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Unlocking the Secrets of Software-based DRM: A Comprehensive Guide

Kitaboo

From preventing illegal copying and piracy to managing licensing and access permissions, software-based DRM plays a crucial role in maintaining the integrity and value of digital assets. At its core, software-based DRM relies on a combination of encryption, licensing, and authentication mechanisms to secure digital content.

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Why DRM-Protected eBooks Are the Preferred Choice for Educational Publishing Today?

Kitaboo

Data from 2017 reveals that there were approximately 16.5 As per the 2017 Nielsen consumer survey, $315 million were lost to annual book sales in the US due to eBook piracy. The internet is a godsend for educational publishers to get their textbooks published online. If left unregulated, the internet could also be a nightmare.

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Building Identity Systems on the Sovrin Network

Phil Windley

Perhaps the most familiar example of a metasystem is the internet. The internet is not so much a communications system as it is a system for building communication systems that all interoperate. For example, I may have a credential representing my drivers license and one representing my employee ID. Drivers license.

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Top 10 Data Breaches of All Time

SecureWorld News

What was compromised: b ank account numbers, bank statements, mortgage and tax records, social security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and driver license images. Equifax data breach (2017). What was compromised: Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver license numbers and credit card information.

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Life-Like Identity: Why the Internet Needs an Identity Metasystem

Phil Windley

Summary: Sovrin is an identity metasystem that provides the Internet's missing identity layer. Digital identity is broken because the Internet was built without an identity layer. The idea was made famous by a New Yorker cartoon that says, “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.”. The Problems with Digital Identity.

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Top 10 Data Breaches of All Time

SecureWorld News

What was compromised: b ank account numbers, bank statements, mortgage and tax records, social security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and drivers license images. Equifax data breach (2017). Summary: In 2017, an application vulnerability in one of their websites lead to the breach. Who attacked: no attacker.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Fuzzing Message Brokers

ForAllSecure

As a developer you can go to GitHub, see the license agreements, and then add the code to your next build. And after I was done, so that all happened, and I was able to reproduce this 2017 bug and mosquito. Again, it’s the responsiveness of these administrators of open source software that is keeping the internet safe.