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Interviews: Ask John McAfee About His Presidential Run
samzenpus writes: He's run a multi-billion dollar company and hidden in the jungles of Central America while being chased by Belizean authorities, but John McAfee's presidential bid may be his most interesting adventure yet. Last week John said: "Our government is in a dysfunctional state. It is also illiterate when it comes to technology. Technology is not a tool that should be used for a government to invade our privacy. Technology should not be the scapegoat when we fail to protect our digital assets and tools of commerce. These are matters of priorities," when announcing his run. According to his Cyber Party website: "Donkeys and elephants just don't make sense in the modern world. If the federal bureaucracy adopts technology in a meaningful way, it will become much easier to adapt to changes in policy or procedure. 10 hour long congressional hearings will no longer be needed for a simple change in workflow. By adapting a lean approach to government, the amount of savings that can be realized by improved efficiency will eliminate the need for wholesale changes to foundational policies. Other parties consistently lag behind trends in technology – Cyber Party members are committed to staying ahead of the curve and remaining proactive in policymaking." John has agreed to answer any questions you have about his step into politics or any other questions you may have. As usual, ask as many as you'd like, but please, one question per post.
You ask him!
Are you insane?
What is your agenda for the first 100 days of the McAfee administration?
John, what is your position on Nuclear Power?
Would you support the re-opening of research into liquid fluoride thorium reactors. These reactor designs, and the thorium fuel cycle were researched back in the 70's and can solve both our energy crisis, be far more environmentally friendly than uranium based fuel cycles, and can even used 'spent' uranium reactor fuel as fuel sources, allowing us to reprocess our vast quantity of spent fuel into less harmful waste, while also capturing the energy from them (instead of having it wasted heating water in spent fuel ponds).
...how do you think recorded footage of you from the strip club party you organized at Defcon this year might impact your run?
Yeah, I'll get right on that....because I really care about what this aging crack addict thinks about foreign policy.
(sigh) Just kill me now. Please.
Just cruising through this digital world at 33 1/3 rpm...
In your opinion, what are the societal implications of electing an alleged murdering drug addict to the office of President? As a followup, if elected will you install a stripper pole in the oval office?
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
Really. It's no more insane than his campaign. I'm not even going to waste a torpedo on this one. Glug, glug, glug all by itself. No BOOM for you!
that's the least of a president's worries. Trade, strategic alliances, military actions, departments of education, transportation, etc.......
never vote for someone just because they "understand technology", and the fundamental problems of the USA even regarding privacy are not in the realm of technology, but rather of who really wields power. Someone who doesn't understand corporate fascism will only become part of the problem
Will your cabinet be allowed to WFH?
John, what is your position on Nuclear Fusion?
Would you support increased funding for US participation in ITER? I believe increased funding would allow ITER to achieve it's goals faster. Would you also support alternative programs for researching fusion, including the re-opening of the NIF (National Ignition Facility) which was exploring inertial confinement fusion?
Clearly, the US can afford such massive undertakings, just be switching its priorities from war (military spending) to peace (energy research)
If we had near unlimited free energy, there is a lot we could do to help the planet, including completely phasing out coal, natural gas, and oil for electrical production.
I don't want to be overly critical with this question as many other candidates can be cast under this umbrella as well (Donald with immigration, Bernie with ridiculous spending policy, Hillary with illegal email is ok... etc).
Aside from the obviously important issues of information security what are you other positions and although you may not have been able to articulate a complete platform by now who might you share positions with on other issues (between say Ron Paul, and John McCain). I'd also accept more general theories like economic theory of Keynes vs Smith.
Please say 'YES'. I will forgive your shitty software escapades if you do.
Make sure you have a big presence on chan boards. Get memes made about you, and generally continue being your awesome-ridiculous self. Don't act professional for the sake of your campaign. That isn't what millenials want, and they are the ones you can get to vote for you if you do your marketing right. Think about that. Millenials might actually vote. All you have to do is entertain them. Get yourself made fun of on John Oliver repeatedly. Be a bigger cartoon character than Donald Trump. You can do this. I believe in you. You're the closest we could ever get to President Zaphod Beeblebrox. Please make it happen.
What do you think will be your margin of victory? Do you think it'll be a landslide?
Mr. McAfee,
As President of the United States, would you make any significant changes to what drugs you take and how often you take them? If so, could you give us a general sense of what those changes might be?
Obliteracy: Words with explosions
I guess I don't really need to elaborate. It's a huge subject to go into any nuance, but surely you can generalize for me.
Do you feel that copyright protections on art and entertainment are too weak or too strong, and do you intend to do anything about it?
Third party runs in the US aren't really given a remotely fair shot.
Specifically the republican party primary seems like you would have the best shot there... I would be shocked if you can't make it to the top 10...
How do I uninstall McAfee antivirus?
It really bogs down the 10 year old electronic voting machines and the trial expired years ago.
Minimum threshold fixed. Thanks!
Mr. McAfee, obviously your field of expertise is Information Security. What are the one or two biggest problems facing the Federal government from an IT perspective? How would you solve these problems?
What are your thoughts on Donald Trump (another businessman)? And why are you more qualified to be president?
See subject: Your thoughts on what needs to be done on the account of outsourcing/offshoring jobs in the United States, most specifically on the software industry related front?
* I think you'd be a great candidate on privacy issues, and from what I've read from you on that note plus your industry experience, there I have little doubts in your knowledge & experience... the above question is what I am interested in, as it affects the USA as a whole.
(I'm semi-retired from the field myself, only doing contracts here & there/now & then, instead focusing on a real estate related business I run now, but software & tech allowed me to get to this point now for the most part. It changed my life for the better. I hate to see other younger folks being deprived of the same opportunities I had...)
I don't understand our government and the corporate America that REALLY runs the show behind it (lobbying & what-not) - don't they understand that when you pull jobs you remove taxable income AND a spending/buying public? I think they do - but instead, live for short-term gains only nowadays.
APK
P.S.=> Thanks for your time Mr. McAfee... apk
ignorance? They love being stupid so they hate technology. They hate it. They hate anyone that understands it. They want us to die. How will you keep us from dying? They want us to die.
What are the sources of funds for your campaign?
Would you pardon Edward Snowden?
What is the purpose of government?
Can you run in under 2 hours 30 minutes?
Or are you slower?
-- Tigger warning: This post may contain tiggers! --
What is a good life?
We understand where you stand on surveillance. Where do you stand on these issues?:
firearms
abortion
gay marriage
investing in prisons and drug stings vs. investing in job training and job creation
legalizing marijuana
keeping the FCC from preventing flashing of consumer electronics with new firmware
net neutrality
the Keystone XL pipeline
amnesty for illegal immigrants
streamlining guest worker visas for legal immigrants
HB-1 visa quotas
lowering the skyrocketing levels of student debt
making healthcare affordable or subsidizing paying for it
investing in our roads and bridges
making Internet a common utility like water and electricity
I know this is almost certainly not McAfee's job personally, but the "cyberparty" website has a glaring typographical error on it. Did they hire former slashdot employees to work on it and not realize it?
Damn_registrars has no butt-hole. Damn_registrars has no use for a butt-hole.
Would you rather fight one horse-sized Hillary Clinton or 100 duck-sized Donald Trumps?
Also, "Cyber Party?" Is that like a group sex chat room? I do not want to have a cyber party with you.
We don't have a state-run media we have a media-run state.
Hello Mr. McAfee,
The world largely views the USA as a bully and full of very wealthy people that don't care about those less privileged. As president of the USA, how would you advance world cooperation and work to change world views of the USA to just another location in the world full of mostly average non-privileged individuals living out their lives?
Unrelated, my best friend almost ran you over at Defcon. He wasn't looking where he is going and apologizes.
There is or can be built a machine that can simulate any physical object. -Church-Turing principle
For all the people asking how to install McAfee antivirus, please see John's announcement on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKgf5PaBzyg
Why do you live in west Tennessee?
I don't know what's more exciting - this, or the Ellen Pao court case!
#DeleteChrome
Would you clamp down on commercial sex, or move towards legitimizing it?
Care to comment on your last answer from your last interview here on slashdot?
McAfee: The attorney for the House Ways and Means Committee contacted me and asked if I would help. I said “no”. I would never run for office, neither would I want to be in office, of any kind. I would rather drive a nail through my foot.
Some people die at 25 and aren't buried until 75. -Benjamin Franklin
How do you plan to overcome the virtual impossibility of breaking through the two-party system?
Is there anything you can do about self-reproducing laws? Like how people repeatedly make it illegal to murder, to show they are "tough on crime"?
Don't waste your vote! Vote for whoever you want, unless you live in a swing state it won't matter anyways
Trying not to be facetious here, but why should we believe you're genuinely interested in leading this country and not just trying to get some media coverage? What in your recent history would lead a voter to believe you'll take this process seriously enough to make and difference at all?
If technology is the main plank of this guy's platform, then he doesn't have a clue about what's wrong with our government.
How does someone from within the system (culture, law, government, etc.) change the system to something different?
How does someone outside the system, who does not have credibility from within the system convince the system they need to be changed?
How do either of these forces create change without the need to throw away the existing system (E.G. Bankruptcy, use of force, leaving)?
What technology research should be government funded and what should be private?
"I say we take off, nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
Way back in the day (late 1990s to early 2000s) McAfee had a solid AV product, until one day a new version turned it into a steaming pile of garbage that unilaterally and without even asking completely trashed my Windows installation by literally deleting half the files on the HDD. That is something that scarred me permanently and led me to dismiss that product out of hand at the mid-size manufacturing company I worked for at the time.
My question is: if you can't be trusted to produce a trustworthy and competent piece of computer software, how can you expect anybody trust you with the vast arsenal of the United States armed forces?
I thought he left McAffe (the company) before the whole Belize incident. Or did he run another big corporation at that time?
"By adapting a lean approach to government, the amount of savings that can be realized by improved efficiency will eliminate the need for wholesale changes to foundational policies."
The line which amounts to "We will save so much under my administration that I will give you all this pork for NO COST!" has been used before, and it was bullshit back then.
If you are cynical, you should avoid this line because other cynics (cynical about government? this is a large population) will see your BS clearly. If you actually think you can pull this off then you should recognize that this is not low hanging fruit, it's not easy to do, you should structure your planning to not depend on your ability to do this.
If this is some sort of meta-joke at the expense of politics and campaigns then carry on.
-- "Oh. This guy again."
You may not be aware, but the American Pirate party supports most, if not all of your issues.
Do you know the international Pirate party movement? Would you consider coordinating your effort with them?
What is your stance on the Federal Reserve? We've only had 2 central banks in the history of this country, both of which are privately owned and ran for a profit by a group of private bankers. Do you agree with the federal reserve enslaving Americans into never-ending debt through interest rates and secret bailouts to foreign banks through tax payer dollars, or do you think we should abandon the Federal Reserve and go back to what the constitution originally states, which is the US treasury can create currency without interest, and does not need to answer to a private corporation for their monetary policy.
Your name is attached to one of the shittiest (if not the shittiest) antivirus products in the history of time. When will you apologize for this grievous injustice to the world?
He's no Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho. But he's close.
Maybe a Trump / McAfee 2016 ticket would cover all bases.
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
On a scale of 0 to Snoop Lion, just how fucking high are you?
Do you think that your level of batshit is equal to or greater than your level prior to bath salts?
everyone knows that the american people vote on single issues, but your campaign site takes the prize.
besides cyber security and police state and using technology on goverment processes, what is your second most important issue? if there is any.
Do you have a target goal for the amount of money you need to launder via your campaign? or are going to keep on even after that amount is met?
(1) Tar, feather, and run your stupid ass out of the race on a rail ... you get the idea
(2) Feather, tar, and run your stupid ass out of the race on a rail
(3) Run your stupid ass out of the race on a rail, then tar and feather you
(4)
Would you disband the NSA and TSA, and replace them with a Federal Bureau of Tree-Cops?
Can we get a download link for the removal tool ahead of time, just in case?
What are you thoughts about Space Exploration? Would you attempt, as President, to fast track money to the likes of NASA? Would you rely on the government for space exploration? Private entities? Both?
Lastly, I need a job. You have anything brewing in California I can join?
I understand that your platform suggests a massive investment in techno-literacy for Americans, which will take years beyond a presidential term to achieve. In the meantime, given the state of the modern internet with regards to cyber crimes and foreign government-sponsored hacking, what are your plans to protect U.S. technology interests and investments, and when those measures fails, what forms of sanctions can we expect the McAfee administration to seek redress the damages?
I just can't talk to you when you're right here.
Who do you think you're kidding?
The key issue I've read about relating to your campaign is that the government is "illiterate when it comes to technology". Governing, like managing and leading, requires being an expert in working with advisers, it's up to those advisers to be experts in their fields. Technology aside, what makes you more qualified than other candidates in the fields of National Defense; Foreign Affairs; Environmental Protection; Infrastructure Management; Resource Management; Financial Management; Employment Stability; and Resource Sustainability, etc?
Mr McAfee, your campaign seems to have the momentum of a runaway freight train. Why are you so popular?
How would you implement more transparency in government operations and information? Initiatives like opendata.gov are a start, but a frequent slashdot favorite is a full edit log of legislation, so not only which senator/rep, but which of their interns, authored/edited what parts of legislation. Would you try to enforce full readings of legislation before votes, or other methods to force clarity? Would you make the NSA release CVE's of encountered exploits? Do you have an opinion on the allowable extent of government transparency?
You couldn't prove my points wrong on hosts http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
* :)
(You're obviously STILL 'stinging' after that "Run, Forrest: RUN!!!" of yours in that link above still, lmao...)
APK
P.S.=> Especially seeing you trolling me now, which only gives that much clearly away, & only to see you be publicly embarassed by YOUR FAIL in that link above, yet again - lol... apk
Prove me wrong (can't be done): Can adblock+ do 16 things hosts do for speed, security, & reliability:
1.) Protect vs. malicious sites/servers (past ads)
2.) Protect vs. fastflux botnets + stop C&C communique
3.) Protect vs. dynamic dns botnets + stop C&C communique
4.) Protect vs. DGA botnets + stop C&C communique
5.) Protect vs. downed DNS (adds reliability)
6.) Protect vs. DNS redirect poisoned dns
7.) Protect vs. trackers
8.) Protect vs. spam
9.) Protect vs. phish
10.) Protect vs. caps
11.) Get you past a dnsbl
12.) Keep you off dns request logs
13.) Speed up surfing by adblocks & hardcoded fav. sites
14.) Work on anything webbound (ie email programs) multiplatform.
15.) Give you easily controlled data
16.) Do all that & block ads better than addons more efficiently in cpu cycles + memory usage
* ANSWER ="NO" to each above on ab+ doing it as well or @ ALL + hosts = already on every device natively.
APK
P.S.=> Ab+ does less than hosts & less efficiently - hosts do MORE w/ less + Hosts start w/ the IP stack before REDUNDANT inefficient addons BEGIN to operate (as 1st resolver queried):
Ab+'s 128mb memory inefficiency http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-conte... (hosts consume 3-11mb using my program initially).
+
ClarityRay defeats it by dumping addons in use in a browser via native browser methods!
+
Ab+'s paid to not do its job http://www.businessinsider.com...
Ab+ adds complexity from a slower mode of operations (usermode = more messagepassing overheads vs. hosts in kernelmode).
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What's best?
APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit http://start64.com/index.php?o...
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
&
It's GUARANTEED safe & clean per it being checked by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
In its 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
... apk
Knew you couldn't do it - nobody ever has, or will + your ad hominem attacks (completely illogical & offtopic) aren't cutting it either!
* :)
(You can't help it - I got the best of you & this stupidity is the "best you got"? Please... lol!)
APK
P.S.=> "Onwards & UPWARDS"... apk
See subject, & yes, you RAN as usual here http://interviews.slashdot.org...
* :)
FACT: Hosts do FAR more with FAR LESS resource consumption than ANY *single* browser addon there is, & they aren't detectable & blockable by native browser methods easily either... You futher prove that fact via your evasions vs. that fair challenge of mine to you in that link above... lol - thanks for making ME look GOOD, & yourself, by way of comparison? Well, "not so good", lmao...
(You're a waste of my time, other than providing myself & others amusement @ your troll "ne'er-do-well" antics).
APK
P.S.=> I love it - ought to make Mr. McAfee LAUGH @ U hugely should he read my post & answer my question... apk
See subject: by native browser methods & can't do the 1 job it had fully by default, in blocking ALL ads!
* What you describe IS a security PROTECTION in Windows, protecting hosts via alteration by malware (which MY program also does, protecting the hosts file vs. that also while it is resident)!
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Plus - My program's NOT malware by ANY means & here's the proof of that:
MalwareBytes' hpHosts Admin (MalwareBytes employee) hosts & recommends it http://hosts-file.net/?s=Downl... & MalwareBytes = BEST antivirus http://www.av-test.org/en/news...
(They also have a copy of my sourcecode they verified as 100% safe - why else would they BOTH hosts + recommend my ware above all others of its kind then?)
&
It's GUARANTEED safe & clean per it being checked by 57 antivirus programs recently in BOTH its 64-bit model https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
+
In its 32-bit model too https://www.virustotal.com/en/...
(..., & the ONLY WAY to update hosts & have it take is to have admin priveleges (which YOU assign to my application's shortcut as the program's directions instruct you to do): That's NO SECURITY ISSUE: It's normal!
APK
P.S.=> You obviously need to brush up on your computer tech know-how, lol... apk
See subject: Someone looked & saw I had last word there. They corrected you! You needed it after your lies you spouted before it, lmao...
* You fail again!
APK
P.S.=> You can't HELP but fail, can you? Nope... apk
See subject: Coren22, you DO "run, forrest: run!!!", a lot - that post proves it again (like this exchange did here -> when you RAN from that completely FAIR challenge I put to you, for the 100th time now probably (lol), & @ least you're consistent - you ALWAYS "Run, Forrest: RUN!!!").
* Lastly - projecting your OWN "modus operandi" troll? After all - you ARE completely offtopic here, as per your trolling usual, after all... lmao!
APK
P.S.=> Aren't your legs TIRED from all that running? What might help is you CHANGING YOUR DIET!
"Eating your words != GOOD NUTRITION!!!"
... apk
What do you feel the likelihood of getting elected is as a numerical percent?
Table-ized A.I.
Oh wait... been there, done that
Oh wait... been there, done that
quote> "So, have you figured out why privilege escalation is a bad thing yet?" - by Coren22 on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @05:15PM (#50577809)
Tell us another one, hypocrite - You admitted using admin priv yourself & how else could I programmatically update hosts minus it inside Windows, hmmm?
ANSWER:
I have to do it that way, to protect AND speed up users plus make their connections online more reliable!
(The latter of which also functions to make users faster than adblocking alone, by resolving host-domain names to IP address from hosts cached in RAM locally - far faster than calling out to remote DNS & less complex + less overheads ridden vs. locally installed DNS (less power, & FAR LESS if done on a separate machine)).
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Aha! What's this Coren22 admits?
"Of course it requires elevation to write to the hosts file" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @05:35PM (#50585879)
See subject & BOTH quotes from you contradicting yourself!
(& a REAL security pro, Aryeh Goretsky of NOD32/ESET agrees hosts = good security -> http://it.slashdot.org/comment... ).
APK
P.S.=> LMAO - "EAT YOUR WORDS" you hypocritical STUPID little technically incompetent troll wannabe security guru, lol - you're constantly trolling me, your post history shows it - NOW, you're getting a DOSE OF YOUR OWN MEDICINE (How's it taste? Better than how "eating your words" does I bet!)
... apk
quote> "So, have you figured out why privilege escalation is a bad thing yet?" - by Coren22 on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @05:15PM (#50577809)
Tell us another one, hypocrite - You admitted using admin priv yourself & how else could I programmatically update hosts minus it inside Windows, hmmm?
ANSWER:
I have to do it that way, to protect AND speed up users plus make their connections online more reliable!
(The latter of which also functions to make users faster than adblocking alone, by resolving host-domain names to IP address from hosts cached in RAM locally - far faster than calling out to remote DNS & less complex + less overheads ridden vs. locally installed DNS (less power, & FAR LESS if done on a separate machine)).
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Aha! What's this Coren22 admits?
"Of course it requires elevation to write to the hosts file" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @05:35PM (#50585879)
See subject & BOTH quotes from you contradicting yourself!
(& a REAL security pro, Aryeh Goretsky of NOD32/ESET agrees hosts = good security -> http://it.slashdot.org/comment... ).
APK
P.S.=> LMAO - "EAT YOUR WORDS" you hypocritical STUPID little technically incompetent troll wannabe security guru, lol - you're constantly trolling me, your post history shows it - NOW, you're getting a DOSE OF YOUR OWN MEDICINE (How's it taste? Better than how "eating your words" does I bet!)
... apk
quote> "So, have you figured out why privilege escalation is a bad thing yet?" - by Coren22 on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @05:15PM (#50577809)
Tell us another one, hypocrite - You admitted using admin priv yourself & how else could I programmatically update hosts minus it inside Windows, hmmm?
ANSWER:
I have to do it that way, to protect AND speed up users plus make their connections online more reliable!
(The latter of which also functions to make users faster than adblocking alone, by resolving host-domain names to IP address from hosts cached in RAM locally - far faster than calling out to remote DNS & less complex + less overheads ridden vs. locally installed DNS (less power, & FAR LESS if done on a separate machine)).
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Aha! What's this Coren22 admits?
"Of course it requires elevation to write to the hosts file" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @05:35PM (#50585879)
See subject & BOTH quotes from you contradicting yourself!
(& a REAL security pro, Aryeh Goretsky of NOD32/ESET agrees hosts = good security -> http://it.slashdot.org/comment... ).
APK
P.S.=> LMAO - "EAT YOUR WORDS" you hypocritical STUPID little technically incompetent troll wannabe security guru, lol - you're constantly trolling me, your post history shows it - NOW, you're getting a DOSE OF YOUR OWN MEDICINE (How's it taste? Better than how "eating your words" does I bet!)
... apk
"So, have you figured out why privilege escalation is a bad thing yet?" - by Coren22 on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @05:15PM (#50577809)
Tell us another one, hypocrite - You admitted using admin priv yourself & how else could I programmatically update hosts minus it inside Windows, hmmm?
ANSWER:
I have to do it that way, to protect AND speed up users plus make their connections online more reliable!
(The latter of which also functions to make users faster than adblocking alone, by resolving host-domain names to IP address from hosts cached in RAM locally - far faster than calling out to remote DNS & less complex + less overheads ridden vs. locally installed DNS (less power, & FAR LESS if done on a separate machine)).
---
Aha! What's this Coren22 admits?
"Of course it requires elevation to write to the hosts file" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @05:35PM (#50585879)
See subject & BOTH quotes from you contradicting yourself!
(& a REAL security pro, Aryeh Goretsky of NOD32/ESET agrees hosts = good security -> http://it.slashdot.org/comment... ).
APK
P.S.=> LMAO - "EAT YOUR WORDS" you hypocritical STUPID little technically incompetent troll wannabe security guru, lol - you're constantly trolling me, your post history shows it - NOW, you're getting a DOSE OF YOUR OWN MEDICINE (How's it taste? Better than how "eating your words" does I bet!)
... apk
"So, have you figured out why privilege escalation is a bad thing yet?" - by Coren22 on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @05:15PM (#50577809)
Tell us another one, hypocrite - You admitted using admin priv yourself & how else could I programmatically update hosts minus it inside Windows, hmmm?
ANSWER:
I have to do it that way, to protect AND speed up users plus make their connections online more reliable!
(The latter of which also functions to make users faster than adblocking alone, by resolving host-domain names to IP address from hosts cached in RAM locally - far faster than calling out to remote DNS & less complex + less overheads ridden vs. locally installed DNS (less power, & FAR LESS if done on a separate machine)).
---
Aha! What's this Coren22 admits?
"Of course it requires elevation to write to the hosts file" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @05:35PM (#50585879)
See subject & BOTH quotes from you contradicting yourself!
(& a REAL security pro, Aryeh Goretsky of NOD32/ESET agrees hosts = good security -> http://it.slashdot.org/comment... ).
APK
P.S.=> LMAO - "EAT YOUR WORDS" you hypocritical STUPID little technically incompetent troll wannabe security guru, lol - you're constantly trolling me, your post history shows it - NOW, you're getting a DOSE OF YOUR OWN MEDICINE (How's it taste? Better than how "eating your words" does I bet!)
... apk
"So, have you figured out why privilege escalation is a bad thing yet?" - by Coren22 on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @05:15PM (#50577809)
Tell us another one, hypocrite - You admitted using admin priv yourself & how else could I programmatically update hosts minus it inside Windows, hmmm?
ANSWER:
I have to do it that way, to protect AND speed up users plus make their connections online more reliable!
(The latter of which also functions to make users faster than adblocking alone, by resolving host-domain names to IP address from hosts cached in RAM locally - far faster than calling out to remote DNS & less complex + less overheads ridden vs. locally installed DNS (less power, & FAR LESS if done on a separate machine)).
---
Aha! What's this Coren22 admits?
"Of course it requires elevation to write to the hosts file" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @05:35PM (#50585879)
See subject & BOTH quotes from you contradicting yourself!
(& a REAL security pro, Aryeh Goretsky of NOD32/ESET agrees hosts = good security -> http://it.slashdot.org/comment... ).
APK
P.S.=> LMAO - "EAT YOUR WORDS" you hypocritical STUPID little technically incompetent troll wannabe security guru, lol - you're constantly trolling me, your post history shows it - NOW, you're getting a DOSE OF YOUR OWN MEDICINE (How's it taste? Better than how "eating your words" does I bet!)
... apk