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Submission + - Google to close Translation API service (thinq.co.uk)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 27, 2011 @05:57AM

An anonymous reader writes: Google is to close down its popular Translate application programming interface — along with a host of others — by the end of the year, owing to what it claims is 'extensive abuse' by users of the service, but has thus far declined to provide details — or a sensible alternative for users of the API.

Comment News is incomplete (Score 4, Informative) 44

by Trigger31415 on Saturday May 21, 2011 @02:53PM (#36203338) Attached to: The Beginning of the End For Hadopi?

Also :
-Hadopi have severed the link between them and TMG, as a result of this hack
Source: telecompaper + the French media
(and it was their only source of monitoring)

-the CNIL decided to investigate TMG due to this lack of protection of what may be personnal data.

-TMG decided to sue the hacker, but then removed the complaint

Comment Hacked? Really? (Score 5, Interesting) 44

by Trigger31415 on Saturday May 21, 2011 @02:35PM (#36203236) Attached to: The Beginning of the End For Hadopi?

Quoting TorrentFreak: "Actually, hacked is probably too strong a word, since it appears TMG left the front door open." According to Bluetouff (the one who performed the 'hack'), the "Index of" wasn't disabled, so the data was left in the open. Oh, btw, Hadopi is about punishing people if they didn't secure enough their wifi / computer ...

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