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$? (and no, I dont mean the shell's exit code) The 90s called and would like to have their hatred back. As for privacy issues in your recommendation -> https:
by datalist 11y ago
$? (and no, I dont mean the shell's exit code)
The 90s called and would like to have their hatred back.
As for privacy issues in your recommendation -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_%28user_interface%29#Privacy_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_%28user_interface%29#Pri...
- x5n1 11y agoYes he 90s called and would like to have their privacy back too. But we can't all get what we want can we?
- rbanffy 11y agoYou know that, unlike Windows, you can turn it off.
- datalist 11y agoExcept for telemetry (and that you can turn off in the Enterprise edition as well) you can turn off all these features.
- asantos3 11y agoYou can't know if they are truly disabled, unlike ubuntu which is nowhere near what windows 10 does.
- Crito 11y agoHow many clicks and keypresses does it take to turn it all off?
- kefka 11y ago1. F8 to boot from CD 2. Let DBAN do its job. So, 1.
- unluckier 11y agoIf you have a proven technique for making Windows 10 not phone home, post the details here.
- vetinari 11y agoSo why it connects to a-0001.a-msedge.net when I type into start menu, with web search and cortana turned off?
- unluckier 11y agoYou have to block outbound communication for "Search" in the Windows firewall. Regardless of whatever privacy settings you may have set.
- vetinari 11y agoYes, I know. I was trying to point out, that even when you disable everything using the provided controls, the OS still doesn't respect your choice. Be careful regarding the searchui.exe firewall rule. It names specific assembly version - one silent update (is there any other in win10?) and your rule is invalid, instead a new rule that is enabled is suddenly in effect.
- asantos3 11y agoThe privacy issues from Ubuntu are nowhere near what windows 10 does. > None of Ubuntu's official derivatives (Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, etc.) include the feature or any variation of it. Ubuntu it's not the only distro out there, you also got Linux Mint and ElementaryOS for beginners.
- admax88q 11y agoHe said use Linux, not "Ubuntu" There are plenty of linux distro that _do_ respect your privacy.
- r3bl 11y agoYeah, like every single other Linux distro. I think Ubuntu is actually the only one doing this and yet, even in Ubuntu, it takes literally two or three clicks to turn this feature off.
- hippo8 11y agoTrue. But Ubuntu is one of the most popular distros. I have noticed, for many non-technical users, the name "Ubuntu" is synonymous with linux. At the end of the day, most of the technical users know how to stay protected. Atleast the type of people who can install a linux distro on their main computer. It's kind of our fault, we need to make the general public understand these risks, we need to make solutions more accessible. Because, if this sort of thing continue, we would one day suddenly wake up to a world that would not respect anyone's privacy. How many big companies are caught violating user's privacy, remember superfish? The funny thing is, big companies are starting to be more and more confident violating their user's privacy.
- LukeB_UK 11y agoGood job that people have a choice of desktop environment.