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This morning Click, the BBC’s “magazine” programme about technology proudly announced it had created its own botnet. In a new twist on “allegedly” (an infamous phrase used to skirt libel laws on Have I Got News For You and other satirical programmes) Click believe they’re legal because If this exercise had been done with criminal intent it would be breaking the law. But our purpose was to demonstrate botnets' collective power when in the hands of criminals. Tosh. The Computer Misuse Act (1990) states that deliberately obtaining access is...
Well I tried, I really did, but after struggling for 4 hours the BBC iPlayer was uninstalled (which took 30 minutes minimum). My thoughts then (without screen shots obviously) The iPlayer uses the same Kontiki P2P system that Sky Everywhere and 4 On Demand uses. The same components that everyone complains about as there’s no way to throttle bandwidth.Nor can I see anywhere the BBC warns you about this (Sky eventually started to). So if you’re on a limited ISP connection (of which there are many in the UK) you may quickly run out of your bandwidth allowance because...