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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Privacy Concerns

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on August 07, 2015, 03:37 AM »

I'm also sure someone will make an app that will reliably suspend the Windows Update service & hopefully, allow us to pick & choose which updates to install & which ones to blacklist. Until MS makes the registry a black box users cannot pick apart and analyze, there will always be intrepid souls who will work to leverage it in the users' favor.

-Innuendo (August 06, 2015, 08:40 PM)

Fairly sure I read somewhere that Microsoft have backtracked on this "forced update" crap (I think i may have only been for updates that MAY cause driver/instability issues on some machines) - Can't find a link or any reference to where I read it though o.O - If I find it, I will update.

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Living Room / Microsoft is open-sourcing its iOS to Windows porting tools

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on August 07, 2015, 03:26 AM »

Back in April this year at Microsoft’s annual Build conference, the company revealed that Windows 10 would be able to run Android and iOS apps with a little bit of tweaking. Now that Windows 10 is out, Microsoft is releasing its porting tools to the public and making them open-source for anyone to use and have access to.

Previously codenamed ‘Project IslandWood’, the Windows Bridge for iOS is opening up today with all of the source code freely available on GitHub. The iOS Bridge will let developers bring iOS apps over to both Windows 10 and Windows 8.1 with mobile support heading to us in the future.

Source: http://www.kitguru.n...ndows-porting-tools/
Microsoft's Full Announcement: http://blogs.windows...s-lets-open-this-up/
GitHub: http://www.github.com/Microsoft/WinObjC/


I also heard about them doing the same for Android > Windows - This should be interesting to follow!!!

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Living Room / Re: Funny Animal Videos

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on August 06, 2015, 04:53 PM »

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Living Room / Re: Want to backup your music collection? Tough...It's illegal.

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on August 06, 2015, 01:55 PM »

...copying any copyright protected media, whether from a CD to a PC, one device to another, or even backing up to a remote cloud is entirely illegal.

But wait! In order to watch a video or listen to a song online, my browser (or app) has to download a local copy onto my device so that I can hear/see it!

But wait! If I buy a digital album from iTunes (on my trendy Macbook) and then put it onto my iPod/iPhone, I've just made a copy of copyright protected media! It's on my Mac and my iDevice!

But wait! If I use a service like Subsonic or Plex to have a little media box somewhere that allows me to stream to my TV, Phone, Tablet, PC, or other connected devices, it's copying those files to all those other devices!


Doesn't this ruling basically make the entire proliferation of copyright protected media illegal?

-Deozaan (August 06, 2015, 01:43 PM)

Yep - And good luck using your TiVO box to record your favorite show....cause now you have just illegally copied copyrighted materials ^_^

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Living Room / Re: Want to backup your music collection? Tough...It's illegal.

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on August 06, 2015, 12:35 PM »

Their time of vampiric reign is long over and they need to all collectively fuck off and get on with dying..

-Stoic Joker (August 06, 2015, 11:46 AM)

Well said!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Privacy Concerns

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on August 06, 2015, 10:50 AM »

"From Mirror UK ...Microsoft has admitted it collects key information on Windows users, recording the searches they make with Bing

-bit (August 06, 2015, 02:37 AM)

Just one more reason for people to stop letting Bing be a thing.

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Living Room / Re: Want to backup your music collection? Tough...It's illegal.

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on August 06, 2015, 10:44 AM »

Uhh... I honestly am looking forward to the day the vinyl generation of judges die off (of natural causes), and get replaced by mp3 generation ones.

-eleman (August 06, 2015, 10:36 AM)

Gotta love it when people with no knowledge of technology create laws governing technology, eh!

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Living Room / Want to backup your music collection? Tough...It's illegal.

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on August 06, 2015, 10:28 AM »

If you read further into the story, even the IPO basically say "It's illegal, but we don't care"...which, IMHO, is as stupid as it can get...if you don't care, then why the hell make it illegal in the first place?  Personally, I say f**k it..carry on doing what you were doing...if you wanna backup your music/movie collection...or anything else you legally own...then do it.

If you’ve used iTunes CD ripping feature recently, did you know you were breaking the law? If you backed up your PC to a remote cloud platform, did you know you were taking part in an illegal activity? Yes, thanks to a recent overturning of revised copyright legislation by the High Court, copying any copyright protected media, whether from a CD to a PC, one device to another, or even backing up to a remote cloud is entirely illegal.

The High Court decision came through last month, where it overturned a previous ruling by the British government made in 2014, which legalised the copying of privately owned media for private use. A number of music studios were scared by that though and assumed people would stop buying music, so it lobbied and had the decision made unlawful in June this year.

So technically almost all copying is illegal, and this has been clarified as such by the Intellectual Property Office, which TorrentFreak recently spoke to. It specifically highlighted how it is illegal to rip a CD to a PC, making iTunes illegal and its advertising potentially infringing of copyright law, since it advertises the feature.

Source: http://www.kitguru.n...tunes-illegal-in-uk/

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Official Announcements / Re: DonationCoder Major Upgrades - Progress Report Thread

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on August 05, 2015, 01:32 PM »

Doesn't accessing DC using https disable YT displaying, because it's connecting with http ? (AFAIR)

-Ath (August 05, 2015, 11:43 AM)

It just occurred to me...how could it be a HTTPS issue?  the DC2 Beta link doesn't have HTTPS on it o.O 

-Stephen66515 (August 05, 2015, 11:51 AM)

What I tried to say is that when I'm connecting to DC on https, the YT links in http do not even show... in my browser (Pale moon x64, Firefox x86), not even the embedding border or reserve space for it

-Ath (August 05, 2015, 01:20 PM)

o.O Yeah, I see what you mean now - Though on my end I am seeing the "space" for the youtube video, but no border, or video - Regardless of whether I embed https://www.youtube ot http://www.youtube - I do wonder if the HTML5 embedding I suggested mouser implement will resolve the issue.

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Official Announcements / Re: DonationCoder Major Upgrades - Progress Report Thread

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on August 05, 2015, 11:51 AM »

Doesn't accessing DC using https disable YT displaying, because it's connecting with http ? (AFAIR)

-Ath (August 05, 2015, 11:43 AM)

It just occurred to me...how could it be a HTTPS issue?  the DC2 Beta link doesn't have HTTPS on it o.O 

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Official Announcements / Re: DonationCoder Major Upgrades - Progress Report Thread

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on August 05, 2015, 11:49 AM »

Doesn't accessing DC using https disable YT displaying, because it's connecting with http ? (AFAIR)

-Ath (August 05, 2015, 11:43 AM)

It has to do with the link the yt is posted under, not the link you're connecting through DC with (AFAIK)

-wraith808 (August 05, 2015, 11:45 AM)

With any luck, embedding the HTML5 video should fix both the HTTPS (Possible issue) and the Flash Player (Possible issue)

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Official Announcements / Re: DonationCoder Major Upgrades - Progress Report Thread

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on August 05, 2015, 11:12 AM »

Check the latest post in Living Room on DC2 - Youtube working fine here

(Latest build of Chrome x64)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Privacy Concerns

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on August 04, 2015, 06:16 PM »

Am I the only person in the world who doesn't have any plans to use this, and will just continue to use a "Guest Network" which I can enable/disable with a few clicks via my routers settings page (It creates a Wi-Fi network that gives zero access to your main one, and because it is broadcasting as if the main doesn't exist, has full security features for the password (WEP/PSK etc) or can be completely open.)

-Stephen66515 (August 04, 2015, 04:49 PM)

Use WiFi Sense on your guest network. Extra security without the hassle of having to type in passwords for your guests.

-Deozaan (August 04, 2015, 05:25 PM)

I don't type it in for them...because it's a guest network, I just make the password when I turn it on, then tell them what it is lol - Makes no difference cause once they leave my house, I shut it down, and just change the password the next time it needs to go on...though, it's rare I have guests...so it's rare that I need to do it ^_^

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Privacy Concerns

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on August 04, 2015, 04:49 PM »

Am I the only person in the world who doesn't have any plans to use this, and will just continue to use a "Guest Network" which I can enable/disable with a few clicks via my routers settings page (It creates a Wi-Fi network that gives zero access to your main one, and because it is broadcasting as if the main doesn't exist, has full security features for the password (WEP/PSK etc) or can be completely open.)

This wifi sharing thing just seems like a completely messed up and complicated version of what I can already do...except with what I can ALREADY do, I don't care about giving anybody the password, because once they leave, I just turn off that Wi-Fi network, and get on with my day.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Pls recommend 32-bit software for old WinXP machine I'm giving an elderly woman

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on August 04, 2015, 09:34 AM »

I know she is not technically savvy, but having a PDF reader would be handy in case she finds something online she wants to read and it turns out to be a .pdf file.

Also, always helpful to pre-install things like WinRAR and such - Perhaps not for her, but as an aid to anybody who may need to run repairs on the machine or fix something for her (The amount of time I needed to download a file on somebodies PC only to find out they don't have WinRAR, making me take that extra step...)

Also, some pre-configured anti-malware/anti-virus software would be very handy, as well as having Chrome/Firefox the default OS with AdBlockPro (Old people click ads and fill their computers with crap) + McAfee Secure Site Advisor (This will warn you if you are going to a site that has proven itself to be questionable) And any other helpful addons you can think of.

If it is somebody you know personally and don't mind fixing her PC...then maybe a background copy of Teamviewer that you setup for permanent remote access (installed as a service) - That way, if the PC is on, and connected to the internet, then you can login remotely to fix any little issues (Or update Flash cause it has told her to do it, and she doesn't quite know how)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Beware: A Dangerous Windows 10 Ransomware Scam Is Spreading Online

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on August 03, 2015, 07:20 PM »

Part of the delight is that Microsoft never mentioned (at least in anything I saw) just what this notification would look like. I even did a quick search, and couldn't find a picture. I went ahead and pulled down all 5 of the ISOs I need and have worked from there, but just got the notification on my main box. And in case you haven't yet seen it, the "Windows 10 Upgrade is Ready Notification" looks like.... this:
 (see attachment in previous post)

-x16wda (August 03, 2015, 06:49 PM)

I was/am far too impatient...so I downloaded it on release day before the notification came up (My Mrs's laptop still ain't had a notification...and I'm far too lazy to manually upgrade hers lol)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Beware: A Dangerous Windows 10 Ransomware Scam Is Spreading Online

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on August 03, 2015, 04:59 PM »

Well, tbh, when it comes to this...As far as I am aware, they don't e-mail you shit to click to download - They just download it to your PC if you pre-ordered via the annoying popup, then it will give you an annoying popup to tell you it's done doing whatever it did.

It does specifically say, in that stupid popup, that when it is ready, that window will let you know - absolutely nothing about "We will e-mail you"

-Stephen66515 (August 03, 2015, 02:35 PM)

dont be too quick of the mark there Stephen - I got asked when I 'reserved' my copy, if I wanted email notification.

-tomos (August 03, 2015, 03:05 PM)

Bingo! Combine an old scam with a new confusion and the fun ensues promptly at click here. Sure, I get where he's coming from...but folks need warned to think before they click.

-Stoic Joker (August 03, 2015, 04:49 PM)

That could be said for any e-mail you ever get, from anybody...ever 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Beware: A Dangerous Windows 10 Ransomware Scam Is Spreading Online

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on August 03, 2015, 02:35 PM »

Anyone want to summarize a "magic bullet" method of separating the fake ones from the real ones?

-TaoPhoenix (August 03, 2015, 09:24 AM)

Check for spelling and grammar errors. I have never seen a phishing or scam email that didn't have such errors. But a company like MS is going to have everybody from their marketing department to their lawyers proofreading anything they send, it's not going to have such errors.

It seems that the folks who engage in scams like this are the kind of people who think they can get by without having to do their own work, and so they never did their own studying back in school, either.

-CWuestefeld (August 03, 2015, 02:26 PM)

Well, tbh, when it comes to this...As far as I am aware, they don't e-mail you shit to click to download - They just download it to your PC if you pre-ordered via the annoying popup, then it will give you an annoying popup to tell you it's done doing whatever it did.

It does specifically say, in that stupid popup, that when it is ready, that window will let you know - absolutely nothing about "We will e-mail you" - So...if people didn't read that, they may as well go ahead and collect that prize for being the #1,000,000 visitor, help that Saudi Prince get access to his funds by sending him $1000, buy some of that tasty Viagra, partake in some penis enlargement pills and play the Nigerian Lottery.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Beware: A Dangerous Windows 10 Ransomware Scam Is Spreading Online

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on August 03, 2015, 11:58 AM »

It has sweet-FA to do with Windows 10 - It's just randomware...

-Stephen66515 (August 03, 2015, 09:31 AM)

While basically true, the reality is it's leveraging the confusion surrounding the new-fangled Windows 10 upgrade delivery system to get people to launch it.

-Stoic Joker (August 03, 2015, 11:08 AM)

Yeah, but what strikes me, is everybody (news outlets included) are reporting it, as if it is a problem WITH Windows 10 itself, rather than really making it obvious (without reading in depth) that it is an e-mail scam.  For most of the internet (sigh) the truth is simple...they will read a headline on Facebook, or a news website, and see stuff like "A Dangerous Windows 10 Ransomware Scam Is Spreading Online" which instantly makes people jump to the conclusion that Windows 10 is evil and will cause you to lose all your files.  It's like saying "GTA V files found to contain terrorist training materials"...when the true story is really that some torrent purporting to be GTA V, contains those files...And although yes, the headline is theoretically true...it gives the complete wrong indication as to wtf is really going on.  It really should read something like "E-Mail scam targets those who haven't upgraded to Windows 10" (Or something along those lines)...but sadly...the world we live in requires the people who write these stories, to make them as obscure as possible, with a clickbaity style header, making people want to jump to conclusions and share the story based on nothing but guess work

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General Software Discussion / Re: Beware: A Dangerous Windows 10 Ransomware Scam Is Spreading Online

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on August 03, 2015, 09:31 AM »

Just in time for the new week, we have this from fosshub.

We have bets in at work on which client will report this to us first after honkling their file server... (honkling = a whole letter worse than just honking a box...)

According to the Cisco’s security team, they have found a new scamming campaign that spreads CTB-Locker ransomware. This trouble comes in the form of a fake Microsoft email, telling Windows users that their Windows 10 download is ready.

These messages in Windows 10 ransomware scam mimic the emails sent by Microsoft, along with some text mistakes and changes. However, scammers have managed to spoof the address of origin as [email protected]. To make the messages look more authentic, attackers are using the same color scheme used by Microsoft to fool the users. Thus, these emails look more legitimate.

-x16wda (August 03, 2015, 05:27 AM)

Ahh gotta love misleading information - It has sweet-FA to do with Windows 10 - It's just randomware...it will cripple you on ANY OS...In fact, it doesn't even target people ON Windows 10 (Unless people are stupid enough to click it) as it is designed for those who have NOT updated yet...so...if anything....it has NOTHING to do with Windows 10 other than it's trying to grab people who would be upgrading to it...

Facts...they are not hard to understand.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Permission for a portable version

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on July 31, 2015, 01:39 AM »

Anybody else notice that thread it 3 years old?

-Stephen66515 (July 30, 2015, 04:28 PM)

I just looked at it as the OP updating the thread with new information, i.e.

for Screenshot Captor there is only an older portable version (4.5.0) available at PortableApps.com available:
http://portableapps.com/node/30465

I suppose he could have created a new thread... but why?

-wraith808 (July 30, 2015, 07:23 PM)

Yeah it just threw me off as I was reading that info on the PA page as if it was new information - then realizing it was 3 years old wondered how that was relevant to today - Basically, I had a massive brain fart and none of this made any sense to me 

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Permission for a portable version

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on July 30, 2015, 05:25 PM »

Oh crap, didn't even notice this one is from 2011 haha (I meant the PA one though)

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Permission for a portable version

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on July 30, 2015, 04:28 PM »

Anybody else notice that thread it 3 years old?

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Living Room / Re: Animal Friends thread

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on July 27, 2015, 04:21 PM »

I am a member of Reddit, because I once wanted to say something, and I have not yet figured out how to cancel the annual, auto-renewing, PayPal pay system.

-Curt (July 23, 2015, 02:12 AM)

I don't think you need to pay to say things on Reddit.

-Deozaan (July 25, 2015, 10:13 PM)

that sounds very dubious Curt
I'd do a bit of research to try and find out what exactly is going on there...

-tomos (July 26, 2015, 03:27 AM)

Imgur doesn't require you to have an account to upload things (You only need one if you want to keep it in your account and any other things you upload there)

Reddit is FREE...Why you would have a recurring payment to them is beyond me unless you setup some sort of monthly donations to them.

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Official Announcements / Re: DonationCoder Major Upgrades - Progress Report Thread

« Last post by KynloStephen66515 on July 27, 2015, 07:17 AM »

I click everything there except "(Full Text)"...never clicked that one...probably never will...probably wouldn't notice if it wasn't there ^_^