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Re: Time to start de-Appling

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Post by nrhrjrjrjtntbt »

AdamN wrote: post #317
Atlas667 wrote: post #282

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They ARE the authoritarian regime. This myth that capitalist perpetuate that the rich are not the government is the best lie out there. The rich are the government. They are the national interests, countries' industries' is their property.

Yeah there was this great cartoon many years back where a guy is on his computer and the FBI is looking over his shoulder at his screen. A character named 'Facebook' is pushing him aside and says "Let me show you how to do it". When you look at the cartoon for a minute or so you see in the shadow in the back of the room this robot labeled 'Google' and he's just quietly observing.

Is this from Edward Snowden times

Re: Time to start de-Appling

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Post by whywhywhywhy »

zmmmmm wrote: post #227

I know this is a tangent but honestly, this is why the Google decision to de-openify Android is insane even from Google's point of view. Who would want to be an iron clad gate keeper when the world is descending into authoritarianism? You just paint a giant target on your back for the authoritarians to come after. If Apple had supported open iCloud alternatives for backup and other services from day one, it woudn't e…

Didn't Apple already open up all their services to a backdoor in China? Was it ever really about privacy or is privacy just a convenient excuse to have a selection of elevated Apple solutions with privileges above 3rd parties.

Re: Time to start de-Appling

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Post by curt15 »

b00ty4breakfast wrote: post #302
cmsj wrote: post #84

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Yes, but you'll have to trust that they haven't been issued a secret government order to implement a backdoor. Not all of those companies will loudly object in the way Apple does.

>Not all of those companies will loudly object in the way Apple does. This assumes that Apple has loudly objected to every government request for backdoor access and also that they have never acquiesced to any of those requests.

Has Apple loudly objected to the CCP's requests?

Re: Time to start de-Appling

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Post by alt227 »

IncreasePosts wrote: post #64
tantalor wrote: post #53

> Hi, I'm Heather Burns — yes, that one. Ok, I was going to ask, but taking "yes, that one" seriously I suppose confirms the author is the actress Heather Burns best known for playing the best friend role in a string of successful romantic comedies. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0122688/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Burns Kind of weird to be reading some blog post about tech privacy from such a well known actr…

I wouldn't classify "best known for playing a side character in some 90s movies" as a well known actress. Also, different Heather Burns.

When I google 'Heather Burns', the entire first page of results is pictures of the actress and various sites all about the actress.

Re: Time to start de-Appling

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Post by nrhrjrjrjtntbt »

swiftcoder wrote: post #350
mistercheph wrote: post #331

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yeah guys, we don’t win by using free and open technologies, we win if we all buy {NAMECORP} devices, that’s true victory right there, backed by a real warranty, that’s what grandma wants

If you have a free and open technology that is sufficiently user-friendly that grandma isn't going to lose all her photos, I'm all ears

The 35mm film camera, developed by a photo lab, with pictures stored in a show e box

Re: Time to start de-Appling

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Post by alt227 »

webdevver wrote: post #167
iwontberude wrote: post #6

Wouldn’t it be easier to just move away from the UK? (I jest, but actually…)

nobody is going to stop you leaving the UK. its entering another country that suddenly becomes a real problem, and ofcourse, if you're in the UK, the only country worth moving to at that point is the US with (as I understand) quite stringent immigration restrictions. in reality, if the US were to open their doors to the UK, holy moly - this entire country would turn into Ukraine overnight, with nobody but pensioners…

> if you're in the UK, the only country worth moving to at that point is the US

There are about 50 other countries I would love to move to, before ever considering the US.

Re: Time to start de-Appling

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Post by seb1204 »

jcynix wrote: post #214
raincole wrote: post #209

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> And the passphrase is: at 5,21 which is the 5th line on page 21 of your favorite book Yeah, it's one of those things that you'll forget in N years. That's exactly what prompted "where do you keep secret.txt" question.

As of now I have to care for my (digital) backups, that is, I cannot ignore them for N years. I had to copy things from discettes to magnetic tape, from tape to hard drives, etc. I have to periodically check my backups if they are restorable. That's life. It's the same for documents, as for secrets, which I have to transfer from one medium to another, I have to check that I remember secrets and passphrases. And place…

You can also choose to let it die, or get forgotten.

Re: Time to start de-Appling

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Post by seb1204 »

smsm42 wrote: post #187
jcynix wrote: post #176

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>where do you keep secret.txt exactly? Hidden. Encrypted. And the passphrase is: at 5,21 which is the 5th line on page 21 of your favorite book. Which you have more than one copy of, because you like it that much. And you need copies to lend. Or you have the PDF from Gutenberg.org? And 5/21 might be the birthday of your first child, or your wedding day, or whatever? It might be a favorite quote, like "Those who would…

Hidden where? Are you writing it on a post-it and putting it on top of your screen? Are you keeping it in your wallet? In a safe? What if you lose it or your house is flooded? > And 5/21 might be the birthday of your first child, or your wedding day, or whatever? How sure are you that you'd remember all that scheme for 20 years? How about 50 years? Some documents may be relevant for a very long time. What about if yo…

A post it with master password on the fridge seems much safer to me than simple repeatedly used passwords. Computer can get hacket but the post it on the fridge is harder to hack.
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