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  1. Re: What would it mean for VSTS? on Microsoft Is Talking About Acquiring GitHub, Says Report (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Bad in what way?

  2. Re: No cell phones in Federal Prison though on Samsung Won't Be Forced To Update Old Smartphones (bbc.com) · · Score: 0

    Does your homophobic ranting go down well with all your vegan hipster buddies?

  3. Re: More planned obsolescence, more e-waste on Samsung Won't Be Forced To Update Old Smartphones (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Lineage OS fits the bill to some degree - a Google free Android. It runs very nicely on my Note 2

  4. Re: Free Tommy Robinson! on Increasing Similarity of Billboard Songs · · Score: 0

    No it isn't but it's a lot easier to walk away from the Council of Europe when you're not in the EU or EEA.

  5. Re: Free Tommy Robinson! on Increasing Similarity of Billboard Songs · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Sharia law is completely incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights, enshrined in law in the Human Rights Act 1998. As the UK is a member of the EU we have nothing to worry about. Oh hang on.....

  6. I think someone needs their nappy changed

  7. GDPR is absolutely about the secure handling of personal information, hence the colossal fines. Perhaps you should go away and read it. It won't prevent a determined attacker but what it will do is force organisations to have proper policies in place to make it less likely. I work for an organisation that is currently going through GDPR compliance and we are hardening our systems, tightening up who has access to them and ensuring that everything is up to date. What do you know about GDPR? Very little judging by your comments. I'm still waiting for you to tell me how the market will force organisations to take proper care of people's private information.

  8. Yes I do want companies that are cavalier about protecting my personal data to be punished. Most of the serious data breaches have been due to the business in question not being prepared to spend the time and money to ensure their customers are adequately protected. That is what GDPR is for, to force organisations to give a shit about the people they are supposed to be serving. Unless of course you're happy for your personal data like credit card or social security numbers to be stored unencrypted on unpatched servers that is.

    This is my only account. I have no interest in karma since it's already maxed out. How about you answer my question instead of giving me a load of guff about how my data would be safer if there were 10000 banks and 100 credit agencies. It wouldn't because security is a cost that a lot of organisations don't care about. I can start posting examples of data breaches in markets that have a lot of competition if that will focus your mind.

  9. How will the market make businesses give a shit about protecting their customers' data given that the market has totally failed to punish offenders thus far?

  10. No I didn't. Are you going to answer my question?

  11. What government intervention created Equifax? You still haven't answered my point though. How will the market make businesses give a shit about protecting their customers' data given that the market has totally failed to punish offenders thus far?

  12. How would you force companies to give a shit about protecting users' private information? Taking my business elsewhere is meaningless if my details have already been exposed, and the case of Equifax i can't do that anyway because I'm not the customer.

  13. You can hand over your personal data to identity thieves via Equifax or TalkTalk if you like - I prefer it to be handled properly myself.

  14. Re: email filters on Most GDPR Emails Unnecessary and Some Illegal, Say Experts (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah why would anyone want their private personal data handled properly? What a waste of time.

  15. Re: Feminism at work on US Births Dip To 30-Year Low (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Why occasionally?

  16. Re: Once more, with emphasis on Estonia To Become the World's First Free Public Transport Nation (citylab.com) · · Score: 1

    You think that people are being forced at gunpoint to use public transport in Estonia? Are you sure you read the article?

  17. Of course not on Should The Media Cover Tesla Accidents? (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 1

    It should be insurance companies

  18. Re: Feminism at work on US Births Dip To 30-Year Low (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Life was a bit more complex than that even in the past. Let's also not forget that "just" bringing home an income often meant working in hazardous conditions on a daily basis.

  19. I'm salty because some bellend told me I don't belong here.

  20. Yeah I should think before I post really :)

  21. I've been here a lot longer than you now fuck off.

  22. So that isn't available in VBA already? What makes that more of a security hole in JS?

  23. Re: This is very very welcome...but... on Microsoft Adds Support For JavaScript Functions in Excel (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 2

    What should you be using instead?

  24. Feel free to post a link to the source

  25. No I'm saying that Equifax will be a damn sight more careful than they have been up to now.