Pretty much comes with the territory if you browse from your home or cell phone.
>> AdBlock Plus, BetterPrivacy, PrivacyBadger, Flashblock, etc all installed at the same time
Remember, they also track by IP address and browser attributes, which often allows advertisers to watch you even if you don't store any cookies. And your browsing is often personally identifiable if you browse from a fixed home location (with registered ownership or renter information they can correlate from other sources) or your cell phone (which is also probably registered to you).
So you're storing your data in a doll, and you have to buy a doll for each game you play? And people are still willing to pay above retail for these dolls? Sounds like Nintendo's happy with the current model to me, and somewhere PT Barnum is smiling.
I don't mind ads (I really don't) as long as they stay in the side of the page and don't try to play audio or video. I run Flashblock in all browsers to avoid this type of thing and have started to run ad-blockers just to kill off the videos that are starting to come through HTML5. If there was a common browser option to never play audio/video unless specifically requested (similar to Flashblockers - if you click on it you really want to see it) then I'd be perfectly happy.
>> training costs more than the taxpayers are willing to be taxed
I doubt it. In fact, many local universities and other institutions are happy to donate this training. Furthermore, grants from our current federal justice department exist for exactly this kind of thing (under "community policing" etc.)
However, many of the tactics used to "deescalate" situations or reduce the amount of force police use also put police officers at higher risk for harm. (e.g., pausing to wait for the suspect to do something may allow them to draw or use a weapon, wrestling with a suspect instead of using a taser gives the suspect a chance to bite, stab, punch at close contact, etc.) These measures aren't popular with unions concerned first and foremost with their members' health and well-being.
Clearly this can only be solved by immediately investing in a multi-trillion dollar program to develop the next generation of stealthy dogfighting fighter jets.
>> run-of-the-mill evil company run by rotten people
I didn't realize Symantec or Trend micros were a good companies run by nice people. Maybe McAfee could be a character witness for them.:)
>> how could you possibly trust them to protect you?
If a "security" company doesn't have the technical expertise to figure out the difference between real and fake viruses (as it seems a number of these companies couldn't), I'm not sure how much protection they're offering anyway. I guess I'd rather watch the egress traffic from the software of the the technically-savvy company than sleep knowing I got my AV software from the brightly-colored company who bought me a steak dinner at the conference.
>> chief task was to reverse-engineer competitors' virus detection software to figure out how to fool them into flagging good files as malicious
Why is this a bad thing? This is pretty much what a large chunk of the "grey hatter" world does on a regular basis (figure out how to trick AV). Shouldn't we be cheering on a little AV-on-AV competition instead of letting them all group-think themselves into a pool of mediocre results?
(This is also why running different AV engines in your network has generally been a good defense-in-depth measure in the past...I don't WANT them all to agree.)
I still wear the digital watch I acquired in 1994 because it never breaks, is completely waterproof and has a battery that lasts for months. Working in tech, I like to go off the grid whenever I can and items that don't require any recharging and are hard to break, like a good paperback book, a dependable watch, and a leatherman, are what I prefer.
Same thing when I fly (minus the leatherman) - if you've ever been in a cheap plane with no chargers and you're delayed a few hours beyond the life of your cell and/or tablet battery, you'll learn to appreciate independently powered or no-power items like watches and books again.
I thought this was the only way SAP gets sold. It's not like any rational person would pull it into their organization. But for a $90K payday, sure, it's only the taxpayers' money, right?
>> Google and other companies are worried about a lack of programmers and developers that are highly in demand in the booming MA tech industry. >> computer science is a very difficult thing to learn later in life
Two old white dudes won't happen. If Bernie makes it that far, the dems will slide a non-white woman into the VP slot on the ticket, particularly after all the trouble he's had on the campaign trail with the "Black Lives Matter (and All Lives Don't)" crowd.
Ditto for Hillary. She looks old and has-been enough already; I'll bet her running mate will be a demographically-appropriate Hispanic in his/her forties, or a black woman (dressed up to resemble Oprah but not Michelle) in her fifties.
In Oracle's defense, if you're still using their cash cow database it's fair to say that it will do more financial damage to your company than most hackers could ever do.
It's pretty clear that Blackberry's right about the OS here. From TFA:
"The researchers themselves did not target QNX specifically, but rather the connectivity software that runs on top of QNX, called uConnect which, using cellular connections, offers Internet access, navigation, voice command capabilities and other features to drivers."
>> autonomous cars don't need to park-- they just go give someone else a ride
I'm hoping "autonomous cars != end of personal car ownership." I still like to have my own passenger compartment that no one else has eaten in, thrown up in, etc. that I can maintain to my own standard of hygiene.
1) Have the legislature pass a law against X with exemptions to be granted by agency Y and get the executive to sign it. (Ideally, X outlaws everyone from doing anything - see below.) 2) As an employee of agency Y, get into a position of power to grant exemptions 3) Accept bribes (quietly, the "invest $500K in my brother-in-law's fishing charter" kind) to grant exemptions to the law 4) PROFIT!
Have you read the privacy policies of any modern web site? Almost all say "we do not pay any attention at all to any 'do not track' flags, cookies, etc."
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Why is anyone still running Firefox? (Other than those of us who need to a keep a copy around for web dev.)
>> are ok with them tracking your browsing?
Pretty much comes with the territory if you browse from your home or cell phone.
>> AdBlock Plus, BetterPrivacy, PrivacyBadger, Flashblock, etc all installed at the same time
Remember, they also track by IP address and browser attributes, which often allows advertisers to watch you even if you don't store any cookies. And your browsing is often personally identifiable if you browse from a fixed home location (with registered ownership or renter information they can correlate from other sources) or your cell phone (which is also probably registered to you).
So you're storing your data in a doll, and you have to buy a doll for each game you play? And people are still willing to pay above retail for these dolls? Sounds like Nintendo's happy with the current model to me, and somewhere PT Barnum is smiling.
I don't mind ads (I really don't) as long as they stay in the side of the page and don't try to play audio or video. I run Flashblock in all browsers to avoid this type of thing and have started to run ad-blockers just to kill off the videos that are starting to come through HTML5. If there was a common browser option to never play audio/video unless specifically requested (similar to Flashblockers - if you click on it you really want to see it) then I'd be perfectly happy.
>> why not milkshake
Too gender-specific for a company trying to avoid a SJW lawsuit. After all, "my milkshake brings all the..."
>> Marshmallow
Can we ever escape the influence of Disney's Frozen movie?
http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net...
>> training costs more than the taxpayers are willing to be taxed
I doubt it. In fact, many local universities and other institutions are happy to donate this training. Furthermore, grants from our current federal justice department exist for exactly this kind of thing (under "community policing" etc.)
However, many of the tactics used to "deescalate" situations or reduce the amount of force police use also put police officers at higher risk for harm. (e.g., pausing to wait for the suspect to do something may allow them to draw or use a weapon, wrestling with a suspect instead of using a taser gives the suspect a chance to bite, stab, punch at close contact, etc.) These measures aren't popular with unions concerned first and foremost with their members' health and well-being.
e.g., http://www.policeforum.org/ass...
Clearly this can only be solved by immediately investing in a multi-trillion dollar program to develop the next generation of stealthy dogfighting fighter jets.
>> Android is far more advanced but Linux is still "Android".
Mr. Mooooooooo, is that you?
>> run-of-the-mill evil company run by rotten people
I didn't realize Symantec or Trend micros were a good companies run by nice people. Maybe McAfee could be a character witness for them. :)
>> how could you possibly trust them to protect you?
If a "security" company doesn't have the technical expertise to figure out the difference between real and fake viruses (as it seems a number of these companies couldn't), I'm not sure how much protection they're offering anyway. I guess I'd rather watch the egress traffic from the software of the the technically-savvy company than sleep knowing I got my AV software from the brightly-colored company who bought me a steak dinner at the conference.
>> chief task was to reverse-engineer competitors' virus detection software to figure out how to fool them into flagging good files as malicious
Why is this a bad thing? This is pretty much what a large chunk of the "grey hatter" world does on a regular basis (figure out how to trick AV). Shouldn't we be cheering on a little AV-on-AV competition instead of letting them all group-think themselves into a pool of mediocre results?
(This is also why running different AV engines in your network has generally been a good defense-in-depth measure in the past...I don't WANT them all to agree.)
>> e-reader lasts weeks on a charge
Sorry, forgot about e-readers. I didn't realize those specialized tablets were still a thing.
I still wear the digital watch I acquired in 1994 because it never breaks, is completely waterproof and has a battery that lasts for months. Working in tech, I like to go off the grid whenever I can and items that don't require any recharging and are hard to break, like a good paperback book, a dependable watch, and a leatherman, are what I prefer.
Same thing when I fly (minus the leatherman) - if you've ever been in a cheap plane with no chargers and you're delayed a few hours beyond the life of your cell and/or tablet battery, you'll learn to appreciate independently powered or no-power items like watches and books again.
>> in South America? Say it ain't so!
I'll say it ain't so. Panama's in CENTRAL America.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=google+ma...
I thought this was the only way SAP gets sold. It's not like any rational person would pull it into their organization. But for a $90K payday, sure, it's only the taxpayers' money, right?
>> Google and other companies are worried about a lack of programmers and developers that are highly in demand in the booming MA tech industry.
>> computer science is a very difficult thing to learn later in life
Translation: no one older than 30 need apply
>> approach Bernie Sanders and ask to be his VP
Two old white dudes won't happen. If Bernie makes it that far, the dems will slide a non-white woman into the VP slot on the ticket, particularly after all the trouble he's had on the campaign trail with the "Black Lives Matter (and All Lives Don't)" crowd.
Ditto for Hillary. She looks old and has-been enough already; I'll bet her running mate will be a demographically-appropriate Hispanic in his/her forties, or a black woman (dressed up to resemble Oprah but not Michelle) in her fifties.
>> shift election day to a national holiday
I'd love to. How about April 15 when the feeling of just having paid our taxes is fresh?
In Oracle's defense, if you're still using their cash cow database it's fair to say that it will do more financial damage to your company than most hackers could ever do.
It's pretty clear that Blackberry's right about the OS here. From TFA:
"The researchers themselves did not target QNX specifically, but rather the connectivity software that runs on top of QNX, called uConnect which, using cellular connections, offers Internet access, navigation, voice command capabilities and other features to drivers."
>> (ID chipping) might be a popular idea with some U.S. presidential candidates, too
Do you have something to back that up? Did the Clintons go on the record back in the Hillarycare days on this or something?
>> autonomous cars don't need to park-- they just go give someone else a ride
I'm hoping "autonomous cars != end of personal car ownership." I still like to have my own passenger compartment that no one else has eaten in, thrown up in, etc. that I can maintain to my own standard of hygiene.
1) Have the legislature pass a law against X with exemptions to be granted by agency Y and get the executive to sign it. (Ideally, X outlaws everyone from doing anything - see below.)
2) As an employee of agency Y, get into a position of power to grant exemptions
3) Accept bribes (quietly, the "invest $500K in my brother-in-law's fishing charter" kind) to grant exemptions to the law
4) PROFIT!
Friends don't let friends use Yahoo. Or Flash. Or ads.
Have you read the privacy policies of any modern web site? Almost all say "we do not pay any attention at all to any 'do not track' flags, cookies, etc."