[OT] Give it a thought

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Shadow wrote:
Geeks only.

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The left hand column is more likely to be true
for WinRT, rather than the x86 version of the OS.

Win8 has the ability to blacklist the execution of
a program. If you attempt to run Windows Virtual PC from
your Windows 7 computer, that will be denied at runtime.
It's blacklisted, with Hyper-V (requiring SLAT) being
the recommended substitute.

The "you have no privacy" again, probably applies
to a mobile device which is location aware.
I have virtually all the "switches" in my
Windows 8 install turned off, and that
includes location awareness. Since my desktop
doesn't have GPS, I don't have the hardware
for it either.

So I'd say the left hand side, is true of most
mobile platforms available today. A mess.
And something I want no part of, no matter
who makes it.

You should do a careful analysis of what Ubuntu is
up to, their Amazon tie-in and some of their
other tricks, before deciding any arbitrary
distro is "ready for Sainthood". Such is not the
case. Evil can happen in Linux as well. It's
up to users to avoid such distros, when they
see stuff like that happen.

http://www.howtogeek.com/126995/how-...us-unity-dash/

"Canonical forwards these search terms to
third parties, such as Amazon, on your behalf."

There is no shortage of evil. Evil is everywhere.

Paul

Paul wrote:

Win8 has the ability to blacklist the execution of
a program.


Only if Smartscreen is enabled. I turned it off.



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