Posts by OhThatGuy

Re: Question....

The eastern part of Ukraine is, more or less.

The reason for this can be that in case of problems, you have someone to go after. With free SW you have to have competence in-house to look after it, it isn't free as in free of maintenance.

Re: Would someone explain

"Remember the US drives on the wrong side"

Certainly not, they drive on the right side (as we do in Sweden nowadays ;-)

Re: Laws of Australia

Well, it'll take some time to put together the official list of these not-to-use passwords, that's why it isn't done already...

Re: Good...

"First they'd need to find where MZ buried his morals & ethics" - I don't think he's ever been bee troubled with either of those...

Re: The user has no freedom but to consent

The basic fault with all these "GDPR updated" cookie policies is that they are all still opt-out in best case and more often just some advise on how you can dive down into your browser's cookie mgmt to clean up after each visit. So it's a looong way to opt-in based on the GDPR grouping cookies. And we still have the old "By continuing [whatever actions] you consent to our cookie policy".

Some "4%" fines are really needed.

Re: The issue is changing the password...

Having the drive manufacturer decide the encryption key means that the user isn't in control. The chosen solution just adds extra steps for no good reason, and now we see the resulting facepalm. KISS is more important in security designs than in most other areas, IMO. The issue with changing the key is no big deal, the process will just take some time.Small price for getting a key you can actually change...

Re: CASH...CASH is the answer....

The VPN gives you another IP address, but the details in your phone are essentially the same. And I assume that G slurps, processes and sells those. Ie no lost revenue for G.

Re: Talk about employee incentives...

I don't see where the $28m comes from... €361m-€292m would be €69, so I guess that their lawyers not only are paid handsomely but also has a sizeable expenses account.

Their entire "we're just a platform" argument needs to be exposed for the nonsense it is

Last time I checked, FB T&C says they own the content their users upload. That really makes them a publisher, not a "platform".