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That was the whole reason Dropbox became 'persona non grata' in my world.

This guy speaking - with Obama's voice - is eerie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5yw5cR79VA&feature=emb_logo

Guys - you can get all 161 episodes (6.23GB and v.slow download) here:

https://archive.org/details/126BuddiesThickerThanWater1962/

Enjoy!

Too much Oestrogen in the water supplies perhaps?

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101208125813.h...

Try Starling - I am an HSBC customer currently, but am migrating.

Debian Servers it is then.

A question that intrigues me is this - from the article:

"Niamh Sweeney, WhatsApp’s director of public policy for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, told the home affairs committee"

Why would WhatsApps director be speaking with the home affairs committee?

Concerning that they are taking such an interest, is it not?

Or just use this?

https://www.unknownphone.com/

In the UK...

Totally agree.

And how about this: If you get food poisoning from a restaurant, you deal directly with them to resolve.

If the food has been delivered by a 3rd party, what rights to resolve would you then have?

Restaurants can simply state that the food was tainted after it left them, delivery firms can state the food from the restaurant was bad, etc etc.

"Windows installation now requires you to be logged in with a Microsoft account (no way to set it up with a local account)."

That's not exactly a true statement - you can make a local account, depending on Windows version, but have to jump through hoops to find that setting.

I do get the point though.

Yep, pretty much the above - I have a combination of rules that control all traffic. Only the router is allowed to use port 53 outbound - all other traffic is redirected using NAT to the router's DNS server.

I mentioned Mikrotik previously - I use them myself.

Not DNS over HTTPS currently, although investigating a way to MitM the connections with a proxy.

I switch between macOS (US International) and Windows (UK 88 Key), so I like to think I have a few skills. :D

Also, I can touch type already (after far too many years of learning), but that obviates the necessity for allowing others the possibility to use my machine.

Brave, I know...

They appear to not be trustworthy to be on our networks - so we should:

1. Not join them to our networks 2. Stop buying 'Smart TV's' 3. Get panels and a smart box that you can control

I'm lucky enough to be able to direct ALL DNS through my router first. Nothing gets out without my say so. Not everyone has that capability, sadly, with home routers.

The solution provided by the OP is a solid one - another would be to purchase a decent router (such as a Mikrotik) and learn how to use it - much more powerful device for the same price, or sometimes lower, as a regular 'home' router.

Was interested in a System76 laptop - no longer. US keyboard only, and "use stickers" for non-US? I'm out.

Thanks for that - Qalculate appears to resolve the problem I was having, finding a decent calc, similar to PCalc, but for Windows and Linux.

Love it! Thanks again.

"comparing BBC journalists to people selling personal lifestyle as a product is insulting."

Be that as it may, the BBC has become exactly that. It used to be the place to get news - now it's a magazine selling stuff instead - and you can spot those particular 'articles' a mile off.

A sad but true reflection of what the BBC has become. :(

I'm sure, at a push, a PC could be co-opted to do the work while a server (even online) could then be brought up to speed and the data migrated - but that's your use case.

What we're talking about here is a government department who do have access to servers, but choose not to use them (or so it would seem).

Not according to Mrs McAfee on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theemrsmcafee/status/1313238348438401024

There's not much to stop the devs from using open source tools to create a PHP web frontend and db backend for this data - and secure it as well.

Heck, if they still need to export, they could do that from the data too.

Sure - use Excel for POC, but get that DB backend up pronto.

Excel is NOT a database. I don't understand the people who use it as such (and I've come across many who do).

Then they're surprised when it all goes tits-up.

Samsung's site selling Ads to those who buy them states clearly that TV's, Phones and Tablets are all monitored and viable options for delivery of ads, and the accurate determination of those who use them.

See for yourself: https://www.samsung.com/us/business/samsungads/

Bottom middle of picture just above the silos - circular shape has been carved out of the dock. I note the ship across the harbour has been tipped over too.

The film 'Trading Places' shows this in action (although they're trading on frozen concentrated orange juice prices and not oil).

Both entertaining and educational.

That may be, but a threat of jail hanging over a director or CEO may make them take the correct course of action - effectively becoming the deterrent.

It would appear that you have been 'Sherlocked' (https://www.howtogeek.com/297651/what-does-it-mean-when-a-co...) but by Microsoft.

Looks like all the bigger companies are doing this now.

Having perused their Github, I noted the database for x-rays and scans.

<TinFoilHat>This is being run in 'partnership' with a relative non-entity, who in turn have links to a private American medical company.

Not sure I'm happy with private NHS medical records being slurped up in this way - unless consent is expressly given - which, based on their website that 'anonymizes' uploaded imagery, I guess we'll never know for sure.</TinFoilHat>

Good to see the code for both the iOS and Android clients being posted, as this should prove if these clients can ultimately be trusted.

Sounds just like RyanAir - and just like RyanAir, will avoid like the (Covid-19) plague.

> I guess someone didn't get the memo.

Probably 'cause they can't log into their IMAP account right now...

I agree with Zelphyr's statement and would add that Facebook should also be avoided for support for exactly the same reasons.