I work for a small startup company. We had a user whose computer had a bad hard drive, and he needed to get back online ASAP. I had a Linux Mint machine I was working on (XFCE, not Cinnamon), so I temporarily lent that to him. I installed Chromium and Slack, which should have given it everything he needed. I came in the next day to find the computer I had lent him gone and back by my desk.
He freaked straight the fuck out. It wasn't Windows, so he just straight panicked and didn't know what to do with himself. The very act of attempting a change was too much for the guy, he chose instead to work off of his phone for a few hours until his old computer was restored.
In short, unless it looks and acts just like Windows, users will reject it out of hand.
I purchased a phone that could be rooted, and did so. Then I installed xPrivacy.
xPrivacy feeds false location information to all apps on the phone. So far as all of my apps are concerned I am standing on Chistmas Island. Similarly, I am also feeding my apps false advertising IDs and false phone ID numbers.
I read all of William Gibson's books from Neuromancer all the way through All Tomorrow's Parties, and I gave the hell up. None of them even approach the quality of Neuromancer. The only one that was any good at all was Idoru, and that was no Neuromancer.
At this stage I am convinced that William Gibson didn't actually write Neuromancer, at least not on his own. I think, at best, it was a joint project with John Shirley and Bruce Sterling, and Gibson himself may or may not have been involved.
I take the bus everyday to work. Well, first a train, then a bus. It takes me about 45 minutes to get to work. But I live in Philadelphia, where we have a pretty robust transit system.
I guess the point is: It all depends on where you live.
"Bullshit. Anyone who does video encoding will easily max out a Ryzen. Anyone who builds software for a living will max out q Ryzen. In fact, just about anybody who needs more computing power than a Chromebook will max out Ryzen."
We can even get rail lines from Philadelphia to our largest and busiest suburbs (King of Prussia and West Chester). In both cases, the lines are endless blocked because they don't want "those" people having access to their towns.
I had a similar job. I found a way around it. I simply noted in my log that I had been given a radio station as a callback number, and therefore the number was invalid, and I sent a physical letter instead.
Back in the pre-digital days, I was part of a fansubbing group called Lupin Gang Anime. These days, I capture laserdiscs of the many titles that have never been reissued on DVD or better (https://www.otakubell.com/)
I will continue to capture these endangered titles and put them on the internet. I will continue to do my best to preserve these titles from being lost. The only way I will stop is if I am locked up. Given the choice between following the law and doing what's right, I'll chose the later.
What's to stop the VPN from selling your information to the highest bidder? The fact that my VPN of choice, Mullvad, collects no information.
You click "create account," they give you an account number, and that's the end. They don't ask for your name, address, phone number, or anything. I pay via Bitcoin, so they don't even have my credit card info.
>Opera was sane: it did not reload a tab unless you asked for it. It just reopened everything from cache
No. That is NOT sane, normal, or desired.
Webpages are live. If I want to look at a chached version, I'll save the webpage locally. If I'm pointing a browser at an address, I expect a current webpage. If it takes all of three seconds to give me that, I think that's okay.
I would have purchased it on release day had it simply been rootable. Instead, they bent over backwards to make sure it can NEVER be rootable. Sorry, that's a hard fail for me. If you can't root the phone, you can never properly secure the phone. Relying on a third party for your security is a recipe for disaster.
"Oh noes, we are totally worried about WhatsApp's completely closed-source alleged implementation of encryption that was totally didn't have back-doored from the outset! I sure hope the bad guys don't use it, or we'll be in a world of hurt! The criminals and terri'rsts have already won!"
I know that I have been sitting behind a computer screen for about 30 years of my life, and that now I suffer from chronic back pain. So, at home I switched to a standing desk, and at least on the weekends I have some relief.
I'll stop by in another 30 years and let you know how I've made out.
Xprivacy doesn't block your programs from sending whatever they want to send - if you try to do that, most programs will crash. Instead, it feeds your programs completely false information. Boom, you win.
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I work for a small startup company. We had a user whose computer had a bad hard drive, and he needed to get back online ASAP. I had a Linux Mint machine I was working on (XFCE, not Cinnamon), so I temporarily lent that to him. I installed Chromium and Slack, which should have given it everything he needed. I came in the next day to find the computer I had lent him gone and back by my desk.
He freaked straight the fuck out. It wasn't Windows, so he just straight panicked and didn't know what to do with himself. The very act of attempting a change was too much for the guy, he chose instead to work off of his phone for a few hours until his old computer was restored.
In short, unless it looks and acts just like Windows, users will reject it out of hand.
I escaped it.
I purchased a phone that could be rooted, and did so. Then I installed xPrivacy.
xPrivacy feeds false location information to all apps on the phone. So far as all of my apps are concerned I am standing on Chistmas Island. Similarly, I am also feeding my apps false advertising IDs and false phone ID numbers.
I read all of William Gibson's books from Neuromancer all the way through All Tomorrow's Parties, and I gave the hell up. None of them even approach the quality of Neuromancer. The only one that was any good at all was Idoru, and that was no Neuromancer.
At this stage I am convinced that William Gibson didn't actually write Neuromancer, at least not on his own. I think, at best, it was a joint project with John Shirley and Bruce Sterling, and Gibson himself may or may not have been involved.
If a Chinese person travels to Hong Kong, they aren't leaving China. Its been part of China since the 1990s.
Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.
I take the bus everyday to work. Well, first a train, then a bus. It takes me about 45 minutes to get to work. But I live in Philadelphia, where we have a pretty robust transit system.
I guess the point is: It all depends on where you live.
You need to pick a less obvious mouthpiece. Nice try, though, Google.
"Bullshit. Anyone who does video encoding will easily max out a Ryzen. Anyone who builds software for a living will max out q Ryzen. In fact, just about anybody who needs more computing power than a Chromebook will max out Ryzen."
In other words, Phornonix is 100% correct.
We can even get rail lines from Philadelphia to our largest and busiest suburbs (King of Prussia and West Chester). In both cases, the lines are endless blocked because they don't want "those" people having access to their towns.
I had a similar job. I found a way around it. I simply noted in my log that I had been given a radio station as a callback number, and therefore the number was invalid, and I sent a physical letter instead.
Back in the pre-digital days, I was part of a fansubbing group called Lupin Gang Anime. These days, I capture laserdiscs of the many titles that have never been reissued on DVD or better (https://www.otakubell.com/)
I will continue to capture these endangered titles and put them on the internet. I will continue to do my best to preserve these titles from being lost. The only way I will stop is if I am locked up. Given the choice between following the law and doing what's right, I'll chose the later.
What's to stop the VPN from selling your information to the highest bidder? The fact that my VPN of choice, Mullvad, collects no information.
You click "create account," they give you an account number, and that's the end. They don't ask for your name, address, phone number, or anything. I pay via Bitcoin, so they don't even have my credit card info.
There's no need for that sort of filthy language, sir.
I care VERY MUCH. I am willing to pay a permium - a hundreds of dollars premium - for a physical keyboard.
But if they are completely unrootable, like the Priv? No sale, at any price.
>Opera was sane: it did not reload a tab unless you asked for it. It just reopened everything from cache
No. That is NOT sane, normal, or desired.
Webpages are live. If I want to look at a chached version, I'll save the webpage locally. If I'm pointing a browser at an address, I expect a current webpage. If it takes all of three seconds to give me that, I think that's okay.
Oh please, what's our alternative for systemd(icks)? We can switch to BSD, I guess, or Gentoo. That's about it at this point.
6. Unrootable Priv.
I would have purchased it on release day had it simply been rootable. Instead, they bent over backwards to make sure it can NEVER be rootable. Sorry, that's a hard fail for me. If you can't root the phone, you can never properly secure the phone. Relying on a third party for your security is a recipe for disaster.
"Oh noes, we are totally worried about WhatsApp's completely closed-source alleged implementation of encryption that was totally didn't have back-doored from the outset! I sure hope the bad guys don't use it, or we'll be in a world of hurt! The criminals and terri'rsts have already won!"
0/0, FBI.
I know that I have been sitting behind a computer screen for about 30 years of my life, and that now I suffer from chronic back pain. So, at home I switched to a standing desk, and at least on the weekends I have some relief.
I'll stop by in another 30 years and let you know how I've made out.
Neat-o. My (public) high school required it too.
I graduated in 1995.
Color me unimpressed.
I would, yes.
1) Root your phone. If you don't have full control over your device, you have no chance.
2) Install Xposed Framework (http://repo.xposed.info/)
3) Install Xprivacy (http://repo.xposed.info/module/biz.bokhorst.xprivacy)
Xprivacy doesn't block your programs from sending whatever they want to send - if you try to do that, most programs will crash. Instead, it feeds your programs completely false information. Boom, you win.
Is that "Up to" as in, we don't actually KNOW a number?
I actually find that to be the more alarming issue.
No MicroSD is a dealbreaker for me.
No removeable battery is a dealbreaker for me.
These have both flaws. Will not buy, at any pricepoint.
"Incorporating a unibody build, it doesn't look like you'll be able to remove the back cover or battery"
Stopped reading right there - do not want.