. This is some real shizo propaganda.

    You could replace all of it with: Only watch self sourced pirated media! Paying and relying on any service has inherent risks

    “1 in 3 (32%) people who illegally stream in the UK say they, or someone they know, have been a victim of fraud, scams, or identity theft as a result.”

    320/1000 people know someone unlucky enough to fall for a scam.

    This risk increases significantly when users exchange credit or debit card information to view content on unregulated and illicit websites.

    If you pay for your pirated content you are doing it wrong.

    Watching content via an illicit source can expose younger viewers to age-inappropriate content. These unauthorised websites, devices, apps, add-ons, and the content they can access have no parental controls.

    My kids get a tablet exclusively pointing to a private media server in order to obtain the parental controls for-profit services just don’t provide. I banned YouTube kids, it was a shitfest.

    • Trainguyrom@reddthat.comEnglish
      26·
      3 months ago

      320/1000 people know someone stupid enough to fall for a scam.

      Correction: 320/1000 people know someone unlucky enough to fall for a scam. Plenty of very smart people fall for scams. All it takes is some lucky timing on the part of the scammer, where enough happens to be correct that they miss/overlook whatever tells might be present until it’s too late

      This risk increases significantly when users exchange credit or debit card information to view content on unregulated and illicit websites.

      I mean, providing payment information to legitimate services is always a risk. There’s so freaking many breaches that you simply have to assume your card will see fraudulent charges sooner or later and watch your statements for the unexpected activity so you can stop and reverse the charges before you miss the deadline

      • webghost0101@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        111·
        2 months ago

        I agree i should have used different words, scam-ableism is counter productive to educate about traps.

        I am pretty sure my dad fell for one of these because an ad popt up trying to pay a digital parking meter.

        Though he wasn’t trying to get access to illegal content what people behind this campaign are alluding towards.

        Scams come in so many shapes and forms, there is accidental click and there is “looked like an official Netflix page”. How many people will knowingly pay for something they know is available for free?

      • bountygiver [any]@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        the way we share payment info to sites is so backwards is the reason despite all the problems paypal had, it still provide a lot of value.

        • Trainguyrom@reddthat.comEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          PayPal is nice since it gives virtually zero trust to the seller to secure customer info. But as you alluded to, PayPal has lots of problems mostly stemming from it trying to get all of the benefits of being a bank while accepting none of the responsibility of being a bank, and therefore customers receive none of the benefits of a bank while still getting all of the drawbacks of another entity handling their money

    • LifeBandit666@feddit.ukEnglish
      121·
      2 months ago

      If you pay for your pirated content you are doing it wrong

      I don’t think I am, it’s Usenet and a VPN, and costs less than my Spotify Family account.

      • oldfart@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        And you can pay with crypto, not providing any personal information at all

        • LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.orgEnglish
          21·
          2 months ago

          Aside: I am surprised to see people (on the fediverse of all things) hating on cryptocurrency. Where did this sudden turn of perception come from?

          • oldfart@lemm.eeEnglish
            2·
            2 months ago

            Oh that is so odd. I’m not from the US but I think cryptocurrencies are somehow associated with right wing there and the left wing hates on them because of this?

            It’s so odd seeing people self-describing as oppressed minorities hating on technology that lets you bypass that oppression.

            So, as always, politicians are at fault

    • el_abuelo@programming.devEnglish
      102·
      2 months ago

      I heartedly recommend Usenet. Bit more involved setting up than torrents but if you’re looking for fast and quality content then this is the way.

      • weirdo_from_space@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        I’ll definitely try usenet when I have the money to pay for it, niche content without jumping through private tracker hoops sounds awesome. Though I also love torrents, so it could go either way in the end.

  • xep@fedia.io
    56·
    3 months ago
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  • Laristal@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    481·
    2 months ago

    Legal stuff isn’t much better these days. Advertisements unless you pau more, user tracking regardless, etc.

      • Laristal@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        And even if there are legal ramifications. The fines are low enough that its a cost of doing business for the most part. Especially in comparison to the amount of money they make spying. Possibly on top of whatever else they sell depending on the business in question.

        Most insidious part about the whole thing is the fact that most legal stuff is “licensed” rather than owned. A convenient legal fiction to allow them to revoke access at any time and (likely) keep your money.

      • unrelatedkeg@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        Oh, if Disney Corp could use the mouse pointer or the one on your desk, or even a living breathing mouse, or whatever else mouse or not rest assured - if killing you somehow benefits them they’ll do it. They might do it from sheer incompetence too and they’ll try to write it off as business as usual. Also, it applies to anyone you know for good measure.