Windows 10 users are being banned from torrent sites

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Aug 24, 2015, 2:00 PM UTC

x5n1 wrote: post #41

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"port their software to Linux". The main issue there is that there is not one single linux, the market is very fragmented. Getting the binary format right (which is the same across distros) is the trivial part, just set the proper compiler backend. The hard part would be getting all dependencies and especially IO sorted out. The wide range of display managers, audio drivers that needs to be supported to simply "port…

Yes if you actually write software for desktop Linux you know that it's not that much of a problem to actually do it if you want to. There is enough free software available, you know often written by individuals without multi-million dollar budgets, that I have not had need for using a Windows machine other than to compile software for Windows machines. If multi-million dollar companies actually wanted to support Lin…

Post by sandGorgon » Mon, Aug 24, 2015, 2:01 PM UTC

cletus wrote: post #77

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Hatred for Microsoft? I have none. I do hate the fact that we have an absolutely free operating system that works just fine but thanks to Bill Gates 90s shenanigans and aggressive and illegal market and business tactics we're stuck with a proprietary system that is totally unnecessary and as it continues that system becomes more and more invasive. And that system is a black box that you can't trust. Google started en…

Nothing about Linux on the desktop "works fine". It's horrible. UI seems to be one area that benefits--almost demands --a central planning authority. I'm reminded of Supported Features [1]. There is some great open source software out there. But I'm struggling to think of great open source software with a good UI. Not that I'm saying Windows is good mind you. My personal preference would be OSX, which you can view as…

Post by amyjess » Mon, Aug 24, 2015, 2:03 PM UTC

Post by jqm » Mon, Aug 24, 2015, 2:03 PM UTC

ionised wrote: post #172

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I've deactivated all reporting and services that call back home (at least which I was aware of). In addition I've installed glasswire to check the network activities. So far I can assure you: Compared to my Android phone Windows 10 is absolutely mute. There're no noticeable differences compared to Windows 7. You seem to be more driven by your hatred towards Microsoft than by real privacy concerns.

Same. Disabled every form of data collection possible from the Settings and also edited Group Policy and the registry to disable further collection. I've also edited the hosts file and added entries for dozens of domains associated with MS telemtry and reporting. At this point Comodo Firewall was still reporting some suspicious outbound connection requests which I've analysed and blocked most of. System still works f…

Post by asdfaoeu » Mon, Aug 24, 2015, 2:05 PM UTC

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>>I've deactivated all reporting and services that call back home (at least which I was aware of). In addition I've installed glasswire to check the network activities. I'm going to recommend to you, or anyone, wanting to verify Windows 10 network behavior to do it without depending on software running on the OS itself. Try verifying it again using network analyzing software on linux or macosx, running downstream of…

Could you recommend a resource that would provide some good information on this? I keep hearing about ways to modify routers to operate this way, but have yet to come across something that clearly describes how this is done.