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igloofoo

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    Comment #16538689

    We should elect better leaders and avoid getting in bed with such regimes. “Be the change you want to see in the world” “Practice what you preach” From a previous article “Most peo…

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    Comment #16537900

    Why the downvotes? Can we not discuss the implications of “progress at all costs”?

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    Comment #16537743

    Changing the world one murdered-by-starvation Yemeni at a time. How do you accept funding from oppressive, dictatorial, mysoginist regimes and then claim to “make the world a bette…

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    Comment #16355243

    Viewing your screen should be subject to permissions simply because it can supersede all permissions to access sensitive data.

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    Comment #16355198

    Something malicious being easily technically possible with no risk and significant economic upside will statisically occur due to simple distribution of motives at large. +1, only …

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    Comment #16354458

    You , my friend, are vulnerable like any other Mac user, to a trustworthy piece of software that has but a single dependency implementing the screen-reading mentioned in the articl…

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    Comment #16352887

    The very article of this post is an instance of spyware that any developer can implement. In effect, if you're using a Mac, any app can be spyware and you will never, ever know.

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    Comment #16351244

    So if it needs it to implement its features, you would like to know about it. Otherwise you inevitably get spyware.

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    Comment #16351202

    Wrong. 1) Your webcam turns a light on. Not permission, but you know what's going on. 2) "People must grant permission for an app to access personal information, including the curr…

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    Comment #16351010

    Please humor me, why in the world does an app need to read/write your screen? It is provided a window for that. If it doesn't need to read/write your screen in order to provide its…

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    Comment #16350743

    So apps need to ask for location but not to see everything you do? WTF

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    Comment #16284315

    There is ongoing litigation with regards to the ownership of original Telegram client (issued under "Telegram LLC" based in Russia). Telegram X is released under "Telgram Messenger…

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    Comment #16284297

    There may be political motive to this. Why is Telegram X issued by "Telegram Messenger LLP" while the original Telegram is issued by "Telegram LLC"? Telegram LLC, which issues the …

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    Comment #16283182

    There may be political motive to this. Why is Telegram X issued by "Telegram Messenger LLP" while the original Telegram is issued by "Telegram LLC"? Telegram LLC, which issues the …

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    Comment #15858822

    AKA Evolution

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    Comment #15818122

    As fast as possible

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    Comment #15705119

    Privacy concerns: how is a public link more secure than a Skype screen share? And what exactly gets associated to the link? Is it a tunnel straight into my computer? Is it pushing …

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    Comment #15691738

    My bad, I felt I sounded a little passive-aggressive. New on the boards. Let me know your thoughts on the final draft:)

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    Comment #15691716

    +1. Although I'd call it a post-Trump world. After all that surfaced about Trump's conduct with women during elections, and him STILL getting elected, women are done with it and ta…

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    Comment #15691603

    OP just highlights the speed at which careers are getting destroyed on accusations alone (guilty b4 proven innocent), and pragmatically suggests that it is possible for a malicious…