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  #1  
Old June 1st 18, 04:53 AM posted to alt.privacy.anon-server, comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Nomen Nescio
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Default Consumers' privacy concerns not backed by their actions

In article
Anonymous wrote:

https://betanews.com/2018/05/31/consumer-privacy-concerns/

When it comes to android apps, just get a firewall and block the apps
wifi and cell access. I personally use NoRoot Firewall


Why not do it correctly and just remove the appropriate app
permissions...?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...hirts.firewall

You can easily block each app individually. The only thing is, you
have stop the firewall to download something from the google store or
use a browser. Then just restart it.


Riiight. That's linux thinking right there. Don't fix it -
block it and screw up everything while wasting CPU cycles and
battery.

SMH.

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  #2  
Old June 1st 18, 01:41 PM posted to alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Consumers' privacy concerns not backed by their actions

On Fri, 1 Jun 2018 05:53:42 +0200 (CEST), Nomen Nescio
wrote:

In article
Anonymous wrote:

https://betanews.com/2018/05/31/consumer-privacy-concerns/

When it comes to android apps, just get a firewall and block the apps
wifi and cell access. I personally use NoRoot Firewall


Why not do it correctly and just remove the appropriate app
permissions...?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...hirts.firewall

You can easily block each app individually. The only thing is, you
have stop the firewall to download something from the google store or
use a browser. Then just restart it.


Riiight. That's linux thinking right there. Don't fix it -
block it and screw up everything while wasting CPU cycles and
battery.

SMH.


Linux, to me, is basically like a used Pontiac which might actually
get you from point A to point B, but requires to be fixed on a monthly
basis.
  #3  
Old June 1st 18, 02:23 PM posted to alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Consumers' privacy concerns not backed by their actions

Doomsdrzej wrote:

Linux, to me, is basically like a used Pontiac which might actually
get you from point A to point B, but requires to be fixed on a monthly
basis.


As regular as the moon changing phases, "Slimer" is back to anti-Linux
trolling.

--
"But I keep hearing how MS has the power to completely prevent OEMs
from sending out Linux." - some thing, lying shamelessly (but no one
can quote it lying)
  #4  
Old June 1st 18, 02:40 PM posted to alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Consumers' privacy concerns not backed by their actions

Doomsdrzej explained :
On Fri, 1 Jun 2018 05:53:42 +0200 (CEST), Nomen Nescio
wrote:

In article
Anonymous wrote:

https://betanews.com/2018/05/31/consumer-privacy-concerns/

When it comes to android apps, just get a firewall and block the
apps wifi and cell access. I personally use NoRoot Firewall


Why not do it correctly and just remove the appropriate app
permissions...?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...hirts.firewall

You can easily block each app individually. The only thing is,
you have stop the firewall to download something from the google
store or use a browser. Then just restart it.


Riiight. That's linux thinking right there. Don't fix it -
block it and screw up everything while wasting CPU cycles and
battery.

SMH.


Linux, to me, is basically like a used Pontiac which might actually
get you from point A to point B, but requires to be fixed on a
monthly basis.


Patently ridiculous statement. He obviously doesn't even have a
driver's license. You have to have a Class A driver's license anyway
to drive heavy wehicles over 10.5 tons. He has apparenyly at one time
tried to drive a Linux, but couldn't even get it into first gear. He
filled the fuel tanks with gasoline also, not knowing it runs on
diesel. This caused him to immediately give up on Linux and crawl
back to Windows.
  #5  
Old June 1st 18, 03:12 PM posted to alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Consumers' privacy concerns not backed by their actions

On Fri, 01 Jun 2018 08:23:54 -0500, chrisv
wrote:

Doomsdrzej wrote:

Linux, to me, is basically like a used Pontiac which might actually
get you from point A to point B, but requires to be fixed on a monthly
basis.


As regular as the moon changing phases, "Slimer" is back to anti-Linux
trolling.


The only way that I could disregard Linux's constant need for
maintenance because of dependency issues or poorly-applied updates is
if I consumed the steady supply of delusion its developers have been
feeding you since 1991. Whether you like it or not, it's not perfect
and will likely never be perfect since many of its developers gain
nothing from optimizing, securing or cleaning its code. When they do,
it's mostly just a matter of personal pride.

I'll be honest with you though: I don't like any of the operating
systems on the market more than I do Linux. Windows and Mac OS' lack
of customization bother me as well as their insistence on essentially
slowing down the operating system to help manufacturers sell more
computers and processors. Linux is better in that respect despite the
many bugs but it's the attitude of the people using it that constantly
alienates me. You people are like fanatical Muslims in that any word
critical of your operating system is reason enough to behead the
person who speaks it.
  #6  
Old June 1st 18, 04:05 PM posted to alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Consumers' privacy concerns not backed by their actions

On 6/1/18 7:12 AM, ooze wrote:
On Fri, 01 Jun 2018 08:23:54 -0500, chrisv
wrote:

Doomsdrzej wrote:

Linux, to me, is basically like a used Pontiac which might actually
get you from point A to point B, but requires to be fixed on a monthly
basis.


As regular as the moon changing phases, "Slimer" is back to anti-Linux
trolling.


The only way that I could disregard Linux's constant need for
maintenance because of dependency issues or poorly-applied updates is
if I consumed the steady supply of delusion its developers have been
feeding you since 1991. Whether you like it or not, it's not perfect
and will likely never be perfect since many of its developers gain
nothing from optimizing, securing or cleaning its code. When they do,
it's mostly just a matter of personal pride.

I'll be honest with you though: I don't like any of the operating
systems on the market more than I do Linux. Windows and Mac OS' lack
of customization bother me as well as their insistence on essentially
slowing down the operating system to help manufacturers sell more
computers and processors. Linux is better in that respect despite the
many bugs but it's the attitude of the people using it that constantly
alienates me. You people are like fanatical Muslims in that any word
critical of your operating system is reason enough to behead the
person who speaks it.

Then they insist it is a lie to note how they attack people not of their
herd.

--
Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They
cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel
somehow superior by attacking the messenger.

They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.

https://youtu.be/H4NW-Cqh308
  #7  
Old June 1st 18, 04:16 PM posted to alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Mike Easter
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Default Consumers' privacy concerns not backed by their actions

ooze wrote:
I'll be honest with you though: I don't like any of the operating
systems on the market more than I do Linux. Windows and Mac OS' lack
of customization bother me as well as their insistence on essentially
slowing down the operating system to help manufacturers sell more
computers and processors. Linux is better in that respect despite the
many bugs but it's the attitude of the people using it that constantly
alienates me. You people are like fanatical Muslims in that any word
critical of your operating system is reason enough to behead the
person who speaks it.


Some people obsess on 'my OS is better than your OS' wars. Personally I
got over that after the Atari ST vs Amiga wars.

Many many people use both Win and linux for one thing and another; and
Chrome OS and/or android for another thing or other.

There is more than one tool in the box.

--
Mike Easter
  #8  
Old June 1st 18, 04:21 PM posted to alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-10
nospam
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Default Consumers' privacy concerns not backed by their actions

In article , Doomsdrzej
wrote:

Linux, to me, is basically like a used Pontiac which might actually
get you from point A to point B, but requires to be fixed on a monthly
basis.


and with parts not sold in stores, so you have to make them yourself or
try to retrofit something intended for another vehicle.
  #9  
Old June 1st 18, 04:27 PM posted to alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Consumers' privacy concerns not backed by their actions

On 6/1/18 8:16 AM, Mike Easter wrote:
ooze wrote:
I'll be honest with you though: I don't like any of the operating
systems on the market more than I do Linux. Windows and Mac OS' lack
of customization bother me as well as their insistence on essentially
slowing down the operating system to help manufacturers sell more
computers and processors. Linux is better in that respect despite the
many bugs but it's the attitude of the people using it that constantly
alienates me. You people are like fanatical Muslims in that any word
critical of your operating system is reason enough to behead the
person who speaks it.


Some people obsess on 'my OS is better than your OS' wars.Â* Personally I
got over that after the Atari ST vs Amiga wars.

Many many people use both Win and linux for one thing and another; and
Chrome OS and/or android for another thing or other.

There is more than one tool in the box.

Exactly. I use macOS, Linux, and Windows. I use Android and iOS.

Use what you like.

--
Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They
cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel
somehow superior by attacking the messenger.

They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.

https://youtu.be/H4NW-Cqh308
  #10  
Old June 1st 18, 04:36 PM posted to alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-10
ooze
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Default Consumers' privacy concerns not backed by their actions

On Fri, 1 Jun 2018 08:16:07 -0700, Mike Easter
wrote:

ooze wrote:
I'll be honest with you though: I don't like any of the operating
systems on the market more than I do Linux. Windows and Mac OS' lack
of customization bother me as well as their insistence on essentially
slowing down the operating system to help manufacturers sell more
computers and processors. Linux is better in that respect despite the
many bugs but it's the attitude of the people using it that constantly
alienates me. You people are like fanatical Muslims in that any word
critical of your operating system is reason enough to behead the
person who speaks it.


Some people obsess on 'my OS is better than your OS' wars. Personally I
got over that after the Atari ST vs Amiga wars.

Many many people use both Win and linux for one thing and another; and
Chrome OS and/or android for another thing or other.

There is more than one tool in the box.


Exactly. As a teacher in a private school which decided to use
AppleTVs to stream content from an iPad in every classroom, I'm
obligated to use a platform which allows for that streaming to occur.
Since Apple created their own standard, Linux obviously doesn't have
anything available with which to stream my desktop or its documents to
the AppleTV since I choose not to use their iPad. Windows has one
called AirParrot which enables me to do my work so I'm using Windows.
It also has Blu-Ray playback software if I choose to play a movie and
decent applications for every other task. This doesn't mean that Linux
is bad, but it lacks in third-party software which enhances the
functionality of the operating system itself. Win for Windows there.

Of course, that doesn't make Windows better; it simply makes Windows
better for me in that one specific area. If I had to choose between
the three and my workplace were ready to adapt to my decisions, Linux
would likely be the first choice. However, I'm just an employee and as
such have to adapt myself to _them_. Windows allows me a degree of
freedom (not to use the iPad) all the while adapting to the context
(using the AppleTV). Linux offers me no freedom in that specific
respect.

However, I stand by what I said about Linux: it is my favourite
operating system but the great amount of delusion it seems to foster
in its users doesn't affect me. It is flawed, buggy and the flawed,
buggy personalities of its users don't help in advocating its use with
new users.
  #11  
Old June 1st 18, 04:38 PM posted to alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-10
ooze
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Default Consumers' privacy concerns not backed by their actions

On Fri, 01 Jun 2018 11:21:04 -0400, nospam
wrote:

In article , Doomsdrzej
wrote:

Linux, to me, is basically like a used Pontiac which might actually
get you from point A to point B, but requires to be fixed on a monthly
basis.


and with parts not sold in stores, so you have to make them yourself or
try to retrofit something intended for another vehicle.


Well said. Linux is definitely a programmer's paradise the same way
that an American car is perfect for anyone who likes to make
modifications to whatever they purchase. However, nobody is dumb
enough to claim that an American car is superior to something made in
Germany and it is fairly foolish to claim that the overall Linux
experience is superior to the one provided by Apple or Microsoft.
Linux undoubtedly has an advantage when it comes to filesystems,
standards compliance, openness and performance on modest hardware but
a lot of that doesn't matter a lick to the general user.
  #12  
Old June 1st 18, 04:40 PM posted to alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On Fri, 01 Jun 2018 11:21:04 -0400, LO AND BEHOLD; "nospam
" determined that the following was of great
importance and subsequently decided to freely share it with us in
:

In article , Doomsdrzej
wrote:

Linux, to me, is basically like a used Pontiac which might actually get
you from point A to point B, but requires to be fixed on a monthly
basis.


and with parts not sold in stores, so you have to make them yourself or
try to retrofit something intended for another vehicle.


so go buy some apple products then.

--
THIS SPACE FOR RENT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB6B8jGSdLA

"Thanks to muzzies and their apologist-enablers like puppy whistle, this
seems to be the new norm in the world. It's spreading like a cancer,
and it's time we admit we're at war with pure evil. We need to put an
end to this muzzie plague, or life on Earth is going to become pure hell
everywhere. We need to get these people out of every civilized
country, and there's only one way to do it. IOW, we have to become
like them, with an emphasis on expediency over cruelty." - Checkmate (of alt.checkmate)

"Pussy Willow has just proven that Trump's crackdown on previously
unenforced immigration policies is working. We'll deal with the domestic
terrorists as needed, but we don't need to be letting the muzzie
terrorists get a foothold in our country too. One need only look at what
they're doing in Europe right now to know we're doing the right thing by
keeping them out, which is our right and our duty. - Checkmate (#1 pussy willow fan)

-

"You just made puppy whistle's sig line longer." - Janithor

-

"If I have a complaint about the (Southern Poverty) Law Center's description (of the alt-right movement), it is the phrase "heavy use of social media," which implies the alt-right is a real-world movement which uses a lot of social media. This is backwards: it is an online movement which occasionally appears in the real world. Where it gets punched." - Jason Rhode

-

"I think we should destroy every last ****ing mosque in America." - "Checkmate, DoW #1" proves for us that white males are violent in Message-ID:

-

Golden Killfile, June 2005
KOTM, November 2006
Bob Allisat Memorial Hook, Line & Sinker, November 2006
Special Ops Cody Memorial Purple Heart, November 2006
Special Ops Cody Memorial Purple Heart, September 2007
Tony Sidaway Memorial "Drama Queen" Award, November 2006
Busted Urinal Award, April 2007
Order of the Holey Sockpuppet, September 2007
Barbara Woodhouse Memorial Dog Whistle, September 2006
Barbara Woodhouse Memorial Dog Whistle, April 2008
Tinfoil Sombrero, February 2007
AUK Mascot, September 2007
Putting the Awards Out of Order to Screw With the OCD ****heads, March 2016

  #13  
Old June 1st 18, 04:42 PM posted to alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On Fri, 01 Jun 2018 11:38:44 -0400, LO AND BEHOLD; "oOze "
determined that the following was of great importance and subsequently
decided to freely share it with us in
:

On Fri, 01 Jun 2018 11:21:04 -0400, nospam
wrote:

In article , Doomsdrzej
wrote:
Linux, to me, is basically like a used Pontiac which might actually get
you from point A to point B, but requires to be fixed on a monthly
basis.

and with parts not sold in stores, so you have to make them yourself or
try to retrofit something intended for another vehicle.


Well said. Linux is definitely a programmer's paradise the same way that
an American car is perfect for anyone who likes to make modifications
to whatever they purchase. However, nobody is dumb enough to claim that
an American car is superior to something made in Germany and it is
fairly foolish to claim that the overall Linux experience is superior
to the one provided by Apple or Microsoft. Linux undoubtedly has an
advantage when it comes to filesystems, standards compliance, openness
and performance on modest hardware but a lot of that doesn't matter a
lick to the general user.


so what's the newest and best german operating system?

--
THIS SPACE FOR RENT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB6B8jGSdLA

"Thanks to muzzies and their apologist-enablers like puppy whistle, this
seems to be the new norm in the world. It's spreading like a cancer,
and it's time we admit we're at war with pure evil. We need to put an
end to this muzzie plague, or life on Earth is going to become pure hell
everywhere. We need to get these people out of every civilized
country, and there's only one way to do it. IOW, we have to become
like them, with an emphasis on expediency over cruelty." - Checkmate (of alt.checkmate)

"Pussy Willow has just proven that Trump's crackdown on previously
unenforced immigration policies is working. We'll deal with the domestic
terrorists as needed, but we don't need to be letting the muzzie
terrorists get a foothold in our country too. One need only look at what
they're doing in Europe right now to know we're doing the right thing by
keeping them out, which is our right and our duty. - Checkmate (#1 pussy willow fan)

-

"You just made puppy whistle's sig line longer." - Janithor

-

"If I have a complaint about the (Southern Poverty) Law Center's description (of the alt-right movement), it is the phrase "heavy use of social media," which implies the alt-right is a real-world movement which uses a lot of social media. This is backwards: it is an online movement which occasionally appears in the real world. Where it gets punched." - Jason Rhode

-

"I think we should destroy every last ****ing mosque in America." - "Checkmate, DoW #1" proves for us that white males are violent in Message-ID:

-

Golden Killfile, June 2005
KOTM, November 2006
Bob Allisat Memorial Hook, Line & Sinker, November 2006
Special Ops Cody Memorial Purple Heart, November 2006
Special Ops Cody Memorial Purple Heart, September 2007
Tony Sidaway Memorial "Drama Queen" Award, November 2006
Busted Urinal Award, April 2007
Order of the Holey Sockpuppet, September 2007
Barbara Woodhouse Memorial Dog Whistle, September 2006
Barbara Woodhouse Memorial Dog Whistle, April 2008
Tinfoil Sombrero, February 2007
AUK Mascot, September 2007
Putting the Awards Out of Order to Screw With the OCD ****heads, March 2016

  #14  
Old June 1st 18, 05:01 PM posted to alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Snit[_2_]
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Default Consumers' privacy concerns not backed by their actions

On 6/1/18 8:36 AM, oOze wrote:
On Fri, 1 Jun 2018 08:16:07 -0700, Mike Easter
wrote:

ooze wrote:
I'll be honest with you though: I don't like any of the operating
systems on the market more than I do Linux. Windows and Mac OS' lack
of customization bother me as well as their insistence on essentially
slowing down the operating system to help manufacturers sell more
computers and processors. Linux is better in that respect despite the
many bugs but it's the attitude of the people using it that constantly
alienates me. You people are like fanatical Muslims in that any word
critical of your operating system is reason enough to behead the
person who speaks it.


Some people obsess on 'my OS is better than your OS' wars. Personally I
got over that after the Atari ST vs Amiga wars.

Many many people use both Win and linux for one thing and another; and
Chrome OS and/or android for another thing or other.

There is more than one tool in the box.


Exactly. As a teacher in a private school which decided to use
AppleTVs to stream content from an iPad in every classroom, I'm
obligated to use a platform which allows for that streaming to occur.
Since Apple created their own standard, Linux obviously doesn't have
anything available with which to stream my desktop or its documents to
the AppleTV since I choose not to use their iPad. Windows has one
called AirParrot which enables me to do my work so I'm using Windows.
It also has Blu-Ray playback software if I choose to play a movie and
decent applications for every other task. This doesn't mean that Linux
is bad, but it lacks in third-party software which enhances the
functionality of the operating system itself. Win for Windows there.

Of course, that doesn't make Windows better; it simply makes Windows
better for me in that one specific area. If I had to choose between
the three and my workplace were ready to adapt to my decisions, Linux
would likely be the first choice. However, I'm just an employee and as
such have to adapt myself to _them_. Windows allows me a degree of
freedom (not to use the iPad) all the while adapting to the context
(using the AppleTV). Linux offers me no freedom in that specific
respect.

However, I stand by what I said about Linux: it is my favourite
operating system but the great amount of delusion it seems to foster
in its users doesn't affect me. It is flawed, buggy and the flawed,
buggy personalities of its users don't help in advocating its use with
new users.

Excellent advocacy.

I tend to prefer macOS for my primary desktop use, BUT I use Linux in
many other ways. Right now, for example, I have an old TV hooked to a
"dead" iMac -- the hard drive dried and it is old enough where it is not
worth replacing (does not help that Apple is so focused on making their
DESKTOPS thin that they make it a pain to do... idiotic in my view).
Instead of tossing the system, or donating it, I have a USB drive with a
Linux distro on it. I can copy movies over to it or watch NetFlix or the
like with it. Works amazingly well, esp. considering it is an older
computer running from a USB Flash drive!

There is no way I could do that with macOS or Windows, of course.

--
Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They
cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel
somehow superior by attacking the messenger.

They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.

https://youtu.be/H4NW-Cqh308
  #15  
Old June 1st 18, 05:02 PM posted to alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Snit[_2_]
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Default Consumers' privacy concerns not backed by their actions

On 6/1/18 8:38 AM, oOze wrote:
On Fri, 01 Jun 2018 11:21:04 -0400, nospam
wrote:

In article , Doomsdrzej
wrote:

Linux, to me, is basically like a used Pontiac which might actually
get you from point A to point B, but requires to be fixed on a monthly
basis.


and with parts not sold in stores, so you have to make them yourself or
try to retrofit something intended for another vehicle.


Well said. Linux is definitely a programmer's paradise the same way
that an American car is perfect for anyone who likes to make
modifications to whatever they purchase. However, nobody is dumb
enough to claim that an American car is superior to something made in
Germany and it is fairly foolish to claim that the overall Linux
experience is superior to the one provided by Apple or Microsoft.
Linux undoubtedly has an advantage when it comes to filesystems,
standards compliance, openness and performance on modest hardware but
a lot of that doesn't matter a lick to the general user.

Again, well stated. Good to see REAL advocacy.

--
Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They
cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel
somehow superior by attacking the messenger.

They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.

https://youtu.be/H4NW-Cqh308
 




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