And down and down it goes... I certainly won't say I kinda expected this to happen. Nope, I won't.DAOs? Where we're heading there are no DAOs.
Me too. Sideways, ETH is currently being sold (at least officially) via BTC. So a collapse of the BTC system, where we're heading since a longer period of time, would significantly impact Ethereum's use, development and deployment - and that isn't that good. Maybe we should create a new cryptocurrency - DAO makes it easy [[UPDATE: to lose your money]] ... Oh, DAO is ETH based, ETH is BTC based, it follows: all DAO-related currencies are BTC dependent in the current stage. Ethereum should become independent (if it wants to survive) but not take over the role of Bitcoin. It wasn't intended for it in the first place.
Thanks.
Haven't listened to high music in a while. Again keep up with great work! Sounds just perfect during me finishing all yearly work.
I would love an open-behind-the-scenes-source Hubski! Just found Pyski, wondered if I should fork it, but then I saw that the API prototype is down (hasn't been here for about a year or so); so when the API is up server-side, I'm ready to help with the client-side bindings :) Again all the respect for your work! Anyway, as a hobbyist cryptographer, may I ask if there is a plan/option to upgrade to SHA3 (Keccak) - I would like to see that feature, although I don't know much about Arc programming? Nevertheless, SHA2 is still treated as secure but with the slow rise of quantum giants, it wouldn't be anymore impossible to break it. Although it's a rather silly, paranoid idea, I know.
Love it. You earned a new fan. Keep going. :)
TrueCrypt is dead. Development was discontinued by mid-2014 and the original devs (as other security oriented people) are saying that the source is NOT secure as there are several severe code flaws, found in the second audit round. A promising successor to TrueCrypt is VeraCrypt as it fixes many vulnerabilities and security issues found in TrueCrypt. More to read here. It even got a PPA.
As I see it, it's more a PR gag than serious protection, mainly to improve their image after the more acute and serious problem, namely YouTube's ultimatum: grant us access to your videos for our paid premium services, or you get deleted altogether. I feel that the ultimate problem is ultimate of YouTube's and still barely someone bats an eye about it. At what are we watching when such things happen?
The bubble of the Internet Dream just burst... Or did it a long time ago? That's the question we're obligated to ask us. Internet isn't a "space". It's a concept, that defines a pretty complex physical environment, consisting of communication protocols, used by an extreme number of people over the world. And because of some individuals, who are playing by some "different" moral and ethics codex, it's far from being "safe". And I'm not talking about hacktivists. Not "space", Cameron, "knowledge" would be a better word that you should had used. Hiding the truth could be far more effective. It seems to function anyway. It's absurd.He [Cameron] said terrorists, paedophiles and criminals must not be allowed a “safe space” online.
In 20 years, the Web might complete its shift from liberator to oppressor. It’s up to us to prevent that.
I didn't lost confidence in Windows 7 nor Windows 10. What I lost was only the last completely irrational hope that commercial systems could ever be as open and private with the end-user as non-commercial. Microsoft (among other corporations in this field) is a major player. Their products are as the vision of Microsoft is - useful, productive, synced, always available (and profitable). They just aren't made for privacy. Because privacy (or software builded with privacy in mind) isn't profitable - it requires some fundamental code change. Yes, that's absolutely something that Microsoft should do, but the financial-headed interest won't make this happen. Honestly, how many of non-business Windows users had bought Windows (and/or Office) out of privacy? I really hardly doubt that anyone. Many, if not all, bought Windows, because it's known. Because our favorite apps are running only on Windows. Because I have all the files and mails synced and available wherever I am in the world. Because it cares about all the things, so I don't need to. Because I've seen a friend, a helper - something that will make my life easier. And not out of privacy. We just clicked "I agree to the EULA, ToS and PP", rarely to read any paragraph and thinking about consequences of the legal stuff we accepted. And if now the time has come (out of whatever reason) - we can always leave those Terms and Policies behind - the problem is that maybe we just won't get that what we got in Windows. Maybe we don't have the time, the interest, the power, the concentration to afford a change in our daily life habits. It's just easier the say "Meh. I don't like it. Honestly it's against what I'm standing for - but.. I like the comfort". And that's OK - as long as we don't present it as an issue. It's not a legitimate reason to feel offended by something that actually is written in those law papers we accepted by using the "issue". I'm not saying that Microsoft behavior is good for freedom or privacy - it absolutely isn't. But it's up to us how we'll react to that. And Linux is always a possibility.
Windows are cooling my computer down. I think Tux will like it.
It's easy to say and pretty much easy to do. For the average user, the catalog of applications available is good enough - except you want to use some really complex/professional software. "Only Windows" application are mainly commercial, I guess? For Open Source/FOSS/Free Software there is absolutely no reason to be "only for Windows" + developing software is easier on Linux, as Windows has a different and closed-sourced architecture. This "only Windows" (for non-Microsft apps) hype has its roots in the facts, that Windows has monopole about OSes and because of that, it's not lucrative enough for a company to code complex (maybe paid) software for a minor user group - even if they do, mostly OS X comes before Linux. Also Windows hold an even stronger monopole speaking of working-environments in businesses - Yes, for most employees it's not an option to switch to another OS, as software they must work with is supported only on Windows. Nevertheless, some average employee doesn't have even the choice to decide about using Windows or not - if Windows (OEM) is on the working computer, than Windows will be on the working computer, privacy issues up or down - except for those paranoid corporations with ultra-secret business secrets - only there the change is needed (although why would they use Windows in first place - even XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 tracked some statistical data and had the possibility to catch some more). But this doesn't mean that an average person at his/her home with his/her PC cannot switch to Linux/BSD - yes, it requires some time to get in with something other than Windows but it's certainly possible and an option. For most people, it's not an option.
I'm in. Where's the popcorn? The state of the internet and the developed protocols over the next 20 years is going to be fascinating to watch.
True. But real-life surveillance much more expensive than controlling Internet backbones, upstream, etc. Although the government has anyway de facto unlimited resources, so in a way, it doesn't really matter out of the privacy aspect - you're just more social with people around you (or maybe not), which can be better than chatting them but seeing them daily.
The only software you can really trust is that you made yourself. The fact that a tool is Open Source doesn't make it automatically more secure than some commercial product. But it's for sure a big step towards that aim.
The link is dead.
Speaking of it - there is never a 100% in IT.
IDK, I like some other tag. BTW, good page. Thanks for the share.
In plain English: I'm strong enough and I will fight for the future of my children and for Internet Freedom.
I'm have the money and publicity and I will fight for the existence of Mega and as always try to monetize the false sense of security.
Yup, the problem that average people (so average privacy concerned - like "I don't like that Facebook knows where I'm going Tuesday night but don't care that much, that I would make a change in my habits") - won't change their daily, weekly, monthly habits/life in general because of this. It's too comfortable that somebody would give up known comfort for something like "privacy" (which meaning is mostly unknown for him/her). Of course, a complete isolation of a workstation from any form of network is technically the "best" solution for privacy and security. Just, how many of Internet folks would give Internet completely up? It's a too drastic change in an average privacy concerned person life, that it would really make (short or long term) effect. We just have no real option - leave the censored, manipulated, monitored "Internet" behind and go for a run (BTW, it's also healthy), meet friends (or somebody else) in real life OR accept the mountains of ToS-es and don't comply.
I hardly doubt that any "free" file hosting solution is really that free and secure as it claims to be.
Yes, it certainly is more-or-less copy-paste with no additional value but it apparently gave a publicity boost - it reached more people, also those who aren't checking TOR blogs regularly.
No comment on Koreas' status. Just wondering - how far east must we go to reach "East Korea"? Japan? USA? Europe?
As far as I know, uBlock Origin fixes WebRTC leaks without problems (using it myself). Also, I preffer https://ipleak.net/ over https://privacytools.io if it comes to leaks. More simple, more info in my opinion. But it's for sure as good as https://prism-break.org
The root source is therefore https://libraryfreedomproject.org/ as it is the official page for the project. The Vice.com "article" and TOR blog post contain additional data about the topic and it's good to hear them all before building up a opinion / standpoint.
To the really privacy concerned users, who did read and accepted the ToS and PP - you clicked I agree, so you're obviously OK with the situation. If not you shouldn't use these Microsoft products. If you're dependent on Windows - you have two options: 1) accept it as it is, or 2) go into a ToS-PP-greyzone, namely using a IP-HOST blocker (like PeerBlock) with a specific list and cut all connections with all known Microsoft's IP ranges - which in fact is a kind of breaking the ToS. If you aren't dependent on it - go for something else, like Linux.
In my opinion - forget about privacy when using commercial products. For sure, you can "disable" the ad-tracking-ID in Settings but the big question is: "Does it really helps?" Nope. It doesn't. Turning privacy intruding settings to "off" is merely giving a false sense of security - "I turned it off, and because I trust Microsoft and - more importantly - I accepted those Privacy Policy and Terms of Service, it's logically for me, that it is disabled." If you distrust Microsoft and it's ToS or Privacy Policy are presenting an issue to you - go for a Linux distro. The possibility that something there is backdoored, spying, etc. is practically seen much lower than by commercial operating systems, like OS X and Windows, as it's Open Source (although this doesn't make it bullet-proof or perfect). But of course, you just won't get that comfort as by using Windows 10. You can't get 100% privacy and 100% comfort. Choose the percentage that suits you. Although sometimes there is a limit for privacy.
They got me by the (.)cool TLD.
Sorry if this disappoints you but you can't escape "spyware" in commercial products. But nevertheless you always have the free choice - use it or not use it (or use something else). As fast as you click on "I agree with the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy" (whatever you read it or not), you're saying: "I agree with all the stuff you do, in exchange for your goods." Legit. I agree, what I do on my computer shouldn't be Windows'/Microsoft's business. But the truth is that if some kernel module is logging your keystrokes to improve your UX (or maybe also something else), you just can't change it. If you need Windows or Windows UX, then you sadly have no real choice. If you don't depend on it, feel free to go for a Linux distribution (which is supposed to be less backdoored and spyware infiltrated as OS X or Windows (the kernel itself isn't backdoored but some preinstalled apps in the distro could be, although this is in 99,99% not the case)).