Well.... That's too ridiculous. If someone is smart enough to root their phone and provide you with a file that is in such an obscure location, they are not going to give you their CC info by definition.
Unfortunately beyond getting the name nothing is in the data stored that you couldn't get from a receipt. In addition, why would the store know my name and a phone number?
The big problem there would be acquiring the right phone number. I have not seen a lot of phones that report the correct MSISDN.
I understand the technical challenges that can arise. But Facebook was the social site. Now it's becoming more of a personal information dump. When they made that concious transition they weren't the small company with 3 employees. They had to think about privacy protections for their users.
How about you stop trying to decide what should happen to other peoples data for them.
My reaction to that statement is - WHAT!?!?!?!
It's the owner who is removing it, not someone else. Just because you want your data to be stored for years, doesn't mean that I should be deprived of the option to remove it permanently. If anything, current situation takes away my choice to remove the information permanently, while not affecting you in any meaningful way.
PS: And if they want to do business in EU, they have to comply with the rules people of EU set out.
Then Facebook should remove all privacy ensuring features and make everything public. Otherwise, they shouldn't collect and store any personal data.
In short, what they have to do is remove all data that can be removed. Obviously that would exclude backups written to CDs, but not backups on easily modifiable systems. Otherwise, they are in breach of many countries privacy laws.
They're stiffing their entire userbase? Hyperbole isn't really the best way to make your argument. It is, however, a good way to make sure no one actually reads what you have to say. In any event, when a corporation (or a person or a small business) has to decide between their users and their customers, the people who pay the bills are going to win 9 times out of 10. That's just reality, regardless of how "dick" you may think it is.
Underrated comment. Would vote up, but already used my points.
The area is really murky one here. Google has to listen to both sides, but they do have to operate under DMCA, take down the content and let the poster counter the takedown.
As far as userbase goes, they aren't really stiffing the whole userbase just some people that were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
GPL is very much explicit what is not allowed - additional restrictions to GPL. Maybe you should read it.
As for authors of the software - they are not bound by GPL in any way.
And of course it's not Apple's fault that they chose to lock down their platform all the way to hell and back./s
Nope, the EULA ads restrictions that clash with GPL. Thus any project that doesn't have the permission of all contributors to publish will be yanked due to licensing reasons.
True that they don't disallow, they implicitly don't allow GPL.
And that is different to MS Office, how? I have no idea how to print the labels. I saw it being done in 1998 last time.
I still use Open/LibreOffice for documents, because I find Writer easier to use than Word.
PostgreSQL has who? Really... As well as OpenERP and a plethora of many OSS projects. Heck, Apache HTTPd became the dominant web server without any support from major players.
In addition, majority of software projects die anyway, OSS is no exception to the general trend. And most software is as horrible as OSS, making OSS just as successful as proprietary software.
it is painfully, dreadfully simple for these competitors to stop blatently copying Apple products and do just a little innovation on their own
Yes... Like a tablet that is not rectangular. That is their genius answer.
As for smaller companies - I give you Jaytech and N-TK. (Look it up, Mr Fanboi)
But forgot to say that they were blatantly using other's patented technologies to have a "phone" in their iPhone. So let's just keep the "fairness" away from this, Ok?
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Well.... That's too ridiculous. If someone is smart enough to root their phone and provide you with a file that is in such an obscure location, they are not going to give you their CC info by definition.
Unfortunately beyond getting the name nothing is in the data stored that you couldn't get from a receipt. In addition, why would the store know my name and a phone number?
The big problem there would be acquiring the right phone number. I have not seen a lot of phones that report the correct MSISDN.
Thankfully this is just an app that they can update OTA.
I understand the technical challenges that can arise. But Facebook was the social site. Now it's becoming more of a personal information dump. When they made that concious transition they weren't the small company with 3 employees. They had to think about privacy protections for their users.
How about you stop trying to decide what should happen to other peoples data for them.
My reaction to that statement is - WHAT!?!?!?!
It's the owner who is removing it, not someone else. Just because you want your data to be stored for years, doesn't mean that I should be deprived of the option to remove it permanently. If anything, current situation takes away my choice to remove the information permanently, while not affecting you in any meaningful way.
PS: And if they want to do business in EU, they have to comply with the rules people of EU set out.
EU regulations also, because they are in effect in Ireland as well.
Then Facebook should remove all privacy ensuring features and make everything public. Otherwise, they shouldn't collect and store any personal data.
In short, what they have to do is remove all data that can be removed. Obviously that would exclude backups written to CDs, but not backups on easily modifiable systems. Otherwise, they are in breach of many countries privacy laws.
If you remove YOUr own content, there should be no going back. Wikipedia is a different beast - it's about facts being collected into a single place.
Most definitely all Android ODMs that have signed the deal.
As patents go, GPLv2 is not very clear on the details. ASL v2 however....
I'm 100% sure that Moto is present in EU. At the very least in Germany.
I'll stay in my tank of Chromium under Linux.
Well, I am trying to use legalese and weaselly tactics here....
They're stiffing their entire userbase? Hyperbole isn't really the best way to make your argument. It is, however, a good way to make sure no one actually reads what you have to say. In any event, when a corporation (or a person or a small business) has to decide between their users and their customers, the people who pay the bills are going to win 9 times out of 10. That's just reality, regardless of how "dick" you may think it is.
Underrated comment. Would vote up, but already used my points.
The area is really murky one here. Google has to listen to both sides, but they do have to operate under DMCA, take down the content and let the poster counter the takedown.
As far as userbase goes, they aren't really stiffing the whole userbase just some people that were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Oooo... I'd like to manufacture Android.
Since they use Android on their devices, they are technically users.
Are we having issues with the past tense detection?
As it turns out the patents Microsoft is pursing have nothing to do with the Linux kernel
Yes, specifically the long filename in FAT patent.... Oh, wait.... It is Linux kernel related!
GPL is very much explicit what is not allowed - additional restrictions to GPL. Maybe you should read it.
/s
As for authors of the software - they are not bound by GPL in any way.
And of course it's not Apple's fault that they chose to lock down their platform all the way to hell and back.
+100000 on that comment
Nope, the EULA ads restrictions that clash with GPL. Thus any project that doesn't have the permission of all contributors to publish will be yanked due to licensing reasons.
True that they don't disallow, they implicitly don't allow GPL.
And that is different to MS Office, how? I have no idea how to print the labels. I saw it being done in 1998 last time.
I still use Open/LibreOffice for documents, because I find Writer easier to use than Word.
Can you bring up the technicality that doesn't make Moto or B&N Android users?
PostgreSQL has who? Really... As well as OpenERP and a plethora of many OSS projects. Heck, Apache HTTPd became the dominant web server without any support from major players.
In addition, majority of software projects die anyway, OSS is no exception to the general trend. And most software is as horrible as OSS, making OSS just as successful as proprietary software.
I would disagree on the term "vocal". As this only surfaced after his death and in a book.
it is painfully, dreadfully simple for these competitors to stop blatently copying Apple products and do just a little innovation on their own
Yes... Like a tablet that is not rectangular. That is their genius answer.
As for smaller companies - I give you Jaytech and N-TK. (Look it up, Mr Fanboi)
But forgot to say that they were blatantly using other's patented technologies to have a "phone" in their iPhone. So let's just keep the "fairness" away from this, Ok?