User: bitwise counselor

This can be disabled

On: Visual Studio 2015 C++ Compiler Secretly Inserts Telemetry Code Into Binaries (infoq.com)

This nuisance can be disabled by linking "notelemetry.obj" though this shouldn't be necessary but just Microsoft things.

Re:Reboot?

On: Dangerous 7-Zip Vulnerabilities Flow To Top Security, Software Tools (theregister.co.uk)

7-zip is integrated into the windows shell.

Windows Brought Ubuntu To Windows

On: Ubuntu Quietly Raises Install Image Size to 2GB (omgubuntu.co.uk)

Windows brought Ubuntu to Windows so Ubuntu was just following suit.

How the bug was introduced

On: OpenSSL Patches Critical Certificate Forgery Bug

This bug was introduced recently in https://github.com/openssl/ope... to add support for "In certain situations the server provided certificate chain may no longer be valid" This bug doesn't affect libressl, boringssl, or vigortls.

Re:Well...

On: ICANN Seeks Comment On Limiting Anonymized Domain Registration

Showing advertisements is classified as running a commercial business. I don't think I would want my personal details divulged just for showing advertisements to cover hosting costs.

Re:StartSSL ?

On: "Let's Encrypt" Project To Issue First Free Digital Certificates Next Month

StartSSL has already been doing this. I believe Let's Encrypt real goal is to make the deployment and unkeep easier?

StartSSL offers free certificates for non-commercial use only, and they charge more than a certificate from another CA to revoke your certificate ($24.90 ATM).

Another "claim"

On: Researcher Discloses Methods For Bypassing All OS X Security Protections

Here's another article about one of his claims posted here http://apple.slashdot.org/stor...