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  1. Re:Signal is only partially private on Signal, WhatsApp Co-Founder Launch 'Open Source Privacy Technology' Nonprofit (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    True.
    You need to register on a central server using your unique mobile number.

    According to this Wikipedia article they've so far only once had to hand over data.
    Interestingly this data is limited to the time the registration was done and the last time you accessed the service.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    Their privacy policy:
    https://signal.org/signal/priv...

    Reading material for the rightfully paranoid:
    https://medium.com/@thegrugq/s...

  2. It's for free, download, install, register and use at zero expense.
    Yes in some lawless* places it would be illegal.
    * Lawless as in no constitutional or in law enshrined right to privacy.

  3. True, for a moment I forgot the time this book was written when memories of both Stalin and Hitler were fresh, I grew up with especially memories of the Nazi period and much less exposure to the horrible Stalin regime.

  4. Re:Yes, stick to your purpose on NRA Gives Ajit Pai 'Courage Award' and Gun For 'Saving the Internet' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Where we see a majority opinion is not necessarily supporting wisdom or logic.

  5. Re:CPAC = Gun-Free Zone on NRA Gives Ajit Pai 'Courage Award' and Gun For 'Saving the Internet' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    You mean these freedom loving thugs couldn't find a more liberal minded (freedom to tote) venue?

  6. The NN legislation of Obama was not perfect but why in the world could you claim doing away with such would improve access for everyone?
    The Pai legislation is only positive for the wealthiest of companies, the rest are left by the wayside.
    Pai's legislation (or lack thereof) is like admitting the guy with the biggest truck always has the right of way.

  7. Re:The New Brown Shirts on NRA Gives Ajit Pai 'Courage Award' and Gun For 'Saving the Internet' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    He lost the popular vote by nearly 3 million yet won by means of a curious system called Electoral College.
    Even if people would be blind to his corruption he could still lose they way he won, by chance.

  8. Re:All Hail Mesh Nets and Rifles on NRA Gives Ajit Pai 'Courage Award' and Gun For 'Saving the Internet' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Very well said, pity you did it as an AC.
    Presidents of the USofA should not be in that position purely for the party that supported their election but instead to bring all Americans together to form a stronger nation.
    Trump with his Pai and NRA is only making the divisions deeper.

  9. A great but cynical metaphor :)

  10. Re:Yes, stick to your purpose on NRA Gives Ajit Pai 'Courage Award' and Gun For 'Saving the Internet' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The problem with the 2nd amendment is right there in the Supreme Court that interpreted the original meaning of Militia to suddenly mean any one man and his gun collection.

  11. Re:Yes, stick to your purpose on NRA Gives Ajit Pai 'Courage Award' and Gun For 'Saving the Internet' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    This NRA action just shows how much brain damage you get from breathing too much lead.

  12. The left in the USofA is at best a single digit percentage of the population and you give them that much credit?

  13. Curious, I always thought it was a parable of the resurrection of ultra right-wing Nazism...

  14. I doubt he needs this skill where he's going.

  15. That's no issue, even my Androids have the intelligence to only do updates when on WIFI.
    Oh sorry, you were talking about MS Windows...

  16. Re:Let the whining begin! on Twitter Updates Developer Rules in the Wake of Bot Crackdown (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    Won't work.
    The problem with alt-right/left/ extremists of any flavour is these people live in a bubble, they only look at what seems to confirm their preconceptions.
    So they'd never start to follow what they see as 'the enemy'.

  17. Chromium on Chrome Extension Brings 'View Image' Button Back (9to5google.com) · · Score: 1

    For those reluctant to share everything with Google, the extension also works with Chromium.

  18. Re: No need for an extension on Chrome Extension Brings 'View Image' Button Back (9to5google.com) · · Score: 1

    Oops, the original size has moved to below the preview.

  19. Re: No need for an extension on Chrome Extension Brings 'View Image' Button Back (9to5google.com) · · Score: 1

    True.
    Regretfully they have removed the indication of the pixel size from the list of 8 thumbnails so there is a fair chance you get nothing bigger.
    Luckily you can during the original search still specify a certain minimum size.

  20. Re:Deliberate misgendering? on FreeBSD's New Code of Conduct (freebsd.org) · · Score: 1

    Those that challenge the person's self elected gender.

  21. Re:I don't have anything to do with FreeBSD... on FreeBSD's New Code of Conduct (freebsd.org) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Oh...
    I thought aren't these already implied forms of human conduct and interaction, in other words; nothing new?
    But apparently there are reasons to write it out for those that are lacking the required sensitivities for polite conduct.

  22. Trump on Twitter Kills Its Mac App (betanews.com) · · Score: 0

    One hell of a way to discourage this guy Trump.
    :)

  23. Because Microsoft told them to limit RAM to 1 or 2 GB etc?

  24. I would say there is a great deal of compatibility in Linux.
    Displaying a website, mail, picture or video using Linux gives the same result as doing it on OSX or Windows.
    Similar for printing it.

    If there is a problem it would be with the awful Open Document implementation of Microsoft Office, not with Linux or it's Office suites.

    Also, most of the internet is connected using Linux or other Unix like computers and any type of media or document passes through them without problem.

  25. Re:Won't affect FB much... on German Court Rules Facebook Use of Personal Data Illegal (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Plus, FB users agreed to this, and EULAs/TOS agreements are basic law that both parties agreed to.

    EULAs and TOS are not above the law.

    Better, these are in conflict with the law and thus null and void.
    Next ISP's will be ordered to block those services and the vast majority will find a friendlier service.