sudioStudio64

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by sudioStudio64 11y ago
Well, today was the day. I finally got my fill of this site. Thanks for the memories HN, but this just isn't worth it. I could have been coding. From now on I will be. Adieu.
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by sudioStudio64 11y ago
You can actually customize a large part of it and turn all of it off. You can't firewall it off, but you can learn how it actually works and just turn it off.
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by sudioStudio64 11y ago
So, a second ago it was that you can't use a local account...but you can, so now it's..."The defaults are bad and people are dumb." Literally all of the people who install it or buy a PC with it installed have the choice
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by sudioStudio64 11y ago
I might just be tired of hearing the same arguments over and over, but it I did see the assertion that BitLocker shouldn't be used to keep your "secrets". As if the choice of which drive encryption software you use on your la
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by sudioStudio64 11y ago
Some of it's pay as you go, oddly enough. But you are largely correct that more money equals more access to these kinds of things. There is a company in China that paid them to install Office 365 in their data center. There is an amoun
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by sudioStudio64 11y ago
One other thing. A "pile of power over you"...that's not helping, man. They have some commercial legal arrangement that you don't particularly care for. They can't come and kick you in the shin and torture you. They
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by sudioStudio64 11y ago
I just don't think that's an accurate picture. They aren't recording your voice and storing it somewhere. Browsing and search history are collected by other platforms for predictive browse ahead and autocomplete, and it'
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by sudioStudio64 11y ago
There's an OS project run by Joanna Rutkowska and some other folks called Qubes that does exactly that. It's really interesting work by sharp people. https://www.qubes-os.org/
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by sudioStudio64 11y ago
And what secrets are those? If you think that you are secure because you don't use bitlocker or windows AND THAT'S ALL that you do...you aren't secure, you just have bad UI.
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by sudioStudio64 11y ago
That's not really accurate. Maybe we can reach out to someone at MS and they can explain exactly what is being sent. It certainly isn't virtually everything that you do...it's something, it's not accurate to say its ever
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by sudioStudio64 11y ago
That looks like some amazing work. I'm going to give it a try.
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Windows 10, Privacy, and the Hole in the Sky
3 points by sudioStudio64 11y ago|7 comments
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by sudioStudio64 11y ago
It actually does run locally with access to API's that you authorize. Just saying...
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by sudioStudio64 11y ago
Businesses actually have very different privacy arrangements than individual consumers. Its a function of how much they spend.
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by sudioStudio64 11y ago
That's the thing, though. I find the constant kvetching about privacy the most cynical thing. None of these posts are news, new information, or even a new take on existing information.
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by sudioStudio64 11y ago
I didn't mean to make it sound that way. I actually agree with you completely. I was trying to write for my audience there...my point was just that obviously they will want to gain something from the relationship as well. You and I are
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by sudioStudio64 11y ago
businesses actually can get a very different deal when it comes to data "sovereignty" issues. it's really consumers who have the least leverage. If you want an arrangement where your data is encrypted with keys that you store
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by sudioStudio64 11y ago
I'm going off on a tangent? YOU installed their software. You didn't have to. No one forced you to. Don't like the TOS? Call them and schedule a meeting to talk about coming up with a different arrangement...they will want mo
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by sudioStudio64 11y ago
That's actually how it works. You give it permission to use your O365 account. You give it permission to use your location either at setup or in the config settings at a later date. A whole host of the Cortana functionality is local th
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by sudioStudio64 11y ago
Those aren't even remotely the only two choices here. There have never been more options for an end user of technology. You don't have to use agree to it. It's a trade off. If you have different requirements they are more tha
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by sudioStudio64 11y ago
You are completely free to not use it. I'm not trying to be a smart-a here. There have never been more options for end users. You aren't signing away your rights to privacy without due process...that's your part to evaluate
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by sudioStudio64 11y ago
It's insecure by a standard that you are setting. If they can demonstrate an audit log of every admin who has escalated their permission to logon to the container of your data and access it, including the files they accessed, would tha
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by sudioStudio64 11y ago
I believe that you are mistaken. Could they turn over your BitLocker recovery key to the authorities that would then use it to decrypt your HDD that they have already taken from you? Yes. Are they going to reach out over the internet and ta
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by sudioStudio64 11y ago
Every company that has access to your encryption keys can be prompted to give them up with a warrant. You can keep them from having the key. That's one way around it. Using hardware of some kind (and there are multiple.) You are also f
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by sudioStudio64 11y ago
OK. What I'm trying to say is that backing up to OneDrive is optional. You get the choice. You can protect the key with a TPM or a smart card...It's not an all or nothing thing. You have options there, if you are interested. The o
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by sudioStudio64 11y ago
There are dialogs and UI hints that come up when the service is first accessed. Is it enough to placate someone who is seriously concerned with online privacy...probably not. It meets the minimum requirements to not be too sneaky.
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by sudioStudio64 11y ago
But the entire point of the service was to use data mining techniques so that you could use natural language directives to say "add a reminder to my team's calendar to update some presentation in O365, etc"... Maybe you don&#
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by sudioStudio64 11y ago
I know. I think it's actually pretty cool. (Though it doesn't seem to work well with some builtin mic's.) I really like the direction they are headed.
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by sudioStudio64 11y ago
That's a new one on me. Bitlocker keys can be backed up to onedrive if you want, but you can also store them in a TPM or a smartcard (physical or virtual).
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by sudioStudio64 11y ago
Of course you did. Large companies have no vested interest in building systems that do the "right thing" for you as defined by tech types like us who are arguably more sensitive on this subject than most people. They are building

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