At this point, I am more interested in innovations in protecting me from technology.
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Under the driving forces of businesses who want to profit from the near-continual violation of my privacy, technology has become more and more of an unwelcome intrusion into my life.
There is the cable company providing broadband, and only the cable company. Now the company (Comcast) has stated that they want to charge an additional fee for privacy protection. Amazing what you can get away with when you do not have to worry about competition.
...Firefox has lost the point and become a fat bloated monster....
Have the people who are running Firefox run it into the ground yet, i.e., has its marketshare fallen below the magical 10% threshold? Once a browser falls below 10% marketshare, its relevance diminishes greatly.
On the contrary, I am generally opposed to the "mandatory options" plug-ins because of the problems (security and otherwise) they can cause in instances when they are not wanted or used. I most specifically am not saying the plug-ins should not be available for those who do want to use them. Indeed, the abuility to choose what plug-ins you want in your browser is one of the great benefits of plug-ins.
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In being concerned about security and other issues, I am looking at things beyond myself and this Kim Kardasian person you speak of.
I don't use Sync and would prefer if it were a plug-in for those who do like to use it. The concept of mandatory options, i.e., plug-ins that are permanently plugged-in, runs counter to good security practices. When they are not used, they do little more than increase the attack surface.
...The intent for the free Windows 10 upgrade was to get everyone onto one codebase...
To me, it appeared that the main intent of the free Windows 10 upgrade was to rain massive data harvesting down upon the users of Windows. The unification of the codebase was a nice side benefit.
...Since much of the userbase refused to upgrade, Microsoft is conceding to user demand and extending support....
Or Microsoft has found a way to back-port the data harvesting to Windows 7.
"Conceding to user demand" - oh, that is so cute when you say it.
Is this "innovation in education" or "innovation in data harvesting"? What student personal data do the companies involved harvest and store? How long are the data stored? How are the data used? What entities have access to the data, either directly or through purchase/lease agreements?
If facebook continues to make its site user-unfriendly, I'll simply stop using facebook. I've already dropped back on my usage because I cannot view my timeline the way I want to view it, i.e., facebook keeps shoving things it considers to be "important" in my face, things I don't care about. If facebook starts doing the same thing with ads, I'll just move on.
...Zero shipping charge but you spend 30+ minutes (minimum) of your time plus gas going to pick it up. It might be cheaper depending on what you are having sent to you but the price isn't zero.
I tend to be in the area at times, so it is convenient for me. As I mentioned to another poster, if it is not convenient, then the free in-store pickup is a non-starter.
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But I do agree with your point about not wanting to go to Walmart. They're not the best store in the area.... (and I'll leave it at that)
The prices were usually quite good. What I liked was the ability to ship to to a local store (5 miles away) and pick it up there for zero shipping charge. Usually the pickup was next day, occasionally it was two day. My first order was same day, about 5 hours after I placed the order, it was ready for pickup. All for no shipping cost.
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That's so much better than Amazon's having to wait three days to a week before it is even shipped if you opt for free delivery. (I'm not talking about amazon prime's free shipping, I don't pay $100 per year for free shipping when the product price already has shipping charges baked in. So you amazon prime fanbois don't have to post how great prime is.)
I thought, based upon what I read about Windows 10, that Microsoft's new Windows As A Service model would have continuous improvement model, moving away from the major chunks of product upgrades.
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Now I'm reading that there will be two updates in 2017.
What other Windows 10 disappointments are on the horizon?
And Microsoft plans to charge a monthly fee for this?
... that the robo-callers appear to have unfettered access to it?
How are they getting in to the phone network? Who is giving them access? At a minimum, access to the phone network needs to be secured so that source numbers cannot be spoofed.
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Currently, we cannot find the robo-callers because we allow them to hide. Why is that so? Why do we make it easy for them to hide?
Why do I have to set my newsfeed to "Most Recent" each time I visit facebook?
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facebook should respect my request to view my newsfeed as I want to view it, and stop hiding behind their "algorithm" to show me stuff I don't want to see.
Slashdot Mirror
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Under the driving forces of businesses who want to profit from the near-continual violation of my privacy, technology has become more and more of an unwelcome intrusion into my life.
...She sends audio notes throughout the day that range from just a few seconds in length to 10 minutes...
That sounds 100 times worse than emails. At least with emails I can skim them, how do I escape someone droning on and on and on for 10 minutes?
We need the government to build the infrastructure once, and then lease capacity to any ISP.
The government, or a commercial "last mile" provider, wires the area, then leases it out.
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It's Information Highway robbery!
All the more opportunity to serve you advertisements you also don't want to see.
...Firefox has lost the point and become a fat bloated monster....
Have the people who are running Firefox run it into the ground yet, i.e., has its marketshare fallen below the magical 10% threshold? Once a browser falls below 10% marketshare, its relevance diminishes greatly.
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In being concerned about security and other issues, I am looking at things beyond myself and this Kim Kardasian person you speak of.
I don't use Sync and would prefer if it were a plug-in for those who do like to use it. The concept of mandatory options, i.e., plug-ins that are permanently plugged-in, runs counter to good security practices. When they are not used, they do little more than increase the attack surface.
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I remember when nuclear power was touted as being "too cheap to meter." No one ever talked about its by-products.
... "Stop using Windows NOW. No, seriously, stop using it NOW!" ?
The media content industry has already done away with analogue video output jacks. Now they are focusing on audio.
https://slashdot.org/comments....
...The intent for the free Windows 10 upgrade was to get everyone onto one codebase...
To me, it appeared that the main intent of the free Windows 10 upgrade was to rain massive data harvesting down upon the users of Windows. The unification of the codebase was a nice side benefit.
...Since much of the userbase refused to upgrade, Microsoft is conceding to user demand and extending support....
Or Microsoft has found a way to back-port the data harvesting to Windows 7.
"Conceding to user demand" - oh, that is so cute when you say it.
Is this "innovation in education" or "innovation in data harvesting"? What student personal data do the companies involved harvest and store? How long are the data stored? How are the data used? What entities have access to the data, either directly or through purchase/lease agreements?
...Since Edge is not only the default browser in Windows 10, but also the default PDF reader...
This is so wrong on so many levels.
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But fundamentally, why, oh, why, is the browser being promoted to being a viewer of non-HTML documents?
Convenience over security still seems to be the rule at Microsoft.
Has Microsoft learned nothing in the past two decades?
And Windows 10 was supposed to be the paradigm of security for Windows....
Will this lead to a paid version of Facebook, that allows paid subscribers to see less or no ads?
Probably. Even Comcast is getting into the "pay for privacy" game.
If facebook continues to make its site user-unfriendly, I'll simply stop using facebook. I've already dropped back on my usage because I cannot view my timeline the way I want to view it, i.e., facebook keeps shoving things it considers to be "important" in my face, things I don't care about. If facebook starts doing the same thing with ads, I'll just move on.
So, how many of these "apple watch" advertisements will we be subjected to between now and the time the thing is actually released?
...Zero shipping charge but you spend 30+ minutes (minimum) of your time plus gas going to pick it up. It might be cheaper depending on what you are having sent to you but the price isn't zero.
I tend to be in the area at times, so it is convenient for me. As I mentioned to another poster, if it is not convenient, then the free in-store pickup is a non-starter.
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But I do agree with your point about not wanting to go to Walmart. They're not the best store in the area.... (and I'll leave it at that)
...Fat lot of good Walmart free pickup does me. The nearest Walmart is 50 miles away in blindingly congested traffic, and I don't drive much....
Yeah, if there's no Walmart near you that you can get to conveniently, the free in-store pickup is a non-starter.
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That's so much better than Amazon's having to wait three days to a week before it is even shipped if you opt for free delivery. (I'm not talking about amazon prime's free shipping, I don't pay $100 per year for free shipping when the product price already has shipping charges baked in. So you amazon prime fanbois don't have to post how great prime is.)
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Now I'm reading that there will be two updates in 2017.
What other Windows 10 disappointments are on the horizon?
And Microsoft plans to charge a monthly fee for this?
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Currently, we cannot find the robo-callers because we allow them to hide. Why is that so? Why do we make it easy for them to hide?
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facebook should respect my request to view my newsfeed as I want to view it, and stop hiding behind their "algorithm" to show me stuff I don't want to see.
Please sharpen your reading comprehension skills.
Perhaps you should heed your own advice.
... (now $1800 for failure to submit a form; or $180/day for late submissions)....
So if a person is more than 10 days late in submitting the form, it is cheaper not to submit it at all?