Neowin News Feed for: Loophole

Porn producers are streaming on YouTube via hosting loophole

Justin Luna — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 14:54:01 +0000

Adult streaming sites are exploiting a loophole in Google's video hosting services, utilizing YouTube's private video publishing feature as a backdoor for storing their content. Read more...

Android security loophole lets apps take and upload pics without you knowing

Andy Weir — Sun, 25 May 2014 01:01:54 +0000

A loophole in Android's security can be easily exploited by malicious apps to use a device's camera to capture images and location data and upload them to a remote server without the user's knowledge. Read more...

Vista 'Trick' Theorist Defends Loophole Claims

Steven Parker — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:07:06 +0000

The Windows expert who originally speculated that Microsoft deliberately included a 'trick' in Windows Vista that lets users install the OS from the upgrade version on Wednesday defended his position. Earlier this month, the Windows... Read more...

Microsoft: Using Vista Loophole Is Cheating

Steven Parker — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:44:47 +0000

Microsoft is denying a recent report that suggests it deliberately included a technical loophole in Windows Vista that lets users install the OS without paying for the full priced version. In an article that appeared... Read more...

Legal loophole allows Manhunt 2 to be sold in UK

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:46:41 +0000

Gory game Manhunt 2 can legally be sold to UK consumers as a download, despite the refusal of the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) to grant the title a certificate for sale as a... Read more...

NASA Employees Warned About Vista Security Loophole

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:03:49 +0000

Computer security specialists at NASA have warned their employees of a loophole in the encryption feature BitLocker, only present in Enterprise and Ultimate editions of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system. According to a document posted... Read more...

Madrid testing legal loophole for online tunes

Tue, 20 May 2003 14:42:08 +0000

Thanks to Lewis Benge for mailing us in with the below story. A new music download service, launched on Tuesday in Madrid, tests a legal loophole in Spanish copyright law that appears... Read more...

Gameplay slams online VAT loophole

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 25 Apr 2003 08:46:07 +0000

Online game retailer Gameplay.com has begun a campaign calling on the government to close a loophole in European tax laws which allows offshore companies to import cheap goods into the UK VAT-free. Under current legislation,... Read more...

Antivirus firms balk at FBI loophole

Tue, 11 Dec 2001 16:44:17 +0000

Antivirus software vendors said Monday they don't want to create a loophole in their security products to let the FBI or other government agencies use a virus to eavesdrop on the computer communications of suspected... Read more...