Are they going to outright block access to the streaming apps' servers (hello VPN/Proxy!), or make everyone take out their smartphone and prove they don't have Periscope installed on it before they are let in the door?
More reason for the government to take over internet access, run the fiber, and hook every house up, no caps or snooping. Provide the pipe and get out of the way.
ROFL. Yeah, that's just how it would go if they took over, too...
Wasn't there supposed to be an update that removed the GWX from the system trey and stopped the automatic updating? I haven't heard anything about that and the 31st as come and gone now.
Google last week also launched Chrome 52 for Android. For whatever reason, the company didn't share what's new until today.
I wouldn't install an update if I had no way to see what's changed. I suppose people didn't have a choice in the matter though, if it was Chrome on Android.
My Chase card was an RFID card when I first got it, and I used it that way a couple times, but generally ignored the feature. I guess I wasn't the only one because the next time a new card got issued to me it did not have that functionality.
They do make RFID-blocking wallets. I would suggest the OP look for one if they are worried about radio skimming.
Your solution is a non-starter. There is a sizable portion of the population that does not have smartphones. Banks can have debit cards produced for pennies in volume. They aren't going to go along with a system where either they are artificially limited to people with smartphones already or they have to outfit people with smartphones at their (the banks') expense.
Why don't we use disposable QR codes that they scan for the transaction? That would seem to be a more secure and easier to implement solution; the equipment is already there, it would just require software.
I've re-read this and now it makes even less sense. Please explain how this system of one-time use QR codes works -- I suspect you have a smartphone involved in some way which isn't going to work for replacing consumer plastic cards.
Why don't we use disposable QR codes that they scan for the transaction? That would seem to be a more secure and easier to implement solution; the equipment is already there, it would just require software.
I wasn't aware most barcode readers can also read QR codes -- maybe only at the stores you frequent.
Exactly what I'm thinking. I'm on 8.1 now, and even if I have a little more time, I would like to build a new system before the end of the decade. I'll likely change off then.
Leave WHAT? Leave town? Is there any chance you could make your point comprehensibly?
Leave the Windows Platform? You know, the topic I was replying to, as evidenced by the portion of the parent's post I quoted, and even boldfaced for emphasis? Or is using inference in reading comprehension too difficult for you?
That would be good. Because I am not sure I can be Windows-free until 2020, and the Enterprise Edition of Win10 would be the only one I would even consider for replacing my Win7 Pro...
Windows 7 is supported through January 2020. Wouldn't it make sense to just leave at that point?
No, I think that's forever ruined. They can't install Windows 10, but they can add all sorts of spyware to what you have via system updates, and they have already tried. So from now of you will need to have automatic updates off and actually check up on each update before installing.
I have about a half-dozen I'm preventing from installing now because one of them causes my Firefox to crash all the time. Not sure which one, most of them are security-related regarding graphics drivers or something like that. All I know is, Firefox stayed running before I installed them and once it started crashing uninstalling them fixed it.
I might say something to Microsoft, but their response it either going to be blaming Firefox or saying I have to update to Windows 10 to fix it.
* Classic Theme Restorer - To undo stupid ideas introduced with Australias.
* DownloadThemAll - To make quick work of downloading a large number of individual images or links on a page.
* The Camelizer - For historical charts of Amazon pricing on items.
* Hover Hound - Because sometimes NewEgg is the better deal even without my Prime shipping.
* UBlock Origin - For general adblockng.
* Ghostery 5.4.11 - Because version 6.0+ has a shitty interface.
* New Private Tab - Allows you to open private browsing as a new tab with other (non-private) tabs on the same window, as opposed to an entirely separate window. Also allows you to swap the state of an existing tab between normal and Private mode.
* Torrent Status - To easily monitor and control a torrent client on a local machine or even a remote one. I use it as my normal torrenting is done through my NAS. I actually donated to the author of this one.
* Video DownloadHelper - For saving streaming media for offline usage.
I am in the process of reverting the two machines I had already upgraded back to Windows 7. Regrets, and hope Windows 10 spys are eliminated. In not, I can always install from media again, as both were clean licenses (not OEM crapware) I bought myself.
The spyware was backported to Windows Vista and above as system updates. If if you use a retail install disc you will have to block those updates from being applied afterwards.
Microsoft is slowly but, apparently, surely removing the control of your computer from you and giving it to Microsoft.
The removal of the ability to turn off automatic updates foreshadowed all of this. First step to making sure your Windows is running with the features Microsoft wants is to prevent you from stopping them changing the OS after it's installed.
is there a way to configure openwrt to give an ip address of 127.0.0.1 or something for the reuests that come through?
IIRC there was something posted a while back about these programs ignoring the hosts file... you'll need to do something in the firewall part of your router, either to deny connections to whatever IP or subnet(s) it uses or something else.
Congratulations! You failed to read the post you were replying to.
That's not unique to cellphones though. That's how general computing devices work on the internet. They are asking specifically for phones though so that's a bit odd in this case I think.
I think it's just a case of some LEO not understanding how technology works. You mention all general computing devices work this way, and a smartphone is really just a small handheld computer, but he's not asking for computer encryption standards to be changed.
You can absolutely listen to their conversations and see their text messages. All you need is to convience a Judge to approve a wiretap order and the Carriers will let you spy to your hearts content.
If you're using an encrypted VoIP app or email to communicate, the carriers don't have access to the data either. Not that I'm siding with this asshat. I'm just saying...
I'm not here to rah-rah Comcast bundles, but I don't see anything in those 20-cents-per-hour numbers that account for the cost of the Internet service to get the Netflix into your home.
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Are they going to outright block access to the streaming apps' servers (hello VPN/Proxy!), or make everyone take out their smartphone and prove they don't have Periscope installed on it before they are let in the door?
More reason for the government to take over internet access, run the fiber, and hook every house up, no caps or snooping. Provide the pipe and get out of the way.
ROFL.
Yeah, that's just how it would go if they took over, too...
Wasn't there supposed to be an update that removed the GWX from the system trey and stopped the automatic updating?
I haven't heard anything about that and the 31st as come and gone now.
"Slipper" as in more aerodynamic. This version is 40% more aerodynamic than the previous version.
I was going to pass until I saw this.
With a more aerodynamic profile you'll be able to pass it even further than you could throw the old one away.
it stands for "slipper form factor", apparently.
I'm sure it'll be a shoe-in for Product of the Year.
Google last week also launched Chrome 52 for Android. For whatever reason, the company didn't share what's new until today.
I wouldn't install an update if I had no way to see what's changed. I suppose people didn't have a choice in the matter though, if it was Chrome on Android.
My Chase card was an RFID card when I first got it, and I used it that way a couple times, but generally ignored the feature.
I guess I wasn't the only one because the next time a new card got issued to me it did not have that functionality.
They do make RFID-blocking wallets. I would suggest the OP look for one if they are worried about radio skimming.
Your solution is a non-starter. There is a sizable portion of the population that does not have smartphones. Banks can have debit cards produced for pennies in volume. They aren't going to go along with a system where either they are artificially limited to people with smartphones already or they have to outfit people with smartphones at their (the banks') expense.
Why don't we use disposable QR codes that they scan for the transaction? That would seem to be a more secure and easier to implement solution; the equipment is already there, it would just require software.
I've re-read this and now it makes even less sense. Please explain how this system of one-time use QR codes works -- I suspect you have a smartphone involved in some way which isn't going to work for replacing consumer plastic cards.
Why don't we use disposable QR codes that they scan for the transaction? That would seem to be a more secure and easier to implement solution; the equipment is already there, it would just require software.
I wasn't aware most barcode readers can also read QR codes -- maybe only at the stores you frequent.
Amen.
I read a similar story last night, and all I could think was "would you like me to call a whambulance?"
Plenty of time to migrate to something else.
Exactly what I'm thinking. I'm on 8.1 now, and even if I have a little more time, I would like to build a new system before the end of the decade. I'll likely change off then.
Leave WHAT? Leave town? Is there any chance you could make your point comprehensibly?
Leave the Windows Platform? You know, the topic I was replying to, as evidenced by the portion of the parent's post I quoted, and even boldfaced for emphasis? Or is using inference in reading comprehension too difficult for you?
That would be good. Because I am not sure I can be Windows-free until 2020, and the Enterprise Edition of Win10 would be the only one I would even consider for replacing my Win7 Pro...
Windows 7 is supported through January 2020. Wouldn't it make sense to just leave at that point?
No, I think that's forever ruined.
They can't install Windows 10, but they can add all sorts of spyware to what you have via system updates, and they have already tried.
So from now of you will need to have automatic updates off and actually check up on each update before installing.
I have about a half-dozen I'm preventing from installing now because one of them causes my Firefox to crash all the time. Not sure which one, most of them are security-related regarding graphics drivers or something like that. All I know is, Firefox stayed running before I installed them and once it started crashing uninstalling them fixed it.
I might say something to Microsoft, but their response it either going to be blaming Firefox or saying I have to update to Windows 10 to fix it.
Mine:
* Classic Theme Restorer - To undo stupid ideas introduced with Australias.
* DownloadThemAll - To make quick work of downloading a large number of individual images or links on a page.
* The Camelizer - For historical charts of Amazon pricing on items.
* Hover Hound - Because sometimes NewEgg is the better deal even without my Prime shipping.
* UBlock Origin - For general adblockng.
* Ghostery 5.4.11 - Because version 6.0+ has a shitty interface.
* New Private Tab - Allows you to open private browsing as a new tab with other (non-private) tabs on the same window, as opposed to an entirely separate window. Also allows you to swap the state of an existing tab between normal and Private mode.
* Torrent Status - To easily monitor and control a torrent client on a local machine or even a remote one. I use it as my normal torrenting is done through my NAS. I actually donated to the author of this one.
* Video DownloadHelper - For saving streaming media for offline usage.
I am in the process of reverting the two machines I had already upgraded back to Windows 7. Regrets, and hope Windows 10 spys are eliminated. In not, I can always install from media again, as both were clean licenses (not OEM crapware) I bought myself.
The spyware was backported to Windows Vista and above as system updates. If if you use a retail install disc you will have to block those updates from being applied afterwards.
Microsoft is slowly but, apparently, surely removing the control of your computer from you and giving it to Microsoft.
The removal of the ability to turn off automatic updates foreshadowed all of this. First step to making sure your Windows is running with the features Microsoft wants is to prevent you from stopping them changing the OS after it's installed.
is there a way to configure openwrt to give an ip address of 127.0.0.1 or something for the reuests that come through?
IIRC there was something posted a while back about these programs ignoring the hosts file... you'll need to do something in the firewall part of your router, either to deny connections to whatever IP or subnet(s) it uses or something else.
Congratulations! You failed to read the post you were replying to.
That's not unique to cellphones though. That's how general computing devices work on the internet. They are asking specifically for phones though so that's a bit odd in this case I think.
I think it's just a case of some LEO not understanding how technology works.
You mention all general computing devices work this way, and a smartphone is really just a small handheld computer, but he's not asking for computer encryption standards to be changed.
You can absolutely listen to their conversations and see their text messages. All you need is to convience a Judge to approve a wiretap order and the Carriers will let you spy to your hearts content.
If you're using an encrypted VoIP app or email to communicate, the carriers don't have access to the data either.
Not that I'm siding with this asshat. I'm just saying...
I'm not here to rah-rah Comcast bundles, but I don't see anything in those 20-cents-per-hour numbers that account for the cost of the Internet service to get the Netflix into your home.
Regardless, it now is a Chinese brand.
Yes. Sadly in the near future Vizio TVs will be made in China, whereas before...
Wait. What did we really lose here again?
Where's the rest of the sentence?! What what were the estimates for the Apple Beats unit?
The chart specifically mentions "civil liberties" being impacted. Does that mean we can get the Patriot Act classified as a terrorist document?