They also don't want you using non apple hardware, even if it came with your Mac.
Hard drives, memory, the last OS update I did I lost the use of my SD card slot, the last "security update" my (non-apple) wireless mouse quit working right.
Try to put an SSD in your older Imac to breathe some new speed into it, the cooling system goes bonkers because apple doesn't use the temp sensor aspect of the smart drive protocol, they have a special apple only temp sensor.
Why can't they play nice with my android, because they sell apple phones for that. Why do I have to have ITunes installed when I don't wish to use it? Why am I forced to go through the AppStore when there are nasty bits of programming in there that no one should ever install?
If apple treated me better and allowed me free choice I would be more inclined to open my wallet without complaining.
Their motivation is not so much to protect us, it is to slow down the competition whilst getting direct access to your data.
They will profit in a two fold manner from this on one angle they slow or block competition and on the other angle they have the freshest data that pays more and they can also charge more as the other players can't provide data that fresh.
This is not even a little, in the 5 years FB has had this relationship they have certainly figured out how to connect the dots without this "3rd party" info.
In fact what they have now got probably goes far beyond the info available.
You can download Mavericks or ElCapitan or Sierra but you need another mac to do it and make the USB flash drive to install it.
I just went through this recently and had to go to the apple store and have a tech create the USB drives since I did not have another Apple machine to do it on.
I'm going to guess that you will not want to go higher than El Capitan, I think you will have hardware issues with Sierra or High Sierra.
Max out the your ram for best results and SSD you must.
to get rid of the sugar import tax? And for the FDA to rescind some of the crap they allow in food products.
Very little sugar is still grown in the states so which farmers are being protected and how is the populace benefitting from this tax?
Yes, too much sugar is bad for you but, it seems like the corn sugar and the other products that are being used as a substitute for sugar are worse for the consumer. I attribute this to the price of imported sugar being high, if the import tax on sugar has ANY bearing on this issue it's time to take action.
The upside of this is I don't purchase or consume much of these products because I read the labels and avoid particularly yellow #5 and sugar substitutes. I prefer home made sweets where I can control the ingredients.
The FDA has allowed the use of these compounds (to the benefit of the corporations) based on their "recommended" consumption guidelines. It is becoming obvious that the prolonged consumption of these products is harming the populace. It's obvious that the populace is unable to police themselves and follow obscure product warnings, why are they still allowed to be used?
Yes, but when you google on yahoo, yahoo still sees your search terms and google knows it came from yahoo. The only thing that might change is google might not be able to track you, since you are yahoos product they may hide you from google.
How long before duck duck go starts selling information?
There is however a shortage of security pros who are willing to work with sticks and rocks or not allowed to do their job. There is also a shortage of pros who are willing to work for 2 tacos a day.
No one wants to be the fall guy for upper management that is not willing to go all in on security. Upper management will always blame the security guy after they get hacked even though upper management circumvented or was not willing to follow or back recommended security protocol.
Has crap functions. Few take the time to research what they are loading, even when offered the choice will load the "Bing search bar" when installing software. Many lean on "trusted" sources used to be Godfather of software, then became Cnet or Download dot com, then became Google or the IStore. These entities take only the time needed to profit from offering these softwares, and only remove things that are grievous and give them bad press (when brought to their attention by others).
Laziness and Greed on both parties parts is what drives the distribution of shitty software.
Many Cell towers are owned by tower companies who lease out space in the tower. Im sure there area certain levels of services that are contractually included, power, internet feed, etc. SO now the providers are trying to cut corners and deal out the middle man by putting up their own towers. This means that the providers will supply ancillary services that were previously contracted. This would it seems cause a degradation in these areas as there is no longer contractual support and the providers are known for cutting corners or trying to monetize these. Walled gardens or paying for tower access, over selling subscriptions or under demand capacity equipment, etc.
Lame example - Remember when Usenet server access was an integral part of an internet account.
"Sorry your account does not include enhanced service you are not authorized access to this tower, press #XXX for an account upgrade." or "All circuits are busy, please try another time"
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Slowly the frog boils
although not so slowly lately
Very Orwellian.
They also don't want you using non apple hardware, even if it came with your Mac.
Hard drives, memory, the last OS update I did I lost the use of my SD card slot, the last "security update" my (non-apple) wireless mouse quit working right.
Try to put an SSD in your older Imac to breathe some new speed into it, the cooling system goes bonkers because apple doesn't use the temp sensor aspect of the smart drive protocol, they have a special apple only temp sensor.
Why can't they play nice with my android, because they sell apple phones for that.
Why do I have to have ITunes installed when I don't wish to use it?
Why am I forced to go through the AppStore when there are nasty bits of programming in there that no one should ever install?
If apple treated me better and allowed me free choice I would be more inclined to open my wallet without complaining.
Slowly the frog boils.
Their motivation is not so much to protect us, it is to slow down the competition whilst getting direct access to your data.
They will profit in a two fold manner from this on one angle they slow or block competition and on the other angle they have the freshest data that pays more and they can also charge more as the other players can't provide data that fresh.
Slowly, the water warms the frog....
Remember when Google's motto was "do no evil"?
Multiple programs trying to access the same hardware and files causing havoc, is not a software problem, it is an unqualified operator.
That is an undeniable foot shot.
Not a fan of AV software I think it makes the operator less careful as they are "protected".
This is not even a little, in the 5 years FB has had this relationship they have certainly figured out how to connect the dots without this "3rd party" info.
In fact what they have now got probably goes far beyond the info available.
Facebook saves money and digs deeper, PROFIT!!!
Boiling the frog.
the numbers when the Fox counts the chickens....
Robots Matter
You will not want High Sierra, encrypted file system AFS.
You can download Mavericks or ElCapitan or Sierra but you need another mac to do it and make the USB flash drive to install it.
I just went through this recently and had to go to the apple store and have a tech create the USB drives since I did not have another Apple machine to do it on.
I'm going to guess that you will not want to go higher than El Capitan, I think you will have hardware issues with Sierra or High Sierra.
Max out the your ram for best results and SSD you must.
Why is so much traffic being moved from slashdot to BetaNews?
Can't even be bothered to check the link......
Link from article https://betanews.com/2018/01/1...
to get rid of the sugar import tax? And for the FDA to rescind some of the crap they allow in food products.
Very little sugar is still grown in the states so which farmers are being protected and how is the populace benefitting from this tax?
Yes, too much sugar is bad for you but, it seems like the corn sugar and the other products that are being used as a substitute for sugar are worse for the consumer.
I attribute this to the price of imported sugar being high, if the import tax on sugar has ANY bearing on this issue it's time to take action.
The upside of this is I don't purchase or consume much of these products because I read the labels and avoid particularly yellow #5 and sugar substitutes.
I prefer home made sweets where I can control the ingredients.
The FDA has allowed the use of these compounds (to the benefit of the corporations) based on their "recommended" consumption guidelines.
It is becoming obvious that the prolonged consumption of these products is harming the populace.
It's obvious that the populace is unable to police themselves and follow obscure product warnings, why are they still allowed to be used?
Yes, but when you google on yahoo, yahoo still sees your search terms and google knows it came from yahoo.
The only thing that might change is google might not be able to track you, since you are yahoos product they may hide you from google.
How long before duck duck go starts selling information?
I know a gal named Tara.
She's a roller derby skater.
Her full name is Tara Armoff! :^)
the Do No Evil directive...
There is however a shortage of security pros who are willing to work with sticks and rocks or not allowed to do their job.
There is also a shortage of pros who are willing to work for 2 tacos a day.
No one wants to be the fall guy for upper management that is not willing to go all in on security.
Upper management will always blame the security guy after they get hacked even though upper management circumvented or was not willing to follow or back recommended security protocol.
Open Internet = You will always be able to make purchases from vendors approved by your service provider.
Others will not be so open....
We're on our way back to AOL's walled garden?
Driverless vehicles are such a bad idea.
Has crap functions.
Few take the time to research what they are loading, even when offered the choice will load the "Bing search bar" when installing software.
Many lean on "trusted" sources used to be Godfather of software, then became Cnet or Download dot com, then became Google or the IStore.
These entities take only the time needed to profit from offering these softwares, and only remove things that are grievous and give them bad press (when brought to their attention by others).
Laziness and Greed on both parties parts is what drives the distribution of shitty software.
https://www.venganza.org/
Many Cell towers are owned by tower companies who lease out space in the tower.
Im sure there area certain levels of services that are contractually included, power, internet feed, etc.
SO now the providers are trying to cut corners and deal out the middle man by putting up their own towers.
This means that the providers will supply ancillary services that were previously contracted.
This would it seems cause a degradation in these areas as there is no longer contractual support and the providers are known for cutting corners or trying to monetize these.
Walled gardens or paying for tower access, over selling subscriptions or under demand capacity equipment, etc.
Lame example - Remember when Usenet server access was an integral part of an internet account.
"Sorry your account does not include enhanced service you are not authorized access to this tower, press #XXX for an account upgrade."
or
"All circuits are busy, please try another time"
https://science.slashdot.org/s...
Something about monkeys and typewriters comes to mind....