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A (Pi)rate Box

This weekend I used a bit of free time to work on making a PirateBox to carry with me. I had upgraded from a Raspberry Pi Zero W to a Raspberry Pi 4 for my Funkwhale server and had freed up the Zero W to use for another task. The project builds an offline file sharing device that users can connect to over wifi from any device. The instructions were a breeze to follow.

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China Ought to Crack Down on Pirate Streaming Field Distributors

China Ought to Crack Down on Pirate Streaming Field Distributors

The Worldwide Mental Property Alliance (IIPA) has knowledgeable the united states Authorities that China should step up its sport to raised shield the pursuits of copyright holders. One of the areas to which the Chinese language Authorities ought to pay extra consideration is enforcement. Though plenty of progress has been made in current times, particularly in combating music piracy, new threats…

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Anyone know where to find a good tutorial for a pirate box? Looks promising and I want to try it out, but most of the D.I.Y's are pretty crappy at the moment.... 

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Technology Idea of the Week: Webway Internet

My idea starts with the PirateBox, a simple, bare-bones way of wirelessly sharing files by making a central hub out of a wireless router, some open-source software, and some kind of data storage.

Now essentially this device makes its own "pocket internet"; a wireless spot where you can add or take files and chat between computers. Sounds relatively simple, not rocket science yet.

But let's expand that idea. What if you had more than a bare-bones system? How about adding a lot of storage, maybe SSDs to make it faster, and a good wireless router as opposed to an older model.

Now you've got a device that projects its own private internet, and with a bit of work you might be able to create some web pages, etc, and the device would be a mini-internet computers could plug into and access.

But now, let's make this a bit more complicated. How about we stick with the bare bones systems, only adding 2 larger additions: more space for data, and perhaps a more permanent power supply, such as solar power or even an AC plug. And let's make a handful of them, and perhaps add a method so that these devices could interact with each other, similar to a usenet array. Now, with fairly inexpensive parts, we've created an artificial local internet.

Why? Well...there are plenty of reasons why, I guess. For one, you could share files, chat, stream, etc, without a real connection to the internet, making it safer. Of course, if it's all open, then malicious individuals could tamper with the system at large.

But regardless of utility, it's an interesting concept. In essence, because of the advent of affordable wireless routers and data storage, open source programming, and some key individuals' idea, it's relatively easy to set up a wireless 'false' internet.

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Got a spare android device or want to use your phone as a piratebox?  Follow these simple instructions and download the files attached and you can have your own mobile piratebox for free.  You will also need this, wireless tether apk download.

I am installing it on my spare Nexus One.  I just threw in a spare 16gb card and now I can share files with friends easily.  Also I am considering installing a kernel with usb otg(host) support so I can connect a full external harddrive to my phone for this.