Out of curiosity, why does it bother you? I consider it a great feature (the single account, not the nagging). I don't imagine it makes much of a difference to Google one way or the other with respect to information collection.
It really wouldn't bother me... I want something, I fund it. I'd actually prefer if something I funded went directly into the public domain after a very brief period of time. I get the product I wanted, the producer gets paid, and society benefits.
Price fairly, make things available early. Make it easy for people to do the right thing. Remember that pirated copies are almost never lost sales. Maybe in the future, things like crowd-funded software and open-source will take over if it isn't profitable enough... same for entertainment. Perhaps live theatre will make a comeback.
No need to get targeted ads into Reader for the benefit. The important part if what you get _out_ of it to display with searches, mail, etc. I'm quite sure it would have been easy to get a few ads displayed in Reader if they wanted though.
Keep in mind that this is like a Windows person moving to OSX. It's a completely different OS and you need to realize up front that things are going to be different. Not even necessarily better or worse, just different.
McCain is a first class weasel to begin with. I remember watching one of the presidential debates, ranting about how the government had paid 40K$ or something for a lightbulb, not mentioning that it was for a planetarium projector.
Traffic tracking, Google now integration, etc. I get a Google now notification when my spouse (or other friends sharing their data) leave work. I get notifications if I have to leave early for something to make it on time because of traffic, etc. That sort of thing.
The problem is that Microsoft apparently reads users emails for the same reason Google does, for targeted ads. It's a nice question that makes people suspicious, but Microsoft email is not a solution for those that answer 'yes'.
Do you know if there's any way to tell which of your networks are defined as 'hidden'? Is there a utility that you know of? Seems like the nice, secure thing to do from a wireless client perspective is to not use them at all.
Just did a quick bit of reading, and get the impression that Android phones do a passive scan, meaning they wouldn't be seen unless they connected, I believe. As usual, I may be wildly incorrect.
I think you should be able to do that, and I seem to remember a setting mentioned somewhere. Basically, your phone shouldn't respond to an unknown beacon.
IBM buys software companies to do to them what Elop did to Nokia, but unintentionally. Basically, they drain the money from them and ride them into the ground as long as the "no one ever got fired for buying IBM" crowd keeps throwing money at them.
The problem is that WinRT is a closed platform that MS gets a cut of all software sold on. Many software houses know how that ends, with them wanting a cut of all subscriptions and everything else, thanks to Apple. Steam will allow you to install anything you want, just like you currently can on a (non-Metro interface) Windows PC. That Metro interface if why Valve is creating SteamBox; they know how this plays out as well, and doesn't want to hand Microsoft 30% of their income.
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Someone here had a sig that was "Java is to Javascript as Car is to Carpet".
... but most of us could not care less.
Out of curiosity, why does it bother you? I consider it a great feature (the single account, not the nagging). I don't imagine it makes much of a difference to Google one way or the other with respect to information collection.
It really wouldn't bother me ... I want something, I fund it. I'd actually prefer if something I funded went directly into the public domain after a very brief period of time. I get the product I wanted, the producer gets paid, and society benefits.
Price fairly, make things available early. Make it easy for people to do the right thing. Remember that pirated copies are almost never lost sales. Maybe in the future, things like crowd-funded software and open-source will take over if it isn't profitable enough ... same for entertainment. Perhaps live theatre will make a comeback.
Likewise. They also have a significant number of them that are available for Linux.
Education would have at least some mention about the public domain and its advantages, and the fact that copyright is a privilege, not a right.
Actually, yeah ... that would be handy quite a frequently. I was going to say that I should patent it, but I think I've actually seen them.
If you use Linux, it's actually quite easy to turn on DNSSEC, which I assume would help mitigate this problem.
I detect the odour burning trousers.
No need to get targeted ads into Reader for the benefit. The important part if what you get _out_ of it to display with searches, mail, etc. I'm quite sure it would have been easy to get a few ads displayed in Reader if they wanted though.
Keep in mind that this is like a Windows person moving to OSX. It's a completely different OS and you need to realize up front that things are going to be different. Not even necessarily better or worse, just different.
McCain is a first class weasel to begin with. I remember watching one of the presidential debates, ranting about how the government had paid 40K$ or something for a lightbulb, not mentioning that it was for a planetarium projector.
They do seem to be one of the few that doesn't regularly leak user data. They've got a pretty decent record of keeping your private data private.
Traffic tracking, Google now integration, etc. I get a Google now notification when my spouse (or other friends sharing their data) leave work. I get notifications if I have to leave early for something to make it on time because of traffic, etc. That sort of thing.
The problem is that Microsoft apparently reads users emails for the same reason Google does, for targeted ads. It's a nice question that makes people suspicious, but Microsoft email is not a solution for those that answer 'yes'.
Do you know if there's any way to tell which of your networks are defined as 'hidden'? Is there a utility that you know of? Seems like the nice, secure thing to do from a wireless client perspective is to not use them at all.
Then you're fine. Don't let the FUD bother you.
Just did a quick bit of reading, and get the impression that Android phones do a passive scan, meaning they wouldn't be seen unless they connected, I believe. As usual, I may be wildly incorrect.
I think you should be able to do that, and I seem to remember a setting mentioned somewhere. Basically, your phone shouldn't respond to an unknown beacon.
Step 3: Lobby your government to make phone locking illegal. It really should be, as it's blatantly anti-competitive.
That won't stop the spread of FUD though.
IBM buys software companies to do to them what Elop did to Nokia, but unintentionally. Basically, they drain the money from them and ride them into the ground as long as the "no one ever got fired for buying IBM" crowd keeps throwing money at them.
The problem is that WinRT is a closed platform that MS gets a cut of all software sold on. Many software houses know how that ends, with them wanting a cut of all subscriptions and everything else, thanks to Apple. Steam will allow you to install anything you want, just like you currently can on a (non-Metro interface) Windows PC. That Metro interface if why Valve is creating SteamBox; they know how this plays out as well, and doesn't want to hand Microsoft 30% of their income.
You need no contact with Google for _any_ version of Android that I know of.