A nontechnical user receives an email that claims they can unlock a free copy of Angry Birds Extreme by following some simple instructions to enable non-curated apps--they click through all warning messages (because that is what Windows has trained them to do over the last 20 years) and boom--they are using a buggy malware infested piece of crap app.
Assuming a non-DRM'd Apple product would use similar "any file is executable" convention.
you claim that Apple could provide an easy option to use a non-curated means of loading native apps onto their iProducts
You seem to think that the freedom to tinker is somehow a trade-off for your own user experience. Good luck for when you live in a world like this.
I know a license that is compatible with the GNU General Public License, Version 2.0, the GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 2.1, the GNU Affero General Public License, Version 3.0. It's called the BSD license.
And even better, it ensures future compatibility with all future licenses as well.
In all seriousness, copyleft these days is a pain in the ass, mainly because every second major entity that uses it is compelled to create their own license. Copyleft hurts free software.
I use browser profiles for a number of things. I have a browser profile for Hotmail, I *will* have a browser profile for Facebook when I get an account, and I have a profile for normal browsing. That way Facebook can't use their Like buttons to track half of the websites I visit.
Seems good enough to me... now, if only I could get people to do the same.
Yes! I can't believe this wasn't mentioned sooner.
I am an ex-FF user, now using SeaMonkey. I love the fact that you can move the menubar and bookmarks toolbar around - I have them next to each other to save space. SeaMonkey is... not beautiful by default, but after installing a Persona it looks much better. I would never go back to using Firefox, or anything else for that matter.
Can NSS define a "malicious URL"? It appears to be based on website reputation. However, do these so called "malicious URLs" achieve installing malware on other browsers?
It seems that Microsoft is trying to win by tracking the entire web for malware, and basing its protection on that. That doesn't exactly signify a "secure product".
I suppose it might prevent users from installing every ActiveX and.exe file they come across on the web... but the only real solution there is education.
Child porn will be blocked first. However, the problem with internet censorship is that other material (such as political material, eg. WikiLeaks) could also be blocked eventually. The first rule of censorship is to not talk about it; it's ironic that we don't know what websites are going to be blocked.
Bad stuff has already been done because of the filter anyway. Look at Bulletproof Networks - they were threatened fines of $11,000 per day for linking to a leak of the blacklist.
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Really? Wikipedia and the Greens website both say they oppose censorship.
Linux is a kernel, not an operating system.
Assuming a non-DRM'd Apple product would use similar "any file is executable" convention.
You seem to think that the freedom to tinker is somehow a trade-off for your own user experience. Good luck for when you live in a world like this.
I always thought AJAX couldn't be done cross-domain, correct me if I'm wrong? (I don't do JavaScript very often)
Anyway, for me, the best solution is disabling JavaScript altogether using NoScript, and enabling on a per-domain basis. Call me paranoid...
iFrames != AJAX. I'd say they probably never even used AJAX, only a simple JavaScript redirect.
And naturally, as a spammer, the ease of creating accounts would be fairly important.
I know a license that is compatible with the GNU General Public License, Version 2.0, the GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 2.1, the GNU Affero General Public License, Version 3.0. It's called the BSD license.
And even better, it ensures future compatibility with all future licenses as well.
In all seriousness, copyleft these days is a pain in the ass, mainly because every second major entity that uses it is compelled to create their own license. Copyleft hurts free software.
Occupy Hollywood sounds good. Except make it a protest against the companies that make up the MAFIAA who are stealing all of our money.
Good luck getting support from phpBB.com. They only support fresh installations from phpBB.com, mainly because Fantastico does such a bad job.
Really, it's not that hard to install PHP, MySQL and phpBB from scratch on a Linux Server. You learn a lot more that way as well.
I use browser profiles for a number of things. I have a browser profile for Hotmail, I *will* have a browser profile for Facebook when I get an account, and I have a profile for normal browsing. That way Facebook can't use their Like buttons to track half of the websites I visit.
Seems good enough to me... now, if only I could get people to do the same.
Yes! I can't believe this wasn't mentioned sooner.
I am an ex-FF user, now using SeaMonkey. I love the fact that you can move the menubar and bookmarks toolbar around - I have them next to each other to save space. SeaMonkey is... not beautiful by default, but after installing a Persona it looks much better. I would never go back to using Firefox, or anything else for that matter.
Can NSS define a "malicious URL"? It appears to be based on website reputation. However, do these so called "malicious URLs" achieve installing malware on other browsers?
.exe file they come across on the web... but the only real solution there is education.
It seems that Microsoft is trying to win by tracking the entire web for malware, and basing its protection on that. That doesn't exactly signify a "secure product".
I suppose it might prevent users from installing every ActiveX and
Child porn will be blocked first. However, the problem with internet censorship is that other material (such as political material, eg. WikiLeaks) could also be blocked eventually. The first rule of censorship is to not talk about it; it's ironic that we don't know what websites are going to be blocked. Bad stuff has already been done because of the filter anyway. Look at Bulletproof Networks - they were threatened fines of $11,000 per day for linking to a leak of the blacklist.