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Istof··on Google Fit: An effortless, comprehensive view of your fitness
I'm surprised that the title of the article hasn't been fixed yet since everyone seem to agree that it isn't comprehensive.
Istof··on Smuggling Snowden Secrets
it should happen offline but many times that is not possible
Istof··on Joker – Torrents to streamable video
for one, the duration of copyright should be a lot shorter and not be extended everytime mickey mouse's copyright is about to expire (called the Mickey Mouse Protection Act) ...
Istof··on Report Reveals Wider Tracking of Mail in U.S
perhaps because if it was the only data they had 100 years ago, it could not be called privacy invasion... but when combined with everything else...
Istof··on FTC Says AT&T Has Misled Millions of Consumers with ‘Unlimited’ Data Promises
as long as someone else besides ATT enjoys that money and the situation gets resolved (but they need to also go after the other "unlimited" plans at other companies)
Istof··on Government Authority Intended for Terrorism is Used for Other Purposes
If only Obama would have kept his promise and had the "PATRIOT" Act repealed...
Istof··on Keyless cars 'increasingly targeted by thieves using computers'
I programmed myself a cheap keyfob purchased on ebay for my honda (no special hardware needed, just the car itself)
Istof··on Fitbit Charge, Charge HR and Surge
unfortunately, many (if not most) companies do this ... this happened to me a few weeks ago on Dropcam's website as an example (it was a post about it's inability to stream the camera's video feed locally)
Istof··on iCloud Uploads Local Data Outside of iCloud Drive
> don't enable new features

most of the time, the default is to enable the new privacy invasive features unfortunately... (it should be opt-in, always)

Istof··on Retailers are disabling NFC readers to shut out Apple Pay
The customer end up paying for it anyway you look at it but at least the credit card insurance comes with it.
Istof··on Now Everyone Wants to Sell You a Magical Anonymity Router
If I wanted to be truly anonymous, I would rather use some device that I don't use for anything else that I purchased with cash and browse from an open wifi or something similar
Istof··on Verizon Wireless injecting tracking UIDs into HTTP requests
I wonder if it would be possible to have them sign a contract when you sign up since customer is king.
Istof··on More Cities Are Making It Illegal to Hand Out Food to the Homeless
It should be illegal to make this illegal unless such city at least first setup a free food program for the homeless that is easily accessible for all homeless in that city. They only want to drive them away to different cities so that the city look better?
Istof··on Mark Zuckerberg Answers Q&A in Mandarin at Chinese University
might be explained by delays and ear piece
Istof··on Google Inbox
They make it "cloudy" on purpose since that's what it's all about according to them, the cloud.
Istof··on Vote all you want. The secret government won’t change
I was referring to the points that you brought up in your previous reply (anti-drone, anti-NSA and anti-drug war) ... I don't think that they need to disappear but a strong refocus is definitely needed in all 3.
Istof··on Why you should always encrypt your smartphone (2011)
the biggest downside is probably that if you tend to forget passwords, then if you do forget that one, you will not be able to recover your data.
Istof··on China collecting Apple iCloud data
and Apple didn't do it to prevent mass snooping by the NSA since when you are connected to the network, your HDD/flash is already decrypted anyways.
Istof··on Vote all you want. The secret government won’t change
Something in-between Obama/Bush and Libertarian Party would be nice
Istof··on Twitpic blocking archive team from backing up pictures
also data corruption... which happened to me on Skydrive (now named Onedrive)
Istof··on HBO is finally going to let you watch its shows without cable
he was talking about a legal source that works everywhere... I know that DRM doesn't stop piracy, it only inconveniences law-abiding customers (inconvenience is probably too light of a word).
Istof··on Feminist video-games talk pulled after massacre threat
you probably did attend such event, but the weapons were concealed
Istof··on HBO is finally going to let you watch its shows without cable
> 4. Works on any device

that probably means no DRM

Istof··on Nexus 6
maybe that is a mistake made on purpose to get more people talking about it...
Istof··on Nexus 6
hopefully that is a typo (it was, it's been fixed already)
Istof··on Always bet on text
maybe because binary is the lowest level format of text
Istof··on Always bet on text
"Text is the oldest and most stable communication technology [...]"

I don't really know but text is probably not the oldest...

Istof··on The Emails Snowden Sent to First Introduce His NSA Leaks
Snowden himself refered to her as a whistle blower...
Istof··on “We will sell you this microwave under the following conditions”
Perhaps some legislation will be needed to fix this ...
Istof··on Watch Netflix in Ubuntu today
Doesn't appear to work in Ubuntu/Chromium v37.0.2062.120 (64 bit)

Error Code: M7357-1003

I guess that is because WidevineCDM is missing (proprietary "Content Decryption Module").

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