On Windows at least - putting your trust in Microsoft is probably more secure than 3rd party applications.
And before you mention Open Source - lest we forget the recently DDOS attacks performed by IOT botnet devices running open source OS's - in other words - security and trust is a huge problem we all need to deal with.
Bottom line - application signing, and only running trusted signed applications (like from the MS Store) is more secure for most people.
Personally I think what OSX does with Gatekeeper is acceptable. The default is to only allow it to run signed applications which apple has approved a 3rd party code signing cert for. This default btw has been with the product for at least 4-6 years now and I haven't seen much crying about it here on Slashdot.
The official report says there were like a thousand people there, and 120-150 people showed up and started shit - and since the cops didn't arrest anyone we don't know who they were and what their political affiliation were.
I do wonder if this is the full story though - it's a lot of work to organize a company or department - and get people to vote and usually the instigator is really bad management.
I work in a union shop (in IT no less) - you can still be fired for being irresponsible - they just need documentation of this. I've seen people fired before for things like downsizing, showing up late constantly, showing up drunk, poor performance. At-will - your terrible boss (or your boss's boss) can fire you for whatever reason they want to - even a bad reason.
To turn this around btw - what is wrong with employees working with management on an employment contract? Its sad that it has to be codified in law to come together like that.
I mean don't get me wrong - Steve had a lot of great ideas, but a lot of terrible ones that have left his company way behind in some respects - like Steve's aversion to touch screens on laptops/desktops.
It really doesn't cost any more or less to allow a phone to do its thing on your network. The roaming charges that companies charge around the world is akin to extortion.
My brother makes motion graphics for various tv/web advertising firms - he said one trend that Apple totally dropped the ball on was using devices like the Surface Pro to paint and draw with using Adobe Photoshop (which Adobe worked with Microsoft directly on).
He told me there were people in his circle who decided that the capability was worth the price of the entire device.
So yes the high end exists, and yes it still depends on the killer app;) - and yes in this one case Microsoft (working with Adobe) nailed it.
One of the reason's you won't see this sort of thing happening on iOS/iPad anytime soon is they still really don't have the computational power or - more specifically the memory requirements to manipulate or work with large print images, video and animations - something that big desktops and laptops are still king at.
So in rural Oregon - Josephine county - where they are no longer prosecuting property crimes (Google it)... I have friends who live there still (because they grow certain green flowers) and have been involved in actual shootouts. They called 911 - who said see and wait if they stop shooting and call back.
So in my example - shit has already hit the fan and life seems somehow indifferent from the inner city. People want your stuff and they'll cap your ass to get it.
I agree its not as serious as what you had to deal with, but I had a similar job screening content and I ended up needing therapy to have a semi-normal life.
All of their phones have always been "lets do xyz really well" (speakerphone, camera, battery life etc) but totally ignore all the other features of the phone. Nokia had this issue as well - awesome battery life or camera, but shit memory and shitty software.
I actually work in a union shop (as a SCCM Admin) - the irony is that during the migration from SCCM 2007 to 2012 they sent me to training, and one of the guys who was there as well was Carnival's SCCM admin - he described a rather unique and complex environment. I can't a imagine a bunch of consultants - even with training taking that over - plus I've never met a consultant who knew anything about the dark arts of client management (I know they exist obviously but they are rare flowers).
Anyhow union jobs don't necessarily guarantee better wages etc (that said - I've always got 5-7% year after year, where some of my colleagues have got nothing), but they do offer collective bargaining and an actual contract that defines the terms of employment, and severance - if the company were all of the sudden wanting to outsource everything. There's nothing in the cards that would force us to train our replacements - and not get a check.
In other-words - you're no long at will - you have a contact, and if they don't uphold that - you (or your union) can do something about it. In years prior to this - I never had a contract as it were - and my employers could fire me under the same guises that Carnival is. Worth mentioning too - these CEO's don't start work without well defined contacts, but so many of us have and are.
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I think you're going to be sorely disappointed in Trump's performance on this issue.
Name some labor friendly things he's done his entire career?
According to Secunia most vulnerabilities announced in 2016 were not Microsoft bugs, but 3rd party applications:
http://blogs.flexerasoftware.c...
On Windows at least - putting your trust in Microsoft is probably more secure than 3rd party applications.
And before you mention Open Source - lest we forget the recently DDOS attacks performed by IOT botnet devices running open source OS's - in other words - security and trust is a huge problem we all need to deal with.
Bottom line - application signing, and only running trusted signed applications (like from the MS Store) is more secure for most people.
Personally I think what OSX does with Gatekeeper is acceptable. The default is to only allow it to run signed applications which apple has approved a 3rd party code signing cert for. This default btw has been with the product for at least 4-6 years now and I haven't seen much crying about it here on Slashdot.
Proof?
How do you know they were leftists?
The official report says there were like a thousand people there, and 120-150 people showed up and started shit - and since the cops didn't arrest anyone we don't know who they were and what their political affiliation were.
As a republican - I miss Obama.
I did actually watch the video - Trump supporters are the brownshirts.
On one hand - that's illegal, but on the other hand - the government rarely enforces labor laws.
I do suspect hiring 20,000+ employees would cost more than simply agreeing on a contract.
I do wonder if this is the full story though - it's a lot of work to organize a company or department - and get people to vote and usually the instigator is really bad management.
I work in a union shop (in IT no less) - you can still be fired for being irresponsible - they just need documentation of this. I've seen people fired before for things like downsizing, showing up late constantly, showing up drunk, poor performance. At-will - your terrible boss (or your boss's boss) can fire you for whatever reason they want to - even a bad reason.
To turn this around btw - what is wrong with employees working with management on an employment contract? Its sad that it has to be codified in law to come together like that.
Nor should he be - he's not Steve Jobs.
I mean don't get me wrong - Steve had a lot of great ideas, but a lot of terrible ones that have left his company way behind in some respects - like Steve's aversion to touch screens on laptops/desktops.
I'd like to have a VR setup, but to be honest it's still way too expensive for something I'd only play specific "games" with.
Get used to Internet Explorer ;).
Because we have zero safety nets for these people (but then we had zero safety nets for the last big change too and that didn't stop anyone).
Then they think they are changing the world and you and your users get to move on.
It really doesn't cost any more or less to allow a phone to do its thing on your network. The roaming charges that companies charge around the world is akin to extortion.
Ok whatever - but Surface Pro 4 is still light years better than anything Apple provides out of the box.
My brother makes motion graphics for various tv/web advertising firms - he said one trend that Apple totally dropped the ball on was using devices like the Surface Pro to paint and draw with using Adobe Photoshop (which Adobe worked with Microsoft directly on).
He told me there were people in his circle who decided that the capability was worth the price of the entire device.
So yes the high end exists, and yes it still depends on the killer app ;) - and yes in this one case Microsoft (working with Adobe) nailed it.
One of the reason's you won't see this sort of thing happening on iOS/iPad anytime soon is they still really don't have the computational power or - more specifically the memory requirements to manipulate or work with large print images, video and animations - something that big desktops and laptops are still king at.
I think its a question of timing too - we're what a week into Trump's presidency and we already have more material than 8 years of Obama...
So in rural Oregon - Josephine county - where they are no longer prosecuting property crimes (Google it)... I have friends who live there still (because they grow certain green flowers) and have been involved in actual shootouts. They called 911 - who said see and wait if they stop shooting and call back.
So in my example - shit has already hit the fan and life seems somehow indifferent from the inner city. People want your stuff and they'll cap your ass to get it.
I think the bigger story is an enterprise - consumer reports - actually got Apple to fix an issue for them.
While my enterprise - I'm current 0-2 on support cases with Apple...
I agree its not as serious as what you had to deal with, but I had a similar job screening content and I ended up needing therapy to have a semi-normal life.
I should not be shocked at what people want to spend their money on.
I kinda tuned him out when he explained how the iphone 4 antenna case was made out of steel because aluminum doesn't work for antennas.
Its funny you mention blackberry - they are still on the slide down:
https://www.theguardian.com/te...
All of their phones have always been "lets do xyz really well" (speakerphone, camera, battery life etc) but totally ignore all the other features of the phone. Nokia had this issue as well - awesome battery life or camera, but shit memory and shitty software.
Is still a thing?
I actually work in a union shop (as a SCCM Admin) - the irony is that during the migration from SCCM 2007 to 2012 they sent me to training, and one of the guys who was there as well was Carnival's SCCM admin - he described a rather unique and complex environment. I can't a imagine a bunch of consultants - even with training taking that over - plus I've never met a consultant who knew anything about the dark arts of client management (I know they exist obviously but they are rare flowers).
Anyhow union jobs don't necessarily guarantee better wages etc (that said - I've always got 5-7% year after year, where some of my colleagues have got nothing), but they do offer collective bargaining and an actual contract that defines the terms of employment, and severance - if the company were all of the sudden wanting to outsource everything. There's nothing in the cards that would force us to train our replacements - and not get a check.
In other-words - you're no long at will - you have a contact, and if they don't uphold that - you (or your union) can do something about it. In years prior to this - I never had a contract as it were - and my employers could fire me under the same guises that Carnival is. Worth mentioning too - these CEO's don't start work without well defined contacts, but so many of us have and are.