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stiray
7y ago
Please, do suggest it. I, personally dont see a product group in oss that would function in that manner. Yes, you can set up LibreOffice with postfix, dovecot, nextcloud (with sh__load of plugins),... But the integration of it, even after s
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stiray
7y ago
I have dumped windows completely after spending some time on windows 8 (fyi: system level developer, but... Well i did my share on aix, hpux, solaris, linux, vms too, but I did love windows... Before the age of manifests, putting com interf
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stiray
7y ago
In this case and when website works poorly on firefox: "I have noticed, you are developing unsupported website. I will find my content elsewhere." Already doing that. You can call it "voting with my wallet".
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7y ago
I don't think anyone of us has seen consent request by facebook or google in this form (freely given != 'give consent or you can't use or services, specific/informed/unambiguous != barried in miles of legal giberish
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Android flaw lets rogue apps take photos, record video even if phone is locked
(zdnet.com)
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7y ago
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Google patches ‘awesome’ XSS vulnerability in Gmail dynamic email feature
(zdnet.com)
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7y ago
This practice is getting seriously annoying in scope of current events like google going into banking bussiness. One part are privacy applications but even worse is that suddenly pulling the application from play store using aurora (3rd par
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7y ago
Just to add EU view on "legal". This is highly illegal and it is criminal offense in same manner as wiretapping. You (as employer, even if you own employee computer) can get jailtime for this although hefty fine is more plausable
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7y ago
This one is worth checking, sandboxie vs ransomware: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVwflbmBd_A There are two pieces of software, that I consider a must on windows (and I miss very much on linux), one is totalcommander and
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7y ago
The beauty is they are not wiped. They stay as isolated environment.
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stiray
7y ago
Sandboxie is far better (or different - for its use case it is better). It doesnt use virtualization but rather hooks the APIs and redirects them to "in folder structure" where copy-on-write is used to keep local copy of registry,
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Tech Companies Warn U.S. Against Harmful Copyright Laws Worldwide
(torrentfreak.com)
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Have Pirate IPTV Sellers on YouTube Lost Their Minds?
(torrentfreak.com)
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7y ago
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7y ago
My prediction since windows 8: - windows moving to metro, to get its users used to much simpler GUI elements - embracing open source and move nt kernel to linux kernel, reducing the costs of development - slowly move its on premise infrastr
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stiray
7y ago
I can only agree. It is like in our country where people are donating for "poor african children" by UNICEF while there are thousands of people living in 100 miles radious where they could help them much more efficiently by giving
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stiray
7y ago
Yes, that is exactly my point. e2e war has nothing to do with actual "threats" that are beeing sold to us as they are and will (even more after all public debates) encrypt their data. Even local potheads that I know are using pgp.
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stiray
7y ago
I dont understand all the fuss. If I want to send encrypted email I will send it. By pasting encrypted data, adding them to attachment, use stenography... Whatever. The "terrorists", "pedophiles", "drug lords",
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7y ago
This one was for management port and was fixed before the CVE came out. There are two points: opening management interface to the internet is... Lets say... Weird. The second one, they are extremely responsive to security issues.
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7y ago
What features? I have heard a lot of complaining over mikrotik, but lack of features was typically not one of them.
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7y ago
I agree. Mikrotik has great devices but they are great if you can cope with them. Imagine as getting Cisco Catalyst and then complaining it is not as good as Ubiquiti due to the sheer number of options. It just doesnt work that way, there i
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7y ago
Ther is a wakeup call already but it needs to come from us (tech workers). We do understand what is going on, we do use use adblockers, application firewalls, obfuscate our online fingerprints, use multiple accounts etc. On the other side w
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7y ago
What should really be praised... Without further, congratulations to everyone protesting against this gitlab move. This is something that should be done years back when google started with its tracking, same with facebook. This was the beha
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7y ago
I agree, panopticlick is not really good as a measuring point. I am randomizing most of metrics it is using and even if it detects my browser as unique, this will always be true as my data are fake and randomized each time browser tab is op
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7y ago
Same expirience here, but I must say it is becoming better since I have reverse resolve. Previously every mail went into spam. Regardless of SPF and DKIM.
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EU data watchdog raises concerns over Microsoft contracts
(reuters.com)
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7y ago
...but they are also acumulating know how which they might be able to sell in decades to come. Even more if the scenario of mainframes, IBM software, Oracle databases,... will happen and sooner or later I believe it will. Currently cloud pr
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7y ago
You are right to some extent. Which is good for the copyrighted works but it is also sad. People, with all this beautiful technology are uncapable to understand or use it. Everything today goes down to "simplify usage even if you remov
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Without encryption, we will lose all privacy. This is our new battleground
(theguardian.com)
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7y ago
zfs import -af?
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7y ago
I am using it on my mini server for around 10 years (freebsd 3x3tb as zraid + 10tb disk for casual things) and now on laptop as a root for fedora and I wouldnt part from it. It is the only fs with snapshot capabilities that i fully trust. I
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