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  1. Didn't pay facebook for the data on Facebook Sues Over 'Data-Grabbing' Quizzes (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    So they sue.

    Don't get between facebook and our data.

  2. Just read title, facebook is indiscriminate and grabs all. I just downloaded this facebook hosts file and added it to my own.
    https://github.com/jmdugan/blo...

  3. I had thought this common knowledge on Several Popular Apps Share Data With Facebook Without User Consent (ft.com) · · Score: 1

    Facebook grabs all the data it can, it's really not dependent upon your contacts.
    I don't use Facebook and have it very well blocked with a HOSTS file on my personal Computer.

    I run "Noroot Firewall" on mobile devices. This Christmas a Parrot Drone was gifted, and "FreeFlight mini" software installed
    on a mobile phone; Two packets going to Google and one to Facebook were blocked.

  4. Re:I was recently looking for a color profile on Ask Slashdot: Why Don't HDR TVs Have sRGB Or AdobeRGB Ratings? · · Score: 1

    Did you actually change any color settings on the TV before trying to apply those to all sources?

    No, and the reason for the warranty return. Most of the picture options are greyed out, no matter the mode.

    Had a picture I wanted to give someone, tweaked it on Monitor and printed it. The print out was too dark to view.
    That was after I got it back from warranty repair, monitor's going back for the second time. Samsung has been great about it.
    I have bunches of professional Monitor test pictures, they are the best I can do without special equipment.

  5. I was recently looking for a color profile on Ask Slashdot: Why Don't HDR TVs Have sRGB Or AdobeRGB Ratings? · · Score: 1

    for the HDTV I use as a monitor.

    One was not to be found or even hinted at. Yet I found a picture setting: Apply picture settings - All sources.
    That will do the same; I think, HDTV is broke awaiting warranty replacement (that setting is greyed out).

    I have Samsung Monitor that will send a profile to my Samsung Printer via USB, at least that's the plan.
    Talking warranty replacement I ask about that setting, nobody has a clue - Google insist it will work.

  6. Re:This is why I don't run/use Windows Firewall. on Microsoft Warns Of Two Apps That Installed Root Certificates Then Leaked the Private Keys (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    That's not a good reason to not run Windows firewall. Its expected to be there, and you're exposing yourself to excessive and unnecessary risk if you turn it off.

    I don't run Windows Firewall or Antivirus. I do and have run Comodo firewall for many years
    And a large HOSTS file help very much.
    Sorry to take so long to reply.

  7. This is why I don't run/use Windows Firewall. on Microsoft Warns Of Two Apps That Installed Root Certificates Then Leaked the Private Keys (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Partners of MicroSoft (having a Certification Authority (CA) certificate) are allowed to pass through Windows Firewall with no notifications.
    I can't find a link for it now, as it's was posted a very long time ago.

  8. Was waiting for someone to call BS, who am I to change public opinion. I'm on record posting when Microsoft stole data from everybody who installed GWX (Early 4/2015) nothing happened about it, hell I was kicked off https://www.sevenforums.com/ over it.

    Just after Facebook hit the fan, fingers were pointed at Google and their privacy practice for a short while then blow over and it happen again, time after time. Google should be proud of their practice, and people who don't see that deserve facebook.

    Those what we collect on each website now expressing their privacy policy, yep have facebook to thank for that.
    Facebook's sin is showing what one could get away with.

  9. StraightTalk has the program CallDetector on Number of Robocalls Placed in the US Surged By 50 Percent in the First Half of This Year (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    One of the better call blockers, free of charge to it's users.
    http://dsweb.straighttalk.com/...

  10. With UEFI one can hide a root kit on Researcher Finds Simple Way of Backdooring Windows PCs and Nobody Notices for Ten Months (zdnet.com) · · Score: 0

    If no one can see the problem here, they're avoiding it.

    https://blogs.technet.microsof...

  11. Re:Um... do you have any understanding on Facebook Posts May Point To Depression, Study Finds (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    We'd have a lot less problems in the world if we'd stop telling folks to pull themselves up by their bootstraps (a literal impossibility, the irony of which always seems lost on the folks who favor the phrase) and actually, you know, tried to solve problems.

    Ativan (Lorazepam) did me a world of good long time ago.

    To be prescribed to me again is doubtful. Since the Opiate crack down it's a last result, counseling being preferred.
    This to tell folks to pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

  12. Yes that is annoying. However, even after bypassing all that

    It then gives you a blue button to click to open Edge, or a grey one you can click to install the browser you actually want to use.

    That's a new low.

    No it's not.

    When GWX (Get Windows 10) was first released very first thing it did was to grabbed info from everybody sending it to 157.56.106.185

    157.56.106.185 as it was in my HOSTS file and the file (600K) never got out or sent.

  13. Re:with a 1000000:1 bad vs good articles on Trump Accuses Google of Rigging Search Results To Favor 'Bad' News About Him (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    the probability of getting a good article inst high.

    Trump just has to face facts, he is a horrid little man that has no idea what he is doing. The media is reporting this correctly where trump isnt manipulating thing in his favor. Now he is aiming to manipulate google.

    Google: president dumb f***
    That way or with the letters.

  14. Re:I'm not defending robbery, but... on To Catch A Robber, The FBI Attempted An Unprecedented Grab For Google Location Data (forbes.com) · · Score: 2

    What kind of an idiot tells Google where he is at all times while committing an armed robbery?

    It's a dick move to rob anyone to begin with, but it takes a special kind of stupid to broadcast your location to the world's biggest mass surveillance company while you're doing it!

    Two programs that are give-me's for tracking when no tracking is selected are Weather and Maps.

    Best to leave your Android/Apple behind, on the other hand that would imply premeditated.

  15. Shirley there is a torrent that contains all the emulation files for these early consoles. It can't be that big.

    There was at web.archive.org can't find it at the moment, it's a 36 Gig download; and comes with MAME.

    Found it. Remembered it was a /. article that led me there https://games.slashdot.org/sto...

  16. Shirley there is a torrent that contains all the emulation files for these early consoles. It can't be that big.

    There was at web.archive.org can't find it at the moment, it's a 36 Gig download; and comes with MAME.

  17. Re:"even a family of Mormons" on How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald's Monopoly Game and Stole Millions (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    Just like the Jews amirite?

    Oh wait, sweeping generalizations about people on the basis of their religious beliefs is what defines a bigot...
    I'm not a fan of Mormonism myself, but like any other group of humans, there are Mormons who are great people and Mormons who are shitty people.

    It's almost as though categorizing people upon any basis other than their individual behavior makes you a shitty person.

    They practice vigilante justice on rumor alone, facts aren't important nor even an attempt made to verify.
    They do this as a whole and can be grouped as one.

  18. Re:Yellow dots on HP Will Give You $10,000 To Hack Your Printer (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Does removing the yellow dots that identify which printer a document came out of count?

    My first thought. This can be used to identify a person of a company to exploit.

  19. "even a family of Mormons" on How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald's Monopoly Game and Stole Millions (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    Mormons are a despicable people, why is this a surprise.

  20. I was just this morning taking a security course required by my employer where they were stressing the importance of securing the supply chain.

    Microsoft is an arrogant bunch, and take no notice of a situation not theirs.

    This exact thing happened two years ago to Linux Mint https://www.zdnet.com/article/...
    And the time my Email address became public domain.

  21. I shop Newegg.com only, on Best Buy Is Thriving In the Age of Amazon (defenseone.com) · · Score: 1

    they started charging me tax. I drive to Best Buy now; what I want is cheaper than online, even with tax.

  22. Re:Don't mess it up, I use it daily on Microsoft Is Making the Windows Command Line a Lot Better (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    You know you can fix that, right?

    There is a registry key to tell Windows to use UTC, or use 'timedatectl set-local-rtc 1' to tell Linux to set the hwclock to local time.

    No I didn't know it could be fixed, quick search on your reply looks like I can fix it.
    Thank you.

  23. Don't mess it up, I use it daily on Microsoft Is Making the Windows Command Line a Lot Better (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I dual boot and because of it my time is off in whatever OS I'm in. DATE and TIME are two commands I use all the time.

    - Lost Linux Mint on a Windows update; didn't fix it for a bit, my time was always right.

  24. Downloadable file is for the Mac on How Minecraft Is Helping Kids Fall In Love With Books (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    "Treasure Island.mcworld". I can't get it installed on PC, using the basic methods.

    Searching for a PC version, one was taken down in 2015 http://www.minecraftmaps.com/s...

  25. Re:strange story on E-Waste Mining Could Be Big Business (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    High bid was $300 (US), and pulled from the auction as the precious metals that could be salvaged was much more than that.

    WTF? Why was the auction 'pulled'? If the value was higher, somebody would have bid on it accordingly. It doesn't sound like it was an auction, it sounds like a swindle operation. Who benefited from the 'salvage value' and why weren't they told to just bid on the scrap?

    Can't answer that.

    I saw it was for bid, and interested, I bid on a pallet of teletypes.
    Weeks later while loading the teletypes I asked about the Univac and was told of the bid results.