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Authored by: artp on Thursday, February 14 2013 @ 12:19 PM EST |
It's a freedom issue. And most people will gladly hand over
control of their data because they don't want to be bothered
to learn how to keep it secure themselves, so they have no
security.
Power vs. Ease of use on a much grander scale.
We need to start teaching computing concepts in elementary
school. It is badly needed. We now have about one billion
computer experts, and about one million people who actually
know what's going on below the menus. A little knowledge is
a dangerous thing.
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Userfriendly on WGA server outage:
When you're chained to an oar you don't think you should go down when the galley
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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, February 14 2013 @ 02:00 PM EST |
Australia is at the far end of long transoceanic cables.
1. Latency
2. Contention with classic voice and TV traffic
3. Perils on the deep
When a company ignores its customers' demands for standalone
software, this has to be the most blatant invitation I've seen in
a while for crackers to supply the black market.
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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, February 14 2013 @ 02:36 PM EST |
As long as your data is in the cloud, it is easy for a company to control
access.
With DRM, your data is on your computer. Ultimately, the user
controls their own computer, no matter how much the big companies may wish
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- Not just control access - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, February 14 2013 @ 03:19 PM EST
- Encryption? - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, February 14 2013 @ 06:14 PM EST
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