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  1. A thought on Apple To Unveil a Cheaper iPad Next Week At Its Educational Event · · Score: 1

    How about instead of spending money on ipads and the extra costs associated with support, infrastructure, staff, replacement every few years when apple retires a model etc to support the ipads, schools could instead fix crumbling buildings, lights, buy new desks, provide better lunches, ...

    My generation learned from books, blackboard, chalk, and a classroom that didn't have 60 kids in it.

  2. To get this you'd need to sign up for disney's streaming service... Not going to happen. I don't subscribe to a service for one show. Was it CBS and that Star Trek show they offered on Streaming only? That didn't last. This won't either.

    Dear disney. Do you want to get your shows pirated? Because pulling your content from netflix and starting your own service is how you get your pirated.

       

  3. Leaving this here for anyone looking for help ditching google from android phones. https://www.slsmk.com/sync-and...

  4. Hey Microshat,
    How about you start to support 2 factor authentication on windows and servers first before you start worrying about collecting all PII data?

    Seriously, why do I need a 3rd party authenticator like RSA and and GINA replacement when 2 factor should be standard by now.

  5. ATT and others fought to get Net Neutrality repealed only so that they could rewrite the laws they way 'they' want the lays to exist, then be able to claim that they fought to restore and improve Net Neutrality laws.....

  6. I also would not use a Free Service wrapped up in a black box on top of my TV. You obviously need to let it analyze your viewing patterns for those 'recommendations', plus who knows what is in the eula... probably lets them analyze your viewing data as well as requiring ID/birthdate/Credit card number... who knows what data it wanted. Maybe Joe Schmoe in Dallas doesn't wan't you knowing he watches The Big Bang Theory and knows he can pirate it and watch it in private instead.

    I would.

  7. Securing a bucket in S3 is not rocket science.... If the company doesn't know how to they should really hire someone to do it.

    How did they even pass a PCI audit with that information?

  8. Re:Who?s Plex? on Plex Responds, Will Allow Users To Opt Out Of Data Collection (www.plex.tv) · · Score: 1

    You don't.

  9. >> "we will never sell or share data related to YOUR content libraries"

    1) until MPAA sues them for it
    2) Until someone/some company offers them a boat load of money for it.
    3) They decide to offer it to the highest bidder to help their bottom line for the 'investors'

    Every Company always says they will NEVER sell your data.... until they do.

  10. this is why... on Should Plex Stop Allowing Users To Opt Out of Data Collection? (www.plex.tv) · · Score: 2

    This is why you shouldn't use services like this. Vote with your usage and drop plex, there are plenty of alternatives.

  11. Re:Of Course it is Unreasonable on Is Homeland Security's Face-Scanning At Airports An Unreasonable Search? (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Welcome to the world where you are guilty until the powers that be think you are docile enough to be innocent.

  12. I never finished college (money problems)....

    But I'm self taught and now I earn big money solving the most complex system and network traffic issues... highest level support for 3 companies running now (25 + in IT and systems)

    But if I tried to apply to a job today with any large company that uses online forms that collect your info for those government stats, I would never get an interview because I don't check the box for 'Bacherlors degree'. Thus I never make it through the SQL query from HR to pull applicants for any position. Yet I know 100 times more than any 'paper mcse or ccne'

  13. Could we please get 2 factor on some of these services that are directly connected to our wallets......please....

  14. Updates? on Java Creator James Gosling Joins Amazon Web Services (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Now instead of a web page GUI or API, we'll need a java client loaded locally that dependent upon a certain version of JRE just like CIsco crappy GUI interfaces. Will we get prompted to install macafee everytime we connect?

  15. I'm perplexed as to why this would need to be a browser feature?

    Coming soon.... Firefox will run mysqldump with a click of a button.

  16. "It would be a terrible shame if that new tech startup you're launching wound up on the internet Ban list? Perhaps if this empty briefcase was suddenly filled with cash, I might forget to update the ban list."

  17. Re:cynical translation on Mozilla Is Building Context Graph, a 'Recommender System For the Web' (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    What makes you think they haven't already

  18. Am I the only one who still pays for stuff with cash?

    I don't use credit cards... because dept racks up fast.....
    I don't use my debit card.... because this links directly to my account. I'm sure if walmart pulled 10,000 instead of 10.00 I'd get my money back... but it would take 3-5 business days and wouldn't cover bounced checks or late fees.
    I don't use any of the reward cards... because I know what data mining is and I'd rather not have everything I ever buy linked to my name.

    I pulled out cash at a whole foods a few days ago and I actually heard the fucker behind me 'sigh' .

    I still can't believe people care so little about privacy anymore.

  19. Re:Why doesn't an IP address prove something? on Judge Dismisses Movie Piracy Case, IP-Address Doesn't Prove Anything (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    That's why you get a VPN service that doesn't keep logs past 48 hours.... DUH.

  20. Re:Still confused by Allo on Battle of the Secure Messaging Apps: Signal Triumphs Over WhatsApp, Allo (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1

    It crosses a line with me. Knowing personal details gained from 'reading/indexing' what are supposed to be private messages is just wrong. I know its in your EULA and anyone using your services has agreed to allow Google to do this. But I never will. Even if the data is for ads, its still a personal profile about very, very private details. I know Marketers drool at the mouth for information like this, but I will not give you that info. EVER!

  21. Re:Still confused by Allo on Battle of the Secure Messaging Apps: Signal Triumphs Over WhatsApp, Allo (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1

    And in return, you let google read, index, and data mine all your email.
    You gave up some privacy for a few minutes of convenience.
    No thank you.

  22. I use a reader app to access a library of books, comics, etc that I keep on a CIFS share. I have systems automatically download and sort the files. I have a reader on a phone that can only connect to a local file to browse and read. I can't copy the entire library to my phone, even a subset would be space prohibitive. So Mounting the directory to my phone allowing the browse and opening of files is what I'm after.

  23. Please Sign into your shopping cart usage account. Click here to register of you do not have an account. Provide name, address, DOB, SSN#, and a credit card# for validation.... input a valid email for verification.

  24. Re:Oh great on Microsoft Is Buying LinkedIn For $26.2 Billion (microsoft.com) · · Score: 1

    False.... I got plenty of offers and calls without a photo on the site.

  25. Re:Another "data source" on Microsoft Is Buying LinkedIn For $26.2 Billion (microsoft.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Of course the info is stored.... do you think they would willingly let you delete the data that makes them valuable?

    Your Real Name, Real Resume, Real Job History, Real list of working acquaintances, Real Address, Real Phone number, and possibly Real Salary history is too 'mine-able' when added to the win10 telemetry, skype info, online 365 info.

    Now all that Real Data belongs to MS. And there's nothing you or I can do about it.