Illegal Streams Let Criminals In

They could steal your personal data without you knowing.
Hah! Like the "legal" services are much better than that!
- Hey now, the legal services tell you they're stealing your data. It's in section 9, subsection 14, paragraph 423 of the terms of service.
  
  It's 507 paragraphs long and written in a mix of German and Esperanto but yeah, it's right there! Clear as day!
- Shoutout to Sony BMG putting rootkits in legally bought CDs.
  Source: Wikipedia
  You would be safer pirating.

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

does this mean if I pay for streaming my privacy will be respected
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- Sweet summer child

They could steal your personal data without you knowing.
So very ironic when it's the opposite between them.

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.
- people being arrested for using pirate streaming services
  What circumstances does that even happen in? Like a bar that plays a pirated sports stream?
  
  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?
  
  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?
- 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 🙄
  
  Don't do illegal drugs, kids! You could get in trouble, because they're illegal.
  
  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...
- 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.
  
  I feel like it isn't? Like isn't that just false advertising?
  
  Zero sympathy for the phone zombies that saw a random code and decided to pursue it uncritically. Streamwise are pretty awesome trolls apparently.

- Sky are a bunch of bastards.
  
  They were bought by Comcast a number of years ago, so they're actually worse than before if you can believe it.
- Wonder how much of your personal data they have? 😆
  Or how many times they've been hacked, or broke the law.

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.
- 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
  
  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?
  
  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.
- 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.
  
  But this is paying for a service that's used to obtain content, not directly for the content
  
  And you can pay with crypto, not providing any personal information at all

legal streams already do
- Pretty much everything does, even your car will and I would totally download a car if I could.
  
  please download an oil change first
- Technically the legal stream tell you.

Remember kids: Torrents and Jellyfin are the only way.
- 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.
  
  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.

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- Well of course it errors out, you're using powershell rather than DOS
  
  C:\> They could steal your personal data without you knowing. </
  Access is denied.
- It's actually C:/> just to fuck your shit up.

The website is run by Skynews, wich is not directly disclosed on the website, the privacy options button doesn't work, it doesn't have a cookie banner but does set a cookie (illegal in EU), it has a injection for Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, by doing all that, they are less compliant to GDPR than my fucking piracy site...
All in all it looks like a intern made a WordPress website, designwise ok, but regarding legality, functionality and content its at best for printing it on toilet paper.

Legal stuff isn't much better these days. Advertisements unless you pau more, user tracking regardless, etc.
- Massive data collection and then getting hacked with no legal ramifications.
  
  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.

That's why you torremt
- I stream torrents using stremio.
  
  Oh clever, didn't realize you could do that

Yea and when you legally stream the mouse can legally kill you
- Clarification: The Mouse as in Disney Corporation not as in the thing you use to move your pointer.
  
  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.

Lmao they even have the pre-1800 British flag on their site.

They are actually less prone to big data theft... "they could steal your personal data without you know"...while the "legal" streaming sites are stealing orders of Magnitude more wich is pretty clear by the amount of data they transmit, a website has usually no access to your contact info, your entire hard drive, the contact info of everyone in your contacts, your microphone or your camera.
- And being hacked left and right

- compared to legal sites stealing your personal data after telling you (it's buried among the 100+ pages TOS you agreed to)
  
  Hey, don't point it out! People are blissfully ignorant of how much they are owned. Don't try to educate them.
  corporations, probably.

You don’t use the C:/> </ terminal prefix and suffix prompt on your smartphone?

Last time I tried to stream a hockey game legally it just wouldn't ever load. I went back to the pirate stream.
- You probably had to be using a Smart™ TV so they could steal your personal data.

Legal Streams
Let Disney Kill your Family
C:> They could try to use terms and agreements to get away with murder.</

beFreePirate.fu

as opposed to the legal services where youre forced to hand it over along with paying exorbitant prices for a tiny catalogue

You wouldn't download a torrent
- I downloaded 2 seasons of 1 tv show and 3 seasons of another in the last month, but I used direct download.
  So, no. I wouldn't.
  remembers the repacks from 3 weeks ago
  Nevermind.
- I would download a zipbomb and e-mail it to them.

More crime is committed in the making of media than in pirating it.
Also more wrongdoing against society and the public that the justice department couldn't be bothered with (so doesn't count as crime).
Pirate it all or don't watch it.
- Pirate it all or don't watch it.
  Been living by this for decades since I learned from my highschool computer science teacher that it was even possible. I'm 50 now and I have paid only twice for tv and movies in my adult life.

This actually happened to me once. I illegally streamed a show and then this Italian guy Vinnie the Foot blasts through my screen. Nice guy. Asked for a towel, I made him an espresso, we watched movies and smoked cigars til sunrise.
- Fuckin Vinnie. He stole my dad's toupée my dad is still pissed about that.
  
  Your dad looked ridiculous Vinnie did him a favor
- How is Vinnie these days? I haven't seen him since grade school, back when he used to have chest hair dandruff.
  
  They buried Vinnie on a hill, overlooking a little river, with pine cones all around.

"1 in 10 people believe they are not at risk when using illicit sources to watch TV, film or sports."
ONE in ten? Man, they're even bad at cherry picking statistics 😂
They even cite a study with only 1,000 participants for their statistic that "32% OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF FRAUD"
In the title, at least. The body of that claim's card says that it's the people, or someone they know that have been victims of fraud.
Gosh, I hate dishonest scare marketing campaigns.

Legal streams let something worse than criminals in. Lawful criminals.

I have one of these on a billboard near my house. Every time I feel sad, I just look up to it as I'm passing by and it gives me a chuckle. I think they actually updated it recently. These posters are in the UK for anyone wondering. And this one in particular is in the London Underground.
- I despise vandalism, but sometimes I feel an exception can be made

The only thing I'm at risk of is receiving a warning from my ISP :(
I'll get a VPN one day I promise

they could steal your personal data without you knowing
Is that supposed to be more intimidating than corporations stealing my personal data with or without me knowing?

Who are they stealing my personal data from, corporation?? Are they stealing it from me or from you??

Thought this was a Republican ad for a second. Similar language and appeal to fear and ignorance.

How can I make this my prompt on zsh?

Yes, and those have the good stuff

Has a VPN and an ad-blocker I'm good homie, but fuck they know about this now.... That explains where the fuck kimcartoon went

I'm not a vandal, but...

The streams are coming from inside the house.
- Mine are.

My firewall is blocking that web server. Meaning they're probably using it to host trackers...
- That's not really how that works.
  If you wanted to "host a tracker" you wouldn't do it from the same IP address you're hosting Web pages on.
  
  it's either on the blacklist because it's hosting a domain for 3rd party cookies or hosting advertisements. You've got to remember that from the perspective of these corpos, they're not actually doing anything nefarious, and they can host multiple vhosts from the same IP. Now, I haven't looked into it it's being blocked by an IP blacklist at the firewall, or a DNS advertisement blacklist.
  But in short, I disagree. It is how that works.