Notices tagged with proprietary
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@bes it is possible to communicate outside #proprietary data #fortresses, if you (in general) really want to.
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Nachricht - security alert: modern cpus from intel and amd have an build-in... - security alert: modern cpus from intel and amd have an build-in backdoor
Modern cpus from intel and amd have build-in co-processors, which run besides the operating system and the code is proprietary. So even if you are running gnu/linux, it can leak your private keys! For more details, read on: (and don´t forget to #share this post, thanks)
Why is the latest Intel hardware unsupported in libreboot?
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source: https://libreboot.org/faq/ https://www.coreboot.org/Binary_situation
#security #alert #backdoor #surveillance #pleaseshare #sharingiscaring #managementengine #me #activemanagementtechnology #amt #government #nsa #gchq #bnd #intelligenceagencies #nationalintelligence #coreboot #libreboot #fsf #blob #proprietary #freesoftware #freehardware
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erdmolch@nerdpol.ch
URL: https://f.belug.de/notice/1361017
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There was longer a choice between #proprietary software cause the equipment to play dumb with me AND I'm a #cybernetic organism (btw: it's been ca. 4 years AND 319 painful nights since the CCF (Conspiracy of Cells of Fire) was designated as a terrorist group by the U.S. Department of State http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_of_Cells_of_Fire )
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@dragnucs I doubt that facts or logical arguments will persuade your IT Manager. This person seems to have the view (likely received from a trusted vendor of #proprietary "solutions") that the Microsoft-based solutions available from $VENDOR are worlds better than competing FLOSS software. If that is the case, only disappointment with the vendor or it ultimate upstream supplier is likely to enable him to see and hear any case you put forth in support for using Free / Open Source Software.
Try to convince the IT Manager, but if it fails, you face an uncomfortable choice. Are there similar employment opportunities available in other organizations in your area?
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How the #HackerNews community views #proprietary #games being used as educational tools:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11281816
Please chime in.
#education #children
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Yes, we should not allow a #precedent to be set by #Apple being forced to rewrite their software. But it's a mistake to focus on the technical.
#iOS is #proprietary software. That is unethical---if it were #freesoftware, then the #FBI could simply modify it themselves. Since I believe that all software should be free, that means that iOS should be free and consequently the FBI should be able to modify the software themselves.
Protections must be done cryptographically and policitcally. Arbitrary feel-good software protections don't count.
But #codeisspeech. Setting a precedent in this case means setting a precedent againt First Amendment rights. *That* is the problem. Do not support Apple and iOS; support free speech.
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The #FBI used #Flash and a broad #warrant to de-anonymize any visitors to a child porn #TOR service honeypot:
https://social.mikegerwitz.com/url/1072
"An FBI complaint described the site as 'the largest remaining known child pornography hidden service in the world.'"
It's great to know that our government is responsible for one of the largest child pornography dumps in the world.
Child pornography is a terrible thing, but this is a dangerous precedent, and is a very slippery slope. What else will the government decide is worth actively exploiting users' computers?
You should never install flash because it is #proprietary software. And I always recommend disabling #javascript. But to protect against this sort of attack, I recommend #Whonix.
!privacy !anonymity #security
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Wow. #Apple will brick your #iPhone (with a fingerprint reader, is seems) in iOS 9 if it has been repaired by someone other than Apple:
https://social.mikegerwitz.com/url/982
You shouldn't be using an iPhone to begin with. But this shows another way that #proprietary software is used to control users---in this case, having the effect of controlling the repair market too.
Just give Apple more money for a new iPhone, forget that you lost your personal data unless you decided to back it up to the "iCloud" (which is a terrible idea), and then move along and be happy.
Or run an operating system that respects your #freedom, like #Replicant.
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@johnnynull maybe Amazon wants to demonstrate that #proprietary is not the way to go
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@xrevan86 I thought that #OmniROM has been derived from #CyagenMod because Cyagenmod contains more #proprietary components and they (OmniROM) don't like it and has started their own project to get rid of proprietary parts.
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@tuttle Not sure if I understood "privativo" correctly, but Quitter's ui isn't #proprietary, it's a FreeSoftware plugin for GNUsocial
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When you’re studying, you HAVE to subscribe to MANY #proprietary #webservices, and paying them with your personnal information. I find it disturbing.
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Coreboot contains #proprietary datacode libreboot does not readily tolerate #problems of Chicanos O R Puerto Ricans, that much attention, that I could not think, that was the last time you will like its spirits whispering - spirits, that is been drownded nine