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  #46  
Old March 21st 20, 03:59 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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On 21/03/2020 11:35, Arlen Holder wrote:

(I haven't tested them in a while though.)




Little wonders nobody cares what you write here.


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Old March 21st 20, 05:22 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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nospam on Sat, 21 Mar 2020 07:18:23 -0400
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In article , pyotr
filipivich wrote:


Everything on a Mac is either effortless
or can't be done. It's locked down, top-shelf, and kiddie-ready.

false. the only limitation is that of the person using it.


So you know of a means to get to a command line on a MAC?


trivial. have you even used a mac?? sure doesn't sound like it.


Once or twice, back when it was the New Thing.
The question was mostly rhetorical.

Some days I think having a PDP-11 might be a solution to my winter
heating needs as well.

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  #48  
Old March 21st 20, 05:22 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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"Mayayana" on Fri, 20 Mar 2020 13:35:47
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"pyotr filipivich" wrote

| I will take your word for it. But it fits with my opinion, that
| much is done with Windows "for the needs of the plot" err
| programmers.
|

I think that's true much more with open source. Windows
is commercial. It has to satisfy business customers. Macs
are even more so. Everything on a Mac is either effortless
or can't be done. It's locked down, top-shelf, and kiddie-ready.
Windows has to adapt to a lot more hardware variety, and
it has to maintain a great deal of backward compatibility.
They also have to straddle the boundary between Mac and
Linux. Configurable by IT but usable by normal people. So
they do things like hide the real settings behind an intimidating
button marked "Advanced".

Open source, on the other hand, is not commercial, so there's
no customer who has to be satisfied. Don't like fluorescent green
text in a black window? Screw you! Compile it yourself!

Did you notice that a couple of Linux people got nasty
recently when I said youtube-dl needs a GUI? Those people,
the kind of programmers you're thinking of, don't want
civilians to be able to use computers. That's why Linux is such
a mess. You can probably clear the Clipboard on Linux. And
the instructions probably start with, "Open the console
shell interface of your choice and start Perl..."


"it's a simple procedure involving lasers..."

Sigh.
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Old March 21st 20, 05:22 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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"Mayayana" on Sat, 21 Mar 2020 08:34:42
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"pyotr filipivich" wrote

| So you know of a means to get to a command line on a MAC?

They have something called AppleScript. And there's
some kind of access to the Unix core. I think it's an
outdated preconception, though, to think that one
only gets to the "real stuff" when the mouse is disabled.
That's the attitude of the oldtimers who make fun of
people who want a GUI. But actually, command line
is very limited and is mostly used to send command line
arguments to executables. The commands are really
simple automations rather than extra functionality. Most
things you can do in console can be done easier in the
GUI. Which, of course, was the whole point of making
a GUI.


Most things, true.

But for me and my purposes, getting to a DOS prompt and running
robocopy (or a batch file which calls it and the parameter list) beats
having to tell Windows "yes overwrite that file, no do not overwrite
that file, yes, yes, no, yes, size eight, yes..."

Which raises an interesting question: What makes a
system accessible? Programming on a Mac requires
using their hardware, with a license and their tools.
At the other extreme, programming on Linux is open
to all and lots of methods are provided. But if you
don't have well designed, intuitive tools and good
docs then you're lost. That's what's always been nice
about Windows: There are numerous levels of expertise
with tools and docs at each level.


Yes.much of my gripping has less to do with the parts which work
"invisibly" as with how the changes in the GUI interfere with the
muscle memory I had from the previous GUI. Its like getting a new car
which has the windshield wiper where the shift lever was on the last
one. Lot of "oops, didn't mean to do that!"


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Old March 21st 20, 06:10 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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On Sat, 21 Mar 2020 10:59:19 -0400, khaha wrote:

Little wonders nobody cares what you write here.


*These worthless pieces of **** _hate_ they can never add value*.
o *So they **** on those who do*.

Having been on Usenet for decades and knowing it's always these
utter worthless pieces of **** who _hat4e_ that they can never post value:
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/wDbAqMr-0oY/B0cp1Cl8BwAJ
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.comp.freeware/AI5SiPSGyaE/_KBWCeD8IAAJ

I looked up to see if this "khana" sock is a worthless piece of **** sock
that has never even once, in his entire life, _ever_ authored any value:
https://i.postimg.cc/c4m41Bny/khana01.jpg

One post, this one I'm responding to, in the entire history of Usenet,
for this newsgroup, from this "khana" sock, which is pretty convincing
evidence of the sock nature of some coward on this newsgroup.
https://i.postimg.cc/sgth5RVC/khana02.jpg

But which worthless piece of **** sock is this "khana"?
o I don't care, as the fact is always the same.

*These worthless pieces of **** _hate_ they can never add value*.
o *So they **** on those who do*.

HINT: We had the exact same issue with the worthless piece of **** sock
that goes by "Cindy Hamilton" (who had clearly posted only
whenever either "p-0''0-h the cat (coder)" posted, or when
"Shadow" posted - nobody else but those two pieces of ****).

I assume this brand new "khana" sock is either Pooh or Shadow, where
the "Cindy Hamilton" sock was _clearly_ associated directly with both
over the many times they posted - but where he got wise when I pointed
that out so he created this new "khana" sock, which has _never_ once
posted anything in the entire history of Usenet except to this thread.
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Old March 21st 20, 06:16 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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"pyotr filipivich" wrote

| Its like getting a new car
| which has the windshield wiper where the shift lever was on the last
| one. Lot of "oops, didn't mean to do that!"
|

Or worse, there's no windshield wipeer control anymore
because now it's "AI powered" and it knows better than
you do when to turn on.


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Old March 22nd 20, 08:22 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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"Mayayana" on Sat, 21 Mar 2020 13:16:33
-0400 typed in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general the following:
"pyotr filipivich" wrote

| Its like getting a new car
| which has the windshield wiper where the shift lever was on the last
| one. Lot of "oops, didn't mean to do that!"
|

Or worse, there's no windshield wipeer control anymore
because now it's "AI powered" and it knows better than
you do when to turn on.


And you can't turn it off for the car wash.

And while it is neat that I can open the sliding side doors
without geting out, I don't like that I have to unlock the car and put
the key in the ignition to roll up or down a window.

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  #53  
Old March 22nd 20, 12:56 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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"pyotr filipivich" wrote

|I don't like that I have to unlock the car and put
| the key in the ignition to roll up or down a window.

Yes. That's one of those idiocies that's so dumb it
just makes me angry. So far I've been able to avoid
electric "luxuries". Pickups generally provide more
options in terms of not getting non-optional "options".


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Old March 23rd 20, 07:17 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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"Mayayana" on Sun, 22 Mar 2020 07:56:58
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"pyotr filipivich" wrote

|I don't like that I have to unlock the car and put
| the key in the ignition to roll up or down a window.

Yes. That's one of those idiocies that's so dumb it
just makes me angry. So far I've been able to avoid
electric "luxuries". Pickups generally provide more
options in terms of not getting non-optional "options".


When (If) I get another pickup, it will be pretty bare bones. Or
whatever is on the lot at the time.
But since I got married, I had to become "respectable." 8-)

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Old May 13th 20, 01:58 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Arlen Holder Wrote in message:

The question was and is which apps have already been caught accessing theclipboard WITHOUT any user input whatsoever except for the invocation ofthe app (which was reported to be rampant on the iOS newsgroups).


You probably mean also except clipboard content managers,
as they access clipboard on background purposely.

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Old May 13th 20, 01:58 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Arlen Holder Wrote in message:

I know you well where you sometimes play silly games (akin to nospam) whichjust waste our time, and other times you actually provide immense value.


Let's hope your intent today is to provide adult value to the topic.


This is one of your games
I am not going to participate on.

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Old July 5th 20, 09:57 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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My question was whether this is only a problem on iOS or also Windows.

With the advent of the iOS 14 beta, well-known apps have been recently
publicly caught and outed...

Each time they're caught (so far anyway), the company immediately says it's
a nasty bug, and then immediately vows to remove the reading of the
clipboard on every keypress.

o *iOS 14 - Linked-In app caught reading the user's clipboard in background (including from other sources)*
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/2VZ5a3QsvBc

o *Reddit caught red handed by iOS 14 copying the clipboard contents on iOS devices*
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/-gvgKjTALvI

o *iOS 14: TikTok seems to have been caught abusing the clipboard in a quite extraordinary way.*
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/dRKgQG8jGo8/

o *Famous iOS apps are snooping on the Pasteboard - Learn Worthy*
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/XXaeEvEB79Y/

o *Even more iOS apps caught snooping clipboard contents ...*
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/IHVirXnbJF0/
etc.

For example, here's just one snippet from just one article cited above:

o *TikTok and 53 other iOS apps still snoop your sensitive clipboard data*
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/06/tiktok-and-53-other-ios-apps-still-snoop-your-sensitive-clipboard-data/

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My question was whether this is only a problem on iOS or also Windows.
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My question was whether this is only a problem on iOS or also Windows.
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Old July 5th 20, 10:11 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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My question was whether this is only a problem on iOS or also Windows.


all platforms.
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Old July 5th 20, 11:11 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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On Sun, 05 Jul 2020 17:11:53 -0400, nospam wrote:

all platforms.


Hi nospam,

Logically, sensibly, and reasonably, I would tend to agree that this is a
privacy/security problem that shouldn't be any different on any of the five
common consumer platforms.

However, when I asked on the Android, Windows, and Linux newsgroups, most
of the responses seemed to be "this is normal", which, on iOS, at least the
response was "this is creepy" (which I would agree with).

So I'm not sure _why_ the Android, Linux, and Windows groups seem to think
this is normal behavior to read the clipboard upon every keystroke (or
invocation of the app).

I do notice that the TikTok and other apps _only_ did it on iOS, which is
an enigma to me, because if it's useful to them on iOS, why wouldn't it be
just as useful to them on Android?

Here are the threads, from a while ago, asking on each of those platforms:

o *What common specific Android apps are known to access the clipboard upon mere invocation & without your permission?*
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.mobile.android/hdNb3BeYm44

o *What common specific Linux apps are known to access the clipboard upon mere invocation & without your permission?*
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.os.linux/VmByXYAaJts

o *Do any Windows freeware apps habitually access the private contents of the clipboard upon mere invocation of the app?*
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/wDbAqMr-0oY

In each of those threads, the question was met with derision simply
because, it seems, those users _expect_ this kind of creepy behavior.

I don't.
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I don't yet understand why this creepy behavior only bothers iOS users...
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Old July 6th 20, 12:02 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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On Sun, 05 Jul 2020 18:21:38 -0400, nospam wrote:

So I'm not sure _why_ the Android, Linux, and Windows groups seem to think
this is normal behavior to read the clipboard upon every keystroke (or
invocation of the app).


ignorance.

how do you think a clipboard manager app works, which runs in the
background?

a clipboard manager probably isn't doing anything sleazy (at least the
reputable ones) with what's on the clipboard, but that doesn't mean a
different app couldn't do something nefarious.


Hi nospam,

It could be ignorance on the part of the Android, Windows, & Linux users,
as when I first broached the subject, en masse, the trolls came out, and
even some of the regulars seemed to think it's perfectly normal for an app
that has absolutely zero need for the clipboard, to be reading it.

I can see how it's a tad more dangerous, perhaps, on iOS simply because of
the integration with the Mac clipboard (but such integration may be on
Windows, Linux, and Android for all I know).

What I do know is that when an app is called out for this behavior on iOS,
they turn it off and apologize, claiming it's a bug (as you're well aware).

Seems to me Android, Windows, and Linux need the _same_ kind of enhanced
privacy that this new iOS 14 popup message provides.... but, as we both
noted, the Android, Linux, and Windows users appear to be either ignorant,
or, perhaps, they know something we don't know.

I just don't get it why _all_ five platforms shouldn't have this creepy
behavior pointed out, if it's occurring on all five platforms.
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