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Note If the advertising ID feature is turned off by the user during the new device customization process, the feature will be turned off by default for any user account added to the device later. If they want to use the advertising ID, those users will have to explicitly turn the feature on through PC Settings.
So it's "opt out" instead of "opt in" then. This doesn't bode well for privacy and not being slammed with ads does it?
Actually, if they give that much of a crap about their software, can the hardware be right behind them? Pinching pennies on parts is one thing but this software problem indicates that the company has some serious issues that they need to address and their public response has been less than upfront.
I would knock them off the supplier list if I had that power where I work. We IT bods have enough on our plates without having to play games with suppliers.
However, cybersecurity should be targeting data leaching by criminals. What's our success against that? From reading the news, not so much.
It's all about feel good and it will get them more budget money by invoking the Daesh after the Paris attack. As the article mentions, these type of attacks could be outsourced.. to the crims. If they actually targeted the crims, we all could breathe easier knowing our bank accounts were safer but there's more press invoking the Daesh and some vague cyber-threat.
Virgin and Blue Origins vying for this. SpaceX seems more interested in pure "put things into orbit". My bet is long term, SpaceX will be successful. The other two.. not so much as there's a limited number of millionaires. I expect one of them will probably link up with Disney for the ultimate in an E-ticket (or maybe Z-ticket) ride.
<wanders off, muttering and wondering how this will improve humanity or help space exploration.>
This whole data/privacy/security issue reminds of a poem that pretty much says that no one isn't tainted by slurping/sharing/spying.
"Under the spreading chestnut tree,
I sold you and you sold me".
There's no innocents here. It's all lip service about trying to make one's citizens feel better about their government. Given the nature of the data sharing, every agency in every country is bad. And if the reaction to the Paris attacks is any indication, it's only going to get worse.
They've been closing on a regular basis ever since Zing** (one of the first as I recall) went under. I'll be waiting for the howls of agony if Flickr is ever shuttered. Some folks will never learn...
* I heard a higher up who should have known better several years ago touting the benefit of the "cloud" as this wondrous place to store stuff forever and if one place closes or goes down, your data is still out there.
** I think they're back but it's just the name, not the same company.
Well.. that data slurp is big one here in the States for health insurance companies and providers. HIPAA demands privacy for patient/customer data with hefty fines for violating it. As this is some unknown territory for the health care industry, I don't see them running to embrace Win10 anytime soon. The reports I'm getting from the higher ups (health insurance company) is to the effect of "over our dead bodies" because of the slurps. No one wants the fines or bad press from this.
I am reasonably sure that with some targeted lobbying, MS can get Congress to amend the act to allow slurping for a better "user experience".
You're probably onto something here... Is there any other possible correlation available as bacteria do mutate? We're now in the era of resistant bacteria due to misuse and over prescribing or antibiotics. Perhaps there was something back then that forced the mutation such as some other population movement or environmental factor?
What about before the leprosy hospices? What was the method of isolation?
I'd think your explanation is more plausible than Columbus's crew being the reason.
But no, it's like a bunch of independent fiefdoms, all squabbling and finger pointing until they get caught with their pants down.
There's the problem. If you've been watching the government or worked in it or for it, for any amount of time, you know that it's fiefdoms. Have a big fiefdom, you get budget, personnel, and power. If the fiefdom has good press.. it gets more. If it's a necessary (for the people of the country) and not on the A-list, it may get smaller.
We really don't have to go to these extremes, just plug up the internet tubes that go to ISIS. The tubes are labelled, aren't they?
Yes they are and there's shut-off valve for each one. We're just having to wait unitil Archibald Tuttle shows up to close the valve.
You're 100% right. There's no major scream by the media about auto deaths. There's no "think of the children" dying in car crashes.
However, if there were a reason to strip away freedoms and give the governments more control using car crashes as a reason, I suspect there would be a large media and governmental office PR blitz to make everyone think it's a great idea.
It would seem that since the group in the spotlight (ISIL, ISIS, or whatever they're calling themselves) have most of their major income from oil... sort out the companies buying the oil and the banks (aha.. there's why this won't happen) that transfer the funds.
This part seems more like looking in someone's wallet instead of at armored car behind them handing out the money.
Everything in this seems like so much eyewash and feel good stuff that won't accomplish a thing. However, as the article points out.. they never do anything "quickly" (for some value of quickly) so this may never come to pass.
Sure you can... much like they used to recall faxes: "put it in an envelope and send it back to us". Only with email all you have to do is hit "reply" and it goes back to them
Ok.. most manglement or PR types that say they "recalled" the email are idiots. They probably fall for the Amish Virus every time also.
Good question. Another question is why is taking them so long to figure out they've been pwned along with the method? My opinion is that they just don't give a crap. Which, since they don't care, I won't stay with them.
I'm that way with the retailers that have been pwned also... Target, Michael's.... etc. They've lost my business.
Perhaps there is a genuine public demand for "something to be done" or perhaps it's just media spin.
It's a combination of both with each feeding each other. Here in the States, the frenzy has everyone stirred up. I live in a small town and some of the locals are scared shitless. But the media, candidates for offices, and Congress has them convinced that the locals are a target. It's madness and carefully constructed madness. The media sells it's advertising space and gets read. The candidates make headlines, and Congress gets to put more power in the hands of the government.
It has become a damn vicious cycle and also plays into the hand of the terrorists. The winners in this is government with more power and control and the terrorists who create more terror.
Exactly. In the States, we already have "filing a false police complaint" as a crime. This is just eyewash and piggyback and a dose of "feelgood" on top of what is existing. The only difference is that this one is Federal while the false police report is usually a State or Local law.
Given that these calls are called into a 911 call center, the usual procedure is to initiate a trace since if someone's having a heart attack, they may hit the floor before giving their address.
When my kids wanted their driver's license, there was no problem. They took a course. When they wanted a car.... things got interesting for them. We discussed it, we went out and bought a beater. A piece of crap that barely ran. To own the car, they had to fix it up and get it inspected. My rule was that I wouldn't work on it unless they were there and in the middle of it. They learned mechanics, some electrical, and other skills. I learned patience.
When the car was all done, it was theirs and you never saw two kids take better care of their cars than those two.
We did the same thing with a computer.. they spec'd it, we bought the parts and I helped them (more like watched) put it together and get it to run.
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