Is sometimes use Chromium, without adding plug-ins/extensions.
Am I vulnerable through bare Chromium to automated data collection (beyond that my ISP, amongst others, can see what websites I visit when I don't use Tor)?
One should not need to be told that it is unsafe to click links in emails, or that virus scanners don't alert you via popups on a web page. Understanding of the basics of how these things work make it obvious, and make safe browsing practices just as obvious.
Not always as obvious. If some company you are connected to, also those who should be concerned with security, sends a text/plain e-mail with a URL for you to copy and paste, it should be fine, right? But how can I be sure that not some employer of the company has copied a look-alike phishing URL from Twitter or wherever into the e-mail?
I agree that almost all kinds of scams are easy to be detected by anyone with "digital street smarts", but in some cases, like Unicode URLs from the article, it is not obvious how to be secure.
Of course companies send text/html, but anyways...
I have seen many comments on why Microsoft acquired GitHub, but at least one argument I found missing. On GitHub software that is not Microsoft's thrives. It is obviously benificial for MS to have the power to screw with this competitive ecosystem of software and developers.
As for me, I consciously chose to not use GitHub to host my projects. I use Savannah for this, an alternative that was also prominently missing in the comments so far.
The NY Post article wrote the universe's end "could occur 10x139 years from now" (sic, though where the "x" is supposedly a \times, which still doesn't make sense). At least Slashdot corrected that stupidity.
The problem with advertisement is that companies have to lie to compete with others. The problem with companies is that they need to make an as large as possible profit, no matter what.
It is surely reasonable to think that if Bitcoin were used as the main (or only) currency, its value would be stable (as things are priced in Bitcoin).
When you buy a Disney DVD or Blu-ray disc, it will often come bundled with a special code that can be used at one of two Disney-sponsored websites,... to obtain a digital copy that can be viewed on PCs and mobile devices.
Apparently people don't really own videos anymore.
If one knows the correct permissions, you could just change them back (via grml or so).
That said, this is bad. It underlines related issues of the apparently bad package management situation we're in. Why can I not install all my software through a good package manager? GNU Guix?
The universe is fully featured, no missing features. Moreover, if the universe is a universal turing machine, any typical computer should be able to emulate the same fully featured system. Why is it then that Kodi is still not feature complete?!
I agree. Even the CalTech press release uses non-standard units.
The stream of water is an 85-micron-diameter jet blasting from a specially designed nozzle at 9,000 pounds per square inch that strikes the crystal plate with an impact velocity of around 1,000 feet per second. For reference, that's a stream narrower than a human hair moving about as fast as a bullet fired from a handgun.
If they are giving an intuitive comparison after the numbers in any case (which is a good idea for a press release), just stick with both physical sensible and SI units!
Samsung has announced it will soon become possible to run actual proper Linux on its Note8, Galaxy S8 and S8+ smartphones -- and even Linux desktops. Yeah, yeah, we know Android is built on Linux, but you know what we mean.
So you mean GNU/Linux? Or a GNU/Linux distribution (often referred to as "Linux distro")?
Is it really that difficult to use the right terminology? Android is a modified Linux with components around them (I think -- I don't know Android that well). Then there is GNU/Linux, again Linux, but with a different userland around it, namely GNU. Especially when speaking about Android, GNU/Hurd, GNU/kFreeBSD and so on, it brings clarity if you call the system GNU/Linux.
One will not be 100% accurate, because there may be all kind of other modifications and additions that you would not always mention. But it is a hell of a lot more precise than just calling everything "Linux".
There are other important reasons why it should be called GNU/Linux, e.g., often iterated by Richard Stallman, it is technically and philosophically right, but here we have a very practical reason for calling it GNU/Linux: it disambiguates.
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Why change things all the time (and waste the users' time) when things don't get better? I.e., why not leave the URL alone?
simplifying the UI
How is removing information like www. a simplification of the user interface?
Is sometimes use Chromium, without adding plug-ins/extensions.
Am I vulnerable through bare Chromium to automated data collection (beyond that my ISP, amongst others, can see what websites I visit when I don't use Tor)?
You could also do NFS over IPsec.
NFSv3 could be fine as well.
Often no need for complicated designs like NFSv4 and Kerberos.
So I guess we can safely assume that he wasn't as great at resolving internet arguments as he thought he was?
You really cannot say that based on a single incident, and not knowing more about this specific issue (assuming you don't know more than I do).
One should not need to be told that it is unsafe to click links in emails, or that virus scanners don't alert you via popups on a web page. Understanding of the basics of how these things work make it obvious, and make safe browsing practices just as obvious.
Not always as obvious. If some company you are connected to, also those who should be concerned with security, sends a text/plain e-mail with a URL for you to copy and paste, it should be fine, right? But how can I be sure that not some employer of the company has copied a look-alike phishing URL from Twitter or wherever into the e-mail?
I agree that almost all kinds of scams are easy to be detected by anyone with "digital street smarts", but in some cases, like Unicode URLs from the article, it is not obvious how to be secure.
Of course companies send text/html, but anyways...
As long as no one knows what the biases are, there is not an actual issue. Probability, at least for these purposes, is epistemological.
That said, they should not use proprietary software. Public money, verifiability, freedom and so on.
I have seen many comments on why Microsoft acquired GitHub, but at least one argument I found missing. On GitHub software that is not Microsoft's thrives. It is obviously benificial for MS to have the power to screw with this competitive ecosystem of software and developers.
As for me, I consciously chose to not use GitHub to host my projects. I use Savannah for this, an alternative that was also prominently missing in the comments so far.
Proprietary, I presume? Usable with recent software for at most a couple of years? No, thanks.
I didn't know that the current installer was broken.
Google will ask advertisers [...] to prove they are who they claim to be
I would not be surprised that it would become difficult to get the permit if you are of a party that is not of the current administration.
code found on the Internet
That sounds very vague.
Just use established, audited tech like PGP and OMEMO, and be upfront about it!
The NY Post article wrote the universe's end "could occur 10x139 years from now" (sic, though where the "x" is supposedly a \times, which still doesn't make sense). At least Slashdot corrected that stupidity.
please change your password RIGHT NOW to f*** + 12 random characters!
I don't understand. "T-Mobile" are not 12 random characters.
The problem with advertisement is that companies have to lie to compete with others. The problem with companies is that they need to make an as large as possible profit, no matter what.
is this task too complex for non-commercial software?
or is it too complex for commercial software?
In any case, commercial and FOSS are not mutually exclusive.
It is surely reasonable to think that if Bitcoin were used as the main (or only) currency, its value would be stable (as things are priced in Bitcoin).
That's why they redacted it!
Nevermind, it is in the article:
When you buy a Disney DVD or Blu-ray disc, it will often come bundled with a special code that can be used at one of two Disney-sponsored websites, ... to obtain a digital copy that can be viewed on PCs and mobile devices.
Apparently people don't really own videos anymore.
What does this download code do? Do you need to download something before you can watch a DVD.
Sorry, I do not buy DVD Videos, so I am at a loss here.
If one knows the correct permissions, you could just change them back (via grml or so).
That said, this is bad. It underlines related issues of the apparently bad package management situation we're in. Why can I not install all my software through a good package manager? GNU Guix?
Anyone who values his privacy will uncheck that box...
Well, one could value her privacy to a large extend and at the same time leave the box checked. I think that the data are pseudonymised.
Choose a style or set of rules. Deviate from it when that improves clarity.
More discussion on this is bullshit. No words for the lawsuit.
The universe is fully featured, no missing features. Moreover, if the universe is a universal turing machine, any typical computer should be able to emulate the same fully featured system. Why is it then that Kodi is still not feature complete?!
I agree. Even the CalTech press release uses non-standard units.
The stream of water is an 85-micron-diameter jet blasting from a specially designed nozzle at 9,000 pounds per square inch that strikes the crystal plate with an impact velocity of around 1,000 feet per second. For reference, that's a stream narrower than a human hair moving about as fast as a bullet fired from a handgun.
If they are giving an intuitive comparison after the numbers in any case (which is a good idea for a press release), just stick with both physical sensible and SI units!
Samsung has announced it will soon become possible to run actual proper Linux on its Note8, Galaxy S8 and S8+ smartphones -- and even Linux desktops. Yeah, yeah, we know Android is built on Linux, but you know what we mean.
So you mean GNU/Linux? Or a GNU/Linux distribution (often referred to as "Linux distro")?
Is it really that difficult to use the right terminology? Android is a modified Linux with components around them (I think -- I don't know Android that well). Then there is GNU/Linux, again Linux, but with a different userland around it, namely GNU. Especially when speaking about Android, GNU/Hurd, GNU/kFreeBSD and so on, it brings clarity if you call the system GNU/Linux.
One will not be 100% accurate, because there may be all kind of other modifications and additions that you would not always mention. But it is a hell of a lot more precise than just calling everything "Linux".
There are other important reasons why it should be called GNU/Linux, e.g., often iterated by Richard Stallman, it is technically and philosophically right, but here we have a very practical reason for calling it GNU/Linux: it disambiguates.
It is not difficult.