I think MS just does not care anymore about ordinary users. Sure, they are incompetent and their products never were good, but what is recently happening with win7 and win10 is way beyond that.
Well, if it is the right distro is used and they are set-up right. The last time I had a problem with one was about 7 years ago and it was something related to a custom boot-script, so technically my fault. Of course, when the old release goes out of service (Debian LTS currently gives you 5 years), you may want to update that and that is usually a manual process, but other than that you can fully automatize this and, unlike MS crap, it does not break.
I run Linux, but I will in 2020 probably have to move my gaming-machine to Win10 (currently still win7). There will be no email, no non-gaming web-browsing, etc. on that machine to not feed the creeps in Redmond even more personal data. I will also keep a non-networked win10 VM around for MS Office (which I sometimes have to use), probably in a master-worker config, were the master gets all the updates, but the state gets copied to the non-networked worker before I give it access to any documents. Fortunately, you _can_ copy VMs easily. I hope that still works for win10...
If not for gaming and MS office, I would have left windows behind a long time ago.
And that there are some individuals there that see this and do something about it. He should get a medal, not disciplinary action. But speaking truth to power rarely results in rewards for those doing it.
Indeed. The approach here is to render something (including some text) and then to "screen-grab" that (canvas-grab). Small differences in configuration can be detected in that. If that is not what is done by DuckDuckGo, then it is probably not actually tracking and the blocking add-on is overly sensitive. False positives are a huge problem in the security sphere.
The only problem is when canvas actually gets grabbed, i.e. the color of pixels is detected. Anything else should be non-problematic. Maybe with high resolutions the browser window size can be used for tracking, but I do not think that works well yet and may not actually work at all.
Indeed. Interface problems. Also, some parts of the services the mind uses (for example, most/all of concrete memory) do also run in the brain. Does not mean the complete thing does.
So, to use a much simpler example, a physical computer is the physical model of all the software can run on it? Sorry, but these simplistic models break down completely when taxed by actual complexity.
Hahaha, yes. Incidentally "emergent property" = "Poof and it was there! Nobody knows how or why!" It is just a scientific way of saying "we have no clue".
So the security model is entirely botched, not only in what the story reports on. Does not surprise me anymore with Google. They really never managed to hack solid engineering. They can only throw more resources at a problem, but skill does not scale that way.
This is so open to abuse and malware, I'm surprised Google even allowed this in the first place.
Extreme incompetence and gross lack of experience. Google likes to hire intelligent and young. Makes the workers weak in experience and morals. This is a consequence.
Because something like this pops up immediately when you do that analysis competently. Makes me wonder what other severe defects they have in there. Better stay away entirely from this train-wreck.
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I think MS just does not care anymore about ordinary users. Sure, they are incompetent and their products never were good, but what is recently happening with win7 and win10 is way beyond that.
Some MS shills moderating, I see.
Automatic updates on Linux work...
Well, if it is the right distro is used and they are set-up right. The last time I had a problem with one was about 7 years ago and it was something related to a custom boot-script, so technically my fault. Of course, when the old release goes out of service (Debian LTS currently gives you 5 years), you may want to update that and that is usually a manual process, but other than that you can fully automatize this and, unlike MS crap, it does not break.
When you look at the naked OS, Linux beats Windows in everything. But when you take in the environment I agree to your statement.
I run Linux, but I will in 2020 probably have to move my gaming-machine to Win10 (currently still win7). There will be no email, no non-gaming web-browsing, etc. on that machine to not feed the creeps in Redmond even more personal data. I will also keep a non-networked win10 VM around for MS Office (which I sometimes have to use), probably in a master-worker config, were the master gets all the updates, but the state gets copied to the non-networked worker before I give it access to any documents. Fortunately, you _can_ copy VMs easily. I hope that still works for win10...
If not for gaming and MS office, I would have left windows behind a long time ago.
Just my thought. Misdirected outrage makes things worse.
False positives are a huge problem in the security sphere.
Not as much as false negatives.
I disagree. False positives often swamp analysis capabilities to a degree that true positives cannot be dealt with anymore.
Exactly.
And that there are some individuals there that see this and do something about it. He should get a medal, not disciplinary action. But speaking truth to power rarely results in rewards for those doing it.
Indeed. The approach here is to render something (including some text) and then to "screen-grab" that (canvas-grab). Small differences in configuration can be detected in that. If that is not what is done by DuckDuckGo, then it is probably not actually tracking and the blocking add-on is overly sensitive. False positives are a huge problem in the security sphere.
The only problem is when canvas actually gets grabbed, i.e. the color of pixels is detected. Anything else should be non-problematic. Maybe with high resolutions the browser window size can be used for tracking, but I do not think that works well yet and may not actually work at all.
It maybe, but does not need to be a tracking attempt. It should be conclusively explained and removed.
You have a point.
Good point.
Not really. That one requires some skill, which is lacking in your presentation.
Indeed. Interface problems. Also, some parts of the services the mind uses (for example, most/all of concrete memory) do also run in the brain. Does not mean the complete thing does.
So, to use a much simpler example, a physical computer is the physical model of all the software can run on it?
Sorry, but these simplistic models break down completely when taxed by actual complexity.
Hahaha, yes. Incidentally "emergent property" = "Poof and it was there! Nobody knows how or why!" It is just a scientific way of saying "we have no clue".
Well, since you are nobody, thanks for caring!
Why would I want this crap on Linux? (Rhetorical question, obviously...)
So the security model is entirely botched, not only in what the story reports on. Does not surprise me anymore with Google. They really never managed to hack solid engineering. They can only throw more resources at a problem, but skill does not scale that way.
This is so open to abuse and malware, I'm surprised Google even allowed this in the first place.
Extreme incompetence and gross lack of experience. Google likes to hire intelligent and young. Makes the workers weak in experience and morals. This is a consequence.
Because something like this pops up immediately when you do that analysis competently. Makes me wonder what other severe defects they have in there. Better stay away entirely from this train-wreck.
You must be new here. Who reads the original articles on /.?
Seriously, though, if that is what happened, then this is a case for direct law enforcement, not a lawsuit. At least in Europe it would be.
There are loads of examples like that.
There _really_ are not. This is a rare success story and that is why it gets so hyped.