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How to block the update to Vega OS on Fire TV so as not to lose your favorite apps

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Let’s tell you how to block your Fire TV from updating to Vega OSto avoid losing access to your favorite Android-based applications. Vega OS is the new Linux-based operating system created by Amazon from scratch, which comes to replace the Android-based Fire OS. This new operating system brings many improvements in performance and fluidity, but you will no longer be able to use Android-based apps. Over time, it is possible that many of these apps will be adapted and created for the new system, but many will surely take a while to arrive. Therefore, now that Vega OS begins to arrive, we are going to tell you how to block update. Let’s tell you two different ways to block the updatealthough they are quite radical. There is no specific option to avoid it, meaning you will have to close internal doors in a different way. Prevent Fire TV from communicating with Amazon Perhaps the most radical option is to prevent your Fire TV from connecting to the Amazon servers that distribute operating system updates. For this, you will have to block some domains from your own router, something that is not complicated, but requires knowing enter router settings. To do this, you have to enter your router’s settings from your computer’s browser, typing the IP addresses 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1 in the search bar. Once inside, put your Fire TV in the list of connected devicesand if possible assign it a fixed IP with the DHCP reservation. Now, in the configuration of your router you have to look for a section called Parental Control, Security, Web Filters or Firewall, depending on the model and manufacturer. In here, you will have to add Amazon domains to blockwhich would be softwareupdates.amazon.com, updates.amazon.com, amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuite.net and amzdigital-a.akamaihd.net. Once you do this, go into your Fire TV settings, click on Aboutand then in Check for updates. If no new updates are detected or operating system versions, then it is because this restriction has worked. Disable update processes The other option is simpler, although also more delicate as it has to use third-party applications, which always poses an extra risk. It is about disable processes to check for and install updates from your Fire TV, something you can do with tools like TroyPoint Toolbox either TechDoctorUK Debloater from the device itself. Now you have to download and install the application Downloader from the Amazon App Store, Amazon’s app store. But don’t open it, before doing so go into Settings > My Fire TV > Developer Options and activate the options ADB Debugging and Unknown sources. Now open the app Downloader and write the code 250931which will take you to the TroyPoint Tools Installer. In this installer, download and install the application Debloater TechDoctorUK. Now you have to open the application and grant it permissions USB debugging when requested. Now, check the list of system processes in this application, and you should mark those that manage automatic updateswhich usually include terms such as system updates. When you do, click Reproduce in the upper right corner to apply the changes. Remember that this may also affect the correct functioning of the Fire TV. In Xataka Basics | Alexa+: what is Amazon’s new smart assistant, how it works and what is its price and availability

block everything to protect the football business

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It seemed inevitable, and so it has been: football has returned, and with it, LaLiga IPS blocks in Spain. On Friday, the 2025/26 season began, and since then numerous users have been able to verify how those indiscriminate and massive blockages of IPS have also started. The nightmare does not seem to have a solution in sight. The League returns, the blockages return. The beginning of the season last Friday led the beginning of the IPS mass blocks. The first game, held on Friday at 7:00 p.m. It will start To show the message “HTTP 451 – File unavailable for legal resons” on various websites. Blockages, as they point out In Bandanchathey have continued producing throughout the weekend, but in fact they have intensified. Blackhole: We don’t even know what happens. Normally when the operators followed LaLiga’s “orders” when blocking IPS offered some type of message like that to inform users that a certain IP or website was not accessible. This weekend we have seen how Movistar went to the “Blackhole” type blocking in which traffic to that IP address is discarded without more, as if it fell into a “black hole.” There is no error message and the browser or apps are waiting until the “Timeout“And the waiting time is exhausted to respond to the request. The impression for the user is that this server simply does not exist. What operators have blocked. As indicated by various users affected in X, the blockages seem to have expanded: Movistar continues to perform them, but also both Masorange and Vodafone seem to have begun to block strictly. In Vodafone, they point out in Bandancha, a message is now showing that “for reasons outside Vodafone this website is not available.” Complaints everywhere. Several users HE They complained precisely from Those blockages of This operatoras happened in other cases in other competitors. Digi also seems have applied these blockages. After a critic of a user, the operator responded in X Explaining that these blockages are not “a decision of ours, but in compliance with a sentence in favor of LaLiga.” Others that until now did not seem to have applied these blockages, such as lowi, also seem to have initiated this type of actions According to affected users. Just for sinners. As it was happening since March, the impact of the blockages is difficult to measure, but There are many Users With business and legitimate websites on the Internet that have been affected by All sides. The attacks focus especially on CDN platforms how to see or cloudflarewhich make use of shared IPS: when operators block one of those IPS, they not only block the IPTV service that is pursued with that concrete IP, but hundreds and even thousands of websites that share that same IP address. LaLiga FUD. In recent days LaLiga had paid to publish editorial articles In several general media in addition to promoting The video “You have pirate football. They have you.” In these contents the objective was the same: to disseminate the message that those who use IPTV services of illegal streaming end up being potential victims of malware. To these statements were added others that pointed out that these types of activities could also serve to finance drug trafficking. The biter bit. At no time are evidence of this cause-effect relationship, and we are facing a clear chaos of the commercial strategy known as FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt, in Spanish fear, uncertainty and doubt) that disseminates negative, vague or bewoman information in order to harm a competitor. The truth is that anything has never been demonstrated in that regard, but LaLiga was fined a few months ago with a million euros by Collect biometric data Of the spectators without permission. The case is in the Constitutional. Both rootedcon and cloudflare have started various legal actions separately to try to stop the blockages, but for now those attempts They have not paid fruit. At this time these cases have been presented before the Constitutional Courtbut it is not expected that in the short term a resolution will occur. The blockages are going to be a nightmare, but they can dodge. The beginning of the season has therefore demonstrated what we all feared: that LaLiga will maintain (or intensify) those indiscriminate blocks of IPS. This first day has caused Fridays, Saturday, and Sunday, but there will also be left today and tomorrow, which means that predictably There will be more blockages these days. There is a way to avoid them: Use a VPN that allows us to have normal Internet access. In Xataka | “Every time there is football, the website falls”: the collateral effects of LaLiga blockages in thousands of users

After mobiles, cars and chips, China is launching its biotechnological offensive. And the West will not be able to block it with tariffs

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China has just achieved something historical: that an American pharmacist pay 5,000 million dollars for a Chinese drug against cancer. It is the highest figure ever paid by a Chinese medical innovation. Why is it important. This news It is the perfect example of how, in the middle of a war for semiconductors, chips and rare earths, China is beginning to lead an even more strategic industry: biotechnological. Medicines do not know borders or tariffs. The context. In 2011, China approved the first oncological drug developed at home: an improved copy of a western medication. Fourteen years later, a Chinese biespecific antibody threatens best -selling medication in the world, Keytruda, of Merck, which invoice 29.5 billion dollars annually. What has happened. Chinese transformation into biotechnology follows a recognizable pattern. First arrived Betta Pharmaceuticals Pume: A “I” version of Western therapies. It worked equally well, it cost less, but never left China. Then came Beigene Brukinsa: The jump to “I better.” It became the first Chinese oncological drug approved by the US FDA. Today it is sold in 65 countries and generates 2.6 billion dollars a year. The third step was Carvykti by Legend Biotech: A cell therapy that genetically modifies patient cells to attack cancer. Johnson & Johnson associated to take her worldwide. In the foreground. The fourth act is underway with ‘Ivonescimab’ by Akeso Biopharma. This biespecific antibody simultaneously attacks two targets of cancer. Summit Therapeutics He opted 5,000 million dollars for himmaking it the greatest operation of Chinese pharmaceutical license in history. The bet is huge: Ivonescimab intends to dethrone Keytruda as world oncological standard. Global clinical trials will decide if China can create next Blockbuster medicinal. In figures. The numbers show the speed of Chinese advance: 2011: First approved Chinese oncological drug. 2019: First FDA approval for a Chinese drug. 2024: Chinese pharmaceutical licenses grew from 35,000 to 46,000 million dollars. Only five Chinese drugs have achieved FDA approval. Between the lines. Biotechnology implies unique geopolitical advantages against semiconductors. The medications are not blocked with sanctions: they save lives regardless of their origin. Western governments cannot prohibit Chinese oncological drugs without enraging patients, doctors and society in general. China understands and is attracting global pharmaceutical talent with mass financing and flexible regulations. The result: Chinese laboratories developing therapies that Western multinationals buy for a lot of money. Yes, but. Success is not guaranteed. 90% experimental drugs fail in clinical trials. Ivonescimab must demonstrate superiority against Keytruda In non -Chinese patients, something we should not give for granted. In addition, geopolitics can complicate things. Legend Biotech broke links with its matrix for American pressures. And the weather does not help. What is happening now. China has replicated in biotechnology its classic manual in technology: Attract expatriate talent. Generously finance startups. Create national champions Climb globally. The difference: medicines generate less political resistance than chips. It is possible that a striking scenario may occur: Western patients depending on Chinese medical innovations. Irony is perfect: China dominates an industry where its success directly benefits Western citizens. But of course, who captures the economic value is her. Deepen. Akeso’s case is especially emblematic. Its founder, Michelle XiaI felt frustration seeing how the best treatments took decades to reach Chinese patients. And decided to invest the equation: create in China therapies that the rest of the world would need. In Xataka | China is already a power greater than Europe in one of its key industries: the development of medicines Outstanding image | Akeso

In his obsession to torpedo the Chinese chips industry, the US wants to block an essential to manufacture them: the software, according to FT

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Hard setback for the Trump administration, which dawns this Thursday, May 29 with a clear response from the US International Trade Court to its tariff policy. The organism has declared generalized tariffs illegalafter considering that “they exceed any authority conferred on the president by the IEEPA (Law on Economic Powers in case of international emergency) “. In the middle of the storm, sources of Financial Times They declare that the United States Department of Commerce has begun to urge the main suppliers of electronic design automation software (EDA), in a new attempt to continue trying to knock each of the pillars that sustains the Chinese semiconductor industry. The new order. The Trump administration is starting to inform To the main national companies that offer the necessary software to design semiconductors that they must stop selling their services to Chinese groups. A measure that strengths the commercial war between the United States and China, at a time when the latter country is in full chips national production record and getting closer to develop their own 5 Nm lithography. The big names. There are three big names playing in the American industry: Cadence, Synopsy and Siemens. These three companies They monopolize the bulk of the Global EDA software market And they have been key for China to have been able to develop its current semiconductor industry. Preventing China from accessing this type of solutions is a zancadilla. These tools are essential to achieve advanced lithographic processes and expedite essentials such as design verification, performance simulation, energy consumption, and other key aspects to lead in the manufacture of any chip. Why is EDA software. In the manufacture of a modern semiconductor, tools that make it possible to automate the essential design and verification processes for its manufacture are necessary. Minimizing the margin of error and being especially effective in the refining of your behavior is key to leading this career. EDA software is a fundamental element to ensure that these designs meet the expectations of the manufacturing process, and allows to automate each of the phases of the same. The local industry. SMICthe spearhead in the Chinese semiconductor industry, It has been using Synopsys design suites For more than 20 years. After entering the Entity Listthe company did not lose access to these toolsonly access to them was difficult to be forced to establish license agreements to be able to use them. If Trump’s order is fulfilled, it will not be possible to renew these agreements or access to the software of these companies. Immediately after the intentions of the US administration, local companies such as Empyrean Technology, Primarius Techonologies and Semitonix, have seen the price of the action around 20%. These companies are specialized in the development of software solutions for semiconductors, and are some of the main names that sound after Trump’s threat. Even in the air. Although sources consulted by Financial Times affirm that the United States Industry and Security Office (BIS) is issuing this new directive through letters to companies, some like Synopsys have not taken long to uncheck. “We are aware of the rumors and speculation, but Synopsys has not received any official communication from the Bis. That is why we keep our annual forecasts unchanged, based on our current understanding of the export restrictions of the BIS and in the forecast of an interannual fall of the income from China.” Cadence and Siemens, for the moment, have not made statements about it. In Xataka | China prepares the mate to the US: it will have its own UVE lithography team to make chips in 2025

How to block so that your messages from your WhatsApp chats can not be shared or photos or videos can be downloaded

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Let’s explain how to configure whatsapp for prevent others from sharing your messages In the chats you have with them. It is a new option that will gradually reach all users, and we will explain its operation. We are going to start explaining the operation of this adjustment, which has not yet reached everyone but will start doing it in the next few days. And then, we will explain how its operation is and activate. How this option works When you are talking to another person, any message you send can be shared. This means that the other people with whom you speak have the option of Share your message and send it to another chat or group to show what you have said. In addition to avoiding messages, this adjustment allows Other people cannot download your photos or videosyour content cannot be lowered to your phones. In addition, your messages cannot be used for AI functions. This allows you to give important information in an individual group or chat, it can be disseminated. You can share your text messages, your photos, videos, everything you send. However, It can also be a problem for your privacy In the event that others decide to share what you do not want to share. Now, WhatsApp has decided to give you the flexibility of activating an option that allows Do not allow any of your messages in a chat to be sharedand thus make sure that nothing you say is disseminated. This adjustment It is individual of each chat or group. This means that you will have to activate it one by one in all the chats where you do not want anything you say to spread. By default, everything you say can be shared, but in the chats and groups you want you can activate the option to do not. How to prevent your messages from sharing To prevent your messages from sharing in an individual group or chat, you have to click on the chat name To access the screen where some options appear on it. Once you are inside, you have to click on the option Advanced Chat Privacy That will appear inside. Here, you can activate the function so that your chats cannot be exported or shared. Remember that this you will have to activate in each chat individually and in each group where you do not want to download or share what you say. It is a good option for those conversations where there are people with whom you still have no confidence. In Xataka Basics | WhatsApp news in April 2025: What changes and what adds the application for Android and iOS

Block the export of the most valuable rare lands

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For many years China has produced More than 90% of rare earths. Australia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Canada, Brazil, Tanzania or the US, among other countries, also produce these metals, but the largest deposits located so far of these elements reside in China. And, curiously, the country led by Xi Jinping too The processing industry dominates to which it is necessary to submit rare earth so that they can be used. So much so that its quota if we stick to the global processing industry amounts to 90%. Anyway, with a production of at least 70% of the global market and a 90% control of the rare earth processing industry, China has the pan well grabbed by the handle. As much as the US and its allies. In fact, during the last year and a half this Asian country has used its dominance over rare earths as a pressure tool over its rivals. On December 21, 2023, the administration led by Xi Jinping decided to restrict export of some of its rare earth processing technologies, and this was only the tip of the iceberg. China has completely arrested the export of rare criticisms The last kick linked to these important metals was given by China to the US on April 4. Just 24 hours after Donald Trump announced the taxes that he was going to apply to the importation of most products from abroad, the administration led by Xi Jinping replied. And he did it with forcefulness. In early December 2024 He chose to prohibit The export of some critical minerals to the US, among which were three essential metals for the chips industry: Gallium, Germanio and Antimony. Just ten days ago the Chinese government added two more critical metals to its list of export restrictions: Scandio and Disposio Just ten days ago the Chinese government added two more critical metals to its list of export restrictions: Scandio and Disposio. These chemical elements are probably less known than metals prohibited by China previously, such as Gallium or Germanio, but are at least as important as the latter because They have a fundamental role In the industries of integrated circuits, telecommunications and the manufacture of storage devices. Now, just a week and a half later, the administration led by Xi Jinping has not hesitated to take another step forward with the purpose of putting in check, in addition to the industries that I just mentioned, those of electric cars, aeronautics and advanced armament. And is that, according to The New York Timeshas effectively suspended, in addition to the export of the most valuable rare earths, that of high -power magnets that have a critical role in the industries that I have cited in this same paragraph. On April 4 China announced that it would take this step, but it is now when the Chinese authorities are retaining in the ports throughout the country not only rare earths, but also High power magnets Acquired by electric cars manufacturers throughout the planet, aerospace companies, chip factories and armament companies. Many of these organizations have high -power magnet reserves made with rare earths, but possibly only allow them to subsist a few months. USA and their allies are trying rebuild rare earth supply chain To deactivate the ability to exert China, but in all likelihood they will not be able to implement these changes in the short term. Image | Peggy Greb, US Department of Agriculture More information | The New York Times In Xataka | The US will not be able to contain the technological development of China. Experts from the chips industry forecast it

Justice forces him to block illegal retransmissions of MotoGP

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In a movement that reminds us a lot of what is happening in these latitudes, Canal+ has made French justice recognize Cloudflare as responsible technical intermediary in its three capacities (DNS, CDN and inverse proxy), forcing it to implement blocks against websites that illegally retransmit the MotoGP 2025. Why is it important. The Judicial Court of Paris feels a European precedent that could well influence the similar conflict that They keep LaLiga and Cloudflare in Spain on the blocking of websites that broadcast matches without rights. The details: The sentence, issued at the end of March and which Xataka It has had access, states that Cloudflare must apply “all appropriate measures” to prevent access from French territory to fourteen concrete websites. The court has dismissed Cloudflare’s arguments about the alleged technical complexity and the excessive cost of applying these blockages. Technology must fulfill within a maximum period of three days after notification, without being fined at the moment. The ruling rejects the limitation of measures requested by Cloudflare and leaves him freedom to choose the technical modalities that he will use to make the blockages. The foundations. The French court has determined that … The DNS services of Cloudflare “allow access to a website thanks to its domain name” through conversion in IP address. Its CDN network “reduces the data transmission time to the user and improves the safety and reliability of web pages”. And defines its inverse proxy service as “a shield between user applications and the litigious site server.” So the sentence concludes that these three capacities fulfill a “transmission function” that justifies the imposition of measures. Meanwhile in Spain. LaLiga has been with legal actions against cloudflare for months for IPS blocks That, according to the entity, they affect “scarcely a few hundred” of legitimate websites, not “millions” as the technological alleges. Cloudflare responded by presenting an incident of nullity against the Spanish sentence, claiming that LaLiga obtained “hiding the foreseeable damage to third parties.” Justice rejected it. The company chaired by Javier Tebas has accused Cloudflare of collaborating “through its technology with the commission of the most serious crimes such as child pornography, pimping, fraud, etc..” Meanwhile in Europe: The legal framework. The French sentence is based on the Sports Code and Intellectual Property regulations, in line with the European Directives on Copyright. The ruling quotes jurisprudence of the EU Court of Justice that establishes that an “intermediary” is any person who transmits a commitment committed in a network. And in this case, the judicial “victim” is cloudflare. In Xataka | This is how Ech works, the Technological Shield of Cloudflare that has put the operators between the sword and the wall Outstanding image | MotoGP, Cloudflare

Musk is trying to block Openai’s transition to “for-profit.” A judge just put it very difficult

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Sam Altman wants to make Openai a company with profit (“for-profit”), but the process was notably complicated when Musk offered to buy it for 97.4 billion dollars. The tycoon did not stop there and He also tried to sue A Openai to try to block that transition to For-Profit, but just lost that legal battle. What happened. A federal judge in California has blocked Musk’s legal effort to stop Openai’s transformation to an entity of profit. As indicated In BloombergJudge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers determined that the lawsuit “have not satisfied the probative charge” that would have needed for that demand to prosper. A case that was entangled. In March 2024 Musk He sued Openai for violating their contracts and fiduciary duties. The case He retired of the State Court and was activated in the Federal Court, and that was when Musk expanded the demand indicating that Microsoft and Openai had violated antitrust laws. Openai defended himself from these allegations publishing internal messages of the billionaire, and now the federal judge has made it clear that the evidence and arguments presented by Musk are not enough to avoid that transition sought by Altman. But not everything is lost. The demand contained other Musk requests with respect to OpenAI, although it is not detailed which. Even so, the judge has indicated that these other components of the lawsuit may remain active in the legal process. Sam Altman has it easier now. The Openai Directorate Council declared a few weeks ago that “the hundreds of billions of dollars that large companies are now investing in the development of AI show what is really needed so that Openai continues to pursue the mission.” With the Form-Profit structure, the company can avoid the limitations of investments in your company. Thus, Openai will be able to eliminate that benefit to investors, which can attract even more money for the company. Quick judgment. Rogers added in his sentence that Musk’s complaints are resolved as soon as possible “the public interest in play and potential damage if a transition contrary to the law occurs.” Thus, the judge indicated that he will hold an accelerated trial focusing on the main demand that the Openai conversion plan is illegal and “potentially the interrelated demands based on contracts”. The war between Musk and Altman continues. Openai’s lawyers stood out as Musk’s demand is basically a demand for the competition with the company. “Elon’s own emails,” they explained, “they show that they wanted to merge an openai with profit with Tesla. That would have been great for their personal benefit, but not for our mission or the interests of the US.” Image | Ted | Techcrunch In Xataka | Elon Musk’s continued criticism A OpenAi have a simple explanation: it went too soon

What is cloudflare, how it works and why a fall or block makes half the Internet fail

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Let’s explain What is cloudflare and how it works This shield and accelerator for web pages. It is one of those almost essential services for the correct functioning of the Internet, but that we are not aware until it fails or blocks and you can enter hundreds of websites. We will begin this article explaining in a simple way what is cloudflare, summarizing the operation of the Internet and the role that CDNs have like this service in it. Then, we will tell you why a fall or lock of the service makes half the Internet seem to fall. What is cloudflare and how it works Cloudflare is a CDN, a Content Delivery Network either Content distribution networkthat in Spanish is Content distribution network. It’s about a network of servers distributed throughout the world destined to help better distribute Internet content and make you can quickly and safely access the content of a website. To understand its operation you must first understand how the Internet works. A web page is housed on a server, and simplifying it a lot, when you enter it you connect your computer to that server, to access the contents of a website. The same happens when you want to enter any online service or web application, you have to connect to your server. The problem is that perhaps the server of my application is in a country far from the computer from which someone wants to connect. So, that distance makes the connection speed very slow, or that even from some countries cannot be entered. The same happens if the web or the service you are going to access had a single server. Then, having thousands of users entering that single server would make everything slower because I would have to work more and for more people. It is here where the CDNs and their networks of servers come into play. When a website, an online service or application resorts to them, is as if they had copies of the content and cache distributed all over the world to be able to connect in a faster and more efficient way. There will always be a server close to you, and traffic can be distributed by the hundreds of servers. Thus, if I connect from Spain to an American service, I will not join a giant user queue wanting to enter a single server that is also far away, something that would make the connection slow. Simply, I will connect to the nearest server of the CDN network that is using that service. Everything will go faster, and the traffic that accesses the service will be more distributed. Cloudflare is one of the most used CDNs of the world. There are many web pages that resort to this company, because in addition to a very wide network of servers, it also offers protection against various types of online attacks that could collapse access to the contents. This way, Cloudflare is an intermediary between a customer or user and the content of the website or the online service they want to access. It is a network that houses copies of a service so that you always have geographically close, technologically safe access, and less traffic collapsed. Why if Cloudflare Failure Middle Internet does it When you stop accessing this network of servers, you can access its content. This means that if your Internet operator blocks you access to Cloudflare or if this service has a failure, stop being able to enter most web pages. There will be no network that distributes traffic and access to these websites, and simply connect to one would be too slow or you would be too far. For practical purposes and simplifying it a lot, Not being able to access Cloudflare means not being able to access many servicesand that those who use it and are not fallen simply go extremely slow. This is so for The dependence of Cloudflare. Being one of the most popular CDNs in the world, many important and top -level services access it. And these services that use it, depend on their servers network to work properly. In this PDF You can see the services and websites used Cloudflare, such as X, Bluesky, Microsoft, Mozilla, Snapchat, Temu, Efe, Github, Wikimedia, Facua, CaixaBank and many more. All these services will stop working or work extremely slow if the Cloudflare network stops working. When a website or online service fails, it is sure that there is a problem with the infrastructure of the server network that provides you with access to it. So Errors like the 502 Bad Gateway indicating this problem. If the one who cannot access a website, app or service is due to this, all you can do is cloudflare or the CDN to use the error. When an operator blocks access to cloudflare Or some other concrete CDN, the problem is that your IP cannot access this network of servers, although it works correctly. In these cases solving it is easyand you just have to use one VPN to access from a different IP that does not have access. In Xataka Basics | CG-NAT: What is it, what problems can cause and how to know if you have it in your Internet connection

LaLiga is still determined to block IPS. Not clear that I can do it legally

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The War between LaLiga with Cloudflare It is intensifying, and this last weekend we have seen how websites blockages (legitimate or not) Not only have they been repeated but have gone to more. There is despite doubts about the validity of these measures, and that is where it is good to explain what their legal support is. The context and the problem. LaLiga, in contact with the operators, has implemented measures that affect the services provided by cloudflare to its users. IPS (dynamic, according to LaLiga) are aimed at avoiding the illegal broadcast of football matches, but are affecting thousands of legitimate web sites and services. The reason: in Cloudflare IPS are shared and when one is blocked, all the sites associated with it are blocked. The background. The contents industry protected by intellectual property has been looking for mechanisms for years to protect your business. Among them is the modification of the legislation to for example try to avoid (or minimize) judicial intervention. That happened for example With the Sinde law. Article 138 of the Intellectual Property Law. Javier A. Master (@Javieramastre), by Maestre Abogados, published last Friday an extensive analysis entitled ‘The Affaire Cloudflare‘Explaining in detail the legal situation in this area. How he said, the mechanisms of the Sinde law “were not agile enough”, and for that is the art. 138 of the Intellectual Property Law (LPI), which in essence allows rights holders to request urgent precautionary measures against intermediaries that facilitate infractions, without the need to demonstrate that the intermediary is also offender. LaLiga “demands” the operators. What allow both art. 138 As the 139 of the LPI is that the owner of the rights can directly sue the service providers (the operators) instead of the direct offenders. For Master the situation is as follows: “With this trick, everyone is stored for each other: The plaintiffs: we only ask for the measures. It is the judge who agrees. The judge: one is asking for one, the defendant is paved. I have to grant the request. The operator: I have to pay attention to the judge. “ Violation of freedom of expression. This expert adds that these closures occur without giving those affected the opportunity to defend themselves, “in a flagrant violation of both freedom of expression and information (art. 20 of the Constitution) and of the right to effective judicial protection (art. 24 of the Constitution) “. This process effectively avoids the participation of the parties really affected in the litigation. But it should not be able to apply in this case. These measures are oriented to the urgent precautionary scope, but for example the Provincial Court of Barcelona interpreted in 2018 that these measures can be applied beyond this area. Thus, the sentence said, “it is established, for the first time, the possibility of requesting precautionary measures against intermediaries whose services use a third to violate intellectual property rights, without the requirement that the intermediary is also offender.” And the evidence, what?. In that “doubtful constitutionality,” says Maestre, there is continuously talk about “urgent precautionary measures.” However, the audition was established at least “the need for a finding of the existence of infraction,” that is, proof that this violation of intellectual property is taking place. In the case of Cloudflare, the measures are based on a technical report that has not been contrasted, and the measures apply without those affected being able to defend themselves. Plaintiffs and defendants united in collusion. Maestre points out that demanding (LaLiga) and defendants (operators such as Movistar) act in collusion in the judicial process to achieve the restriction of services without those affected being able to defend themselves. The PREVIOUS CASE JUDGMENTS They are shielding that the supposed offenders had not been “identified or located”, which would make it impossible for their defense to participate. Master makes it clear that in this case “Cloudflare is perfectly identified.” But there is damage to third parties. This expert stands out how the Article 21 of the Civil Procedure Law (LEC). According to this text, the search should be rejected when it involves damage to third parties not demanded in the procedure. Here many affected have not demanded have been –all economically harmed companies and individuals-, but still the measures have been executed anyway. Violated fundamental rights. All this points to a potential violation of several fundamental legal principles, including the Article 24 of the Constitution Spanish that guarantees the right to be heard and defend itself in a judicial process. In addition, Spanish legislation, through articles 270 of the LOPJ and 150 of the LEC, force to notify the judicial resolutions both to the parts of the process and to those who could be affected by them. According to Master, this obligation has been ignored. Images | WIRESTOCK | LaLiga In Xataka | The government wants to end unwanted commercial calls. The question is whether they will stop calling us “by Indeed”

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