Anti-pir-cy campaigns have used all kinds of slogans and tricks to try to convince users not to hack . The objective of all of them is to raise awareness of the negative effects that pir-cy has on the industry. However, in some of these campaigns, half-truths are sometimes used, and even lie directly.
While the first campaigns were more subtle and appealed to consumer morale, in recent years more aggressive messages have started to be launched that directly seek to scare people. To do this, the main risks of hacking are usually pointed out, although they do not apply to all users. Among those risks is having possible legal repercussions, malware infections, data theft, etc.
Pir*cy has many dangers
It is true that advertising and malicious content on these types of portals have intensified in recent years. Ads that link to malware pay better, hence this type of portals with few principles include this type of advertising regardless of what happens to users.
The entertainment industry does not care much about the welfare of users, but it does help to remember that this is a danger. In a report published by the UK government and the actions of the police in digital matters, they affirm that half of the users who consume piated streaming on the Internet are hacked. In the report, however, they do not offer any evidence of this.
Now, another report published by United Kingdom’s anti-pir-cy association FACT shows a conversation between former soccer player Jimmy Bullard and cybersecurity expert Jamie Woodruff. In it they talk about how websites are configured to scam, including pop-ups and malware , and how they seek to obtain personal data from users, such as credit cards or personal information. Thus, the video shows how easy it is to identify a person through these platforms.
They try to associate IPTV with spying on the webcam
According to a survey they carried out, 33% of the users who responded had suffered hacks, scams or some type of fraud related to pir-cy. 25% of them were asked for personal information while streaming.
However, the video goes one step further, and talks about how a hacker who takes control of a home can search for devices on the network such as cameras or any connected device , including nude photos taken through a webcam. The expert affirms that he has seen how this has happened, but does not give details about the cases, nor if they had to do with the streaming of pirted IPTV . The latter is more complicated, since few people watch pirte sports without clothes.
The message of the video is basically that hacking is bad and dangerous . Some of the dangers they comment on are true, such as the fact of giving real data to people who can use it to impersonate identities, or that it is important not to install programs or apps to view modified IPTV with links or players that can steal data from our devices . Beyond that, there is a lot of exaggeration in the video to scare those who use pirted streaming.