thescrewdriver

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by thescrewdriver 11y ago
Given the amounts involved likely as a single McDonalds meal voucher per recipient.
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by thescrewdriver 11y ago
That won't be true for everyone. Why should we just accept less privacy?
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by thescrewdriver 11y ago
Unfortunately 90% of useful apps aren't on F-Droid.
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by thescrewdriver 11y ago
Probably not much point in disabling that. Disabling downloads from other machines on the web makes more sense if you have a data cap or are charged per MB, which is common in some countries. It's not really a privacy-related change as
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by thescrewdriver 11y ago
The ironic part is that people have just become accustomed to (or ignorant of) the way data is gathered from your average Android phone. Everyone is upset about Win10, but little attention is given to Android and the associated ecosystem of
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by thescrewdriver 11y ago
The guide shows how to disable sending updates from your computer to other computers on your LAN or on the Internet. It doesn't suggest disabling updates anywhere...
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by thescrewdriver 11y ago
Maybe some small businesses don't care, but the people whose data they are handling might not agree with that stance.
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by thescrewdriver 11y ago
Because every small business uses Win10 enterprise?
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by thescrewdriver 11y ago
It's one of two pieces of information he is claiming to have have learned. It's relevant as it narrows down the list of suspects somewhat.
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by thescrewdriver 11y ago
I doubt there are enough people who care. Google has already proved that seemingly benevolent spying is a highly profitable business model. Most people aren't bothered, or even know, that they are being "Scroogled". Microsoft
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by thescrewdriver 11y ago
> Compared to my Android phone Windows 10 is absolutely mute. I think this says more about Android than it does about Windows 10. Windows 10 has crazy defaults, but so does android and many android apps want access to my info for no good
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by thescrewdriver 11y ago
It would be fantastic if Jetbrains was building an IDE for Rust somewhere in their basement. One can only hope...
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by thescrewdriver 11y ago
Why does the article title lead with the nationality of the company?
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by thescrewdriver 11y ago
> Because there is a difference between "can voluntarily use" and "is rammed down your throat". I got gmail rammed down my throat pretty hard when I needed to install an app from the play store on my Android phone...
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by thescrewdriver 11y ago
>> updates hadn't installed automatically because Windows Update was too busy advertising Windows 10 > That does not make much sense, if any. I saw exactly the same thing. The entire updates to install section in the Windows u
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by thescrewdriver 11y ago
You have to know that your privacy defaults are batshit crazy when people start developing tools to automate correcting them.
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by thescrewdriver 11y ago
I've currently got a system with the Windows 10 downloaded, but I am hesitant to actually proceed with the (up?)grade. Like many people I assumed that it was just the same old Windows with more enhancements, not something with batshit
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by thescrewdriver 11y ago
Until recently Microsoft had taken a far more reasonable approach to privacy than say Google. Anyone remember the MS "gmail man" ads mocking the way Google inspects your email when MS doesn't? It seems that MS under Nadella h
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by thescrewdriver 11y ago
Very few people will read the privacy terms. Just because they have a document people clicked 'agree' below without reading doesn't mean that MS should not be held to account for what Windows 10 is leaking. For many users not
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by thescrewdriver 11y ago
Apple demonstrates that it's possible to keep devices up to date, an example which the Android manufacturers could emulate.
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by thescrewdriver 11y ago
I'm not suggesting that it's Google's fault (well other than forcing OEMs to shove Google stuff down my throat). It's a general complaint about the android ecosystem as a whole. Even Windows 98 got more regular security
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by thescrewdriver 11y ago
It's not just the operators. If an Android phone is more than 12 months old manufacturers simply stop providing updates, and even if they did they'd have to wait for the operators to add their crapware. It's a problem with th
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by thescrewdriver 11y ago
That doesn't help for 99.9% of Android devices out there (including mine) which aren't Nexus phones, and will only receive 1 or 2 updates, usually within 12 months of purchase and nothing after. The only way to stay current for Jo
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by thescrewdriver 11y ago
I read your original reply before you deleted it, which made it clear that you had misread my post, in particular you missed the word "economy" in "...where the US economy is reduced to ashes...". Reduced to ashes is a (
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by thescrewdriver 11y ago
> First off, you should be ashamed at how ridiculous that analogy is. The analogy looks spot-on to me, just substitute 'Zim' for 'US' and 'Harare' for 'New York'.
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by thescrewdriver 11y ago
You don't need to do or interfere with anything. It's about how much public attention and coverage it's getting. One furry lion being killed trumps the misery and suffering of millions. Imagine a world where the US economy is
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by thescrewdriver 11y ago
I think they are actually saying "Killing one lion is completely insignificant compared to the real issues Zimbabwe faces (thanks to the disastrous policies of the Mugabe government). So much publicity and so many tears in the US, yet
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by thescrewdriver 11y ago
I'm sure Facebook and Google will land on their feet.
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by thescrewdriver 11y ago
> How long will this revolution last if content providers decide to not show content to iOS users? Which begs the question: How long will content providers last if they decide to not show content to iOS users?
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by thescrewdriver 11y ago
Quite a neat idea. It's a while since I've seen something from Yahoo that I would consider different or original. They also have a new Flickr app now which lets you back your phone's photos up to Flickr with 1TB free storage

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