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PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 8:39 pm    Post subject: TechNews - A backdoor in WhatsApp [42571] Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 17, 2017 6:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Now we have Hx manipulating story headlines... Snooping. Collecting anonymous data is done by everything but if that data serves to make the product better why not? Wanna moan about data collection look at Google, look at Android. In fact in the next updates MS is giving even more help to users to trim it further, easier. You know for dumb n00bs like Csimbi. I mean you sit and nitpick MS and post news about everyone else spying on you. How ignorant can you be? I think MS approach is good and making Win10 even better. Haters gonna hate.

For those who want more info on the upcoming Xbox and Win10 updates here you go.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/11/microsofts_new_windows_telemetry_manager/
http://www.techradar.com/news/microsoft-teases-new-performance-tweaks-for-xbox-one-and-pcs
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 17, 2017 10:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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New Windows 10 Privacy Controls: Just A Little Snooping...

I wonder if the Germans or Russian seeking to use Win10 will build a decent software firewall that filters out all the rubbish the Americans and the Chinese are trying to collect.
Agnitum Outpost was one of those but it was sold recently so it's no more.

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NSA will share vast amounts of private data gathered without warrant

I guess it will help Trumps' business growth.

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A backdoor in WhatsApp could allow governments to read messages

They get a backdoor built into just about anything. Not sure why WhatsApp is any more special than Windows or Skype.

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App Store Antitrust Case Against Apple Allowed to Proceed

Good news.

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Android Wear 2.0 is coming in early February

Meh. It's a very small market. I wonder how much they invested.
Then again, they can afford it.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 17, 2017 10:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Agnitum was indeed a great firewall. I suggest you check out SpyShelter as a replacement.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 17, 2017 8:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tom wrote:
Collecting anonymous data is done by everything but if that data serves to make the product better why not?


The metadata collected may be used for improving a product however the data goes well beyond that need. The other post of the NSA sharing information WITHOUT WARRANT is a further watering down of lines of privacy. EU regulations, Russian control of the media, etc. Tom makes the point we all know every entity and his dog is collecting all sorts of information on each one of us and we've all read it in science fiction books of the past. We're doomed gentlemen.

I remember the young internet and its simplicity. Now the money grubbers, the eyeballs of big brother, and regulatory freaks have screwed it all up for the rest of us.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 1:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

NyaR wrote:
Agnitum was indeed a great firewall. I suggest you check out SpyShelter as a replacement.

Thanks for the recommendation!
I see there is a firewall-only build available, but I could not find any current reviews of the firewall piece (all reviews included the other piece).
This looks good, though it is two years old.
Are you actively using it?
How do you find it in comparison to Outpost?
Rule creation?
Thanks!
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