Well, childeren's groups, and some parents, are in favor of the idea, as it will undoubtedly improve children's safety. It also has many, rather mundane applications, and there are already subcription services offering this.
However, privacy advocates rightly point out that there is much potential for abuse. However, the ability of the operator to locate users is built in to the network. All this story about, is making that info availiable to end users.
However, as an aside, your question implies a false dichotomy - no thing is entirely good, or entirely whack. Every thing is part good, part whack, young padwun learner.
Uh-huh. And you use what to update your Linux systems? Do you manually visit every relevant website and download updates, compile and reinstall everything, resolving dependencies by hand?
Of course practical Linux systems use front-ends to keep the sytem up to date, but the differnnce is, that if M$ decide to make a patch availiable only
through MS Update, then thats the only way to get
it. With FOSS, you can patch your systems in whatever
retarded way you like - or you can use one of
teh many excellent tools provided for this.
With proprietory software, you only get one choice for updates.
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and then? haha. foolish /.
hehe. m3tawire is ON TEH SPOKE!!! mad props to tehdely and the mw krew! JUNGLIST SOLDIAH!
Well, childeren's groups, and some parents, are
in favor of the idea, as it will undoubtedly
improve children's safety. It also has many, rather
mundane applications, and there are already
subcription services offering this.
However, privacy advocates rightly point out that
there is much potential for abuse. However, the
ability of the operator to locate users is built
in to the network. All this story about, is making
that info availiable to end users.
However, as an aside, your question implies
a false dichotomy - no thing is entirely good,
or entirely whack. Every thing is part good,
part whack, young padwun learner.
Uh-huh. And you use what to update your Linux systems? Do you manually visit every relevant website and download updates, compile and reinstall everything, resolving dependencies by hand?
Of course practical Linux systems use front-ends to keep the sytem up to date, but the differnnce is, that if M$ decide to make a patch availiable only through MS Update, then thats the only way to get it. With FOSS, you can patch your systems in whatever retarded way you like - or you can use one of teh many excellent tools provided for this.
With proprietory software, you only get one choice for updates.