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  1. Re:encrypted yet backdoored? on WhatsApp Will Get Indicators To Highlight Encrypted Chats (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    You should look up what end 2 end encryption is. Yes, WhatsApp can read the encrypted messages but they can't (unless they are blatantly lying) read them because the keys are only on the users' devices. The made some news when they implemented the TextSecure protocol, which is quite secure.

  2. Re:Yeah, defeating terrorists on French Conservatives Push Law To Ban Strong Encryption (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    Most terrorists in the west are 3rd generation muslim immigrants. Lets not create a new generation of 3rd generation muslims and kick out all new ones who want to enter.

  3. Re:Clever. on French Conservatives Push Law To Ban Strong Encryption (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    This is called a known-plaintext attack and does not work against decent crypto algorithms.

  4. Installing an adblocker, virusscanner and click to play flash will solve most of that too.

  5. Re:uninstall! on 'Get Windows 10' Turns Itself On and Nags Win 7 and 8.1 Users Twice a Day (infoworld.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    I use this script to clean people's Windows 7 computers up:

    wusa /uninstall /kb:3035583 /quiet /norestart

    and the same for

    kb:2952664
    kb:3022345
    kb:3068708
    kb:3075249
    kb:3080149
    kb:3021917
    kb:3083324
    kb:2977759
    kb:3112343

    (sorry, I can't post a cut and paste script herre, get an error about a compression filter).

    Then I hide those updates in windows update, and uncheck automatic updates because MS keeps switching them on and I'm not sure they will eventually push windows 10 as a security update.

  6. We use it at work. I now know for sure I don't want it at home, it looks even uglyer as Google's material design.

  7. Re:Important 3rd party API lesson on Google Claims a TOS Violation On RouteBuilder For Using the Map API (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, if you plan to do that you should consider that and prevent them from identifying your requests. Perhaps accessing it via Tor?

  8. If you really want it back... on Hellfire Missile Mistakenly Shipped To Cuba · · Score: 0

    Then we'll fire it in the direction of some US spy plane.

  9. Re:End-To-End Encrytion is the Issue on Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter and Yahoo Balk At UK's Investigatory Powers (betanews.com) · · Score: 2

    And then what? There is a lot of free open-source e2e encryption software where no payment processors can be put under pressure. If the UK government demands backdoors from GnuPG, Signal or SMSSecure and they respond with "nuts", there is nothing the UK government can do. They could try to block Signal but that would probably result in them finally making work of a decentralized server setup.

  10. Re:Uber will be welcome in Germany... on Uber In Retreat Across Europe · · Score: 1

    "Deutschland über alles" again?

  11. Re:Well then on Dutch Government Backs Strong Encryption, Condemns Backdoors · · Score: 1

    However, the TU (Technical University) Eindhoven is at least as good as Delft. Each one has its specialties, aerospace engineering can only be done in Delft but for nuclear fusion technology Eindhoven is the place to be).

  12. Re:so.... Firefox OS? on Can Web Standards Make Mobile Apps Obsolete? (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    They failed too and are already forgotten.

  13. Re:Microsoft could TAKE OVER the smartphone market on The Reason a Surface Phone Won't Fix Microsoft's Mobile Problem (windows10update.com) · · Score: 1

    Why? I can use outlook mail on my Android device very well, and I'm sure it is also possible on iOS. MS even writes its own Outlook app for these. That it is also possible on windows phone is not a unique feature of windows phone.

  14. Re:Microsoft could TAKE OVER the smartphone market on The Reason a Surface Phone Won't Fix Microsoft's Mobile Problem (windows10update.com) · · Score: 1

    Ah yes, I had this stuff once: I installed Exchange support on my old Symbian phone, and the next thing I knew was I had to hack my way in my own phone to remove the option for the company IT department to reformat my phone. Never again on my private device. If the company wants those rights they'll have to provide me the phone too. I now run an Android app that parses outlook webmail and has no entrance for sneaky admins.

  15. Re:Government should enforce more standards on Switzerland Moves Toward a Universal Phone Charger Standard (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    If patenting such a proprietary charger would not be possible so anyone could make them you would be right. Patents are artificial monopolies.

  16. Yes, my money too on Star Wars Pulls In $1 Billion At Record Speed (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    But only because I don't have a 3D setup at home. Over 6 months I will just torrent the DVD.

  17. Re:Not my money, yet on Star Wars Pulls In $1 Billion At Record Speed (reuters.com) · · Score: 1, Funny

    But not the last time when he got

  18. Re:Not my money, yet on Star Wars Pulls In $1 Billion At Record Speed (reuters.com) · · Score: 0

    Subtle? You saw the scenes where that Dart Vader wannebee lost his control and damaged his own ship with his lightsaber?

  19. Re:whatever China wants on China Passes Law Requiring Tech Firms To Hand Over Encryption Keys (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    That doesn't matter much, Chinese workers are getting more expensive already. Foxconn is opening factories in cheaper India already.

  20. Re:What is the implication for companies on China Passes Law Requiring Tech Firms To Hand Over Encryption Keys (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Not to mention things like open source encryption software like GnuPG or Signal. They sell nothing so need no local front to deal with payments. Only remaining option is they get blocked (hi Brasil).

  21. Re:Windows 7 is the end of my Microsoft road on Microsoft CMO Confirms Development of 'Spiritual Equivalent' of Surface Phone (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    In practice, with "new" UI paradigma's, that will probably be used which user configurable options will be skipped this time.

  22. Does it have a manually editable hostsfile (no, I'm not the AC posting that stuff over and over again but it does work). I had limited adblocking that way even on Symbian (it could not handle a huge hostsfile but I could block the most important ad and trackingservers), but Symbian had of course much more users than windows phone will ever have.

  23. Re:Just serving the customer on ASUS To Include AdBlock Plus On All Phones and Tablets In 2016 (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Loading and processing the ads is a much larger strain. But on smartphones there are more ways: on Android, most ads in apps are loaded by the Google Play Services. Lucky Patcher can selectively disable the ad functionality without disabeling the useful parts.

  24. Wrong adblocker! on ASUS To Include AdBlock Plus On All Phones and Tablets In 2016 (betanews.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    They should use an adblocker that really blocks ads, with no whitelists. The only acceptable ad is a blocked ad!

  25. Re:Interesting: what next? on ASUS To Include AdBlock Plus On All Phones and Tablets In 2016 (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Use Snaptube for Android (http://www.snaptubeapp.com/). No ads and you can download the video's as well.