Posts by Joe 48

If it makes you the #1 blade provider then why not. Considering the short space they've been doing it they are knocking on HP's door.

Re: Lots of other good products....

Wouldn't that be needed though? Else how can it scan protected files a normal user can't access.

Re: Lots of other good products....

Another vote for TexWrangler.

Dare I say it, I quite like OneNote and MS Remote Desktop on the Mac.

Caffeine is a good tool for keeping the Mac awake when you want.

For a bit of Fun check out VirtualDJ Home.

Re: MalwareBytes & VLC

Does no one still use HiJackThis?

Its the first thing I run to give me an overview of everything. Got used to spotted irregularities over the years and if unsure the web will analysis the log files for you.

Then I run MalwareBytes to clean it all up.

Re: Not for me thanks....

None of those put my house at risk in quite the same way as providing visual insight into my house.

Ok, so you didn't say you were running defaults, my bad. But you still imply its not that big a risk, when in fact it is.

Not for me thanks....

@Jediben

IP geolocation would worry me, not hard to locate someone from IP and getting more accurate all the time.

Add that to cameras around my house so they can instantly work out blind spots. Like the bathroom windows.

You can think of a lot worse with default passwords? I can't, leaving my home and family vulnerable is much much worse imo.

General non technical peoples ignorance I can understand, but you seem to grasp the problem, and yet still choose to ignore it. That imo is even worse!

Doing my bit

I've just purchased a Pub and turned it into a house.

However, the Pub I purchased was in a lovely remote location in a small village. Unsure how this will help the high street, but I've got a stunning house!! Plus they had a another pub in the village so I still have a watering hole.

Win win!

Re: Facebook and Tor

@ElReg!Comments!Pierre - I can't help stupid people. What did those people think would happen. I'm not stupid enough to joke about something that could be serious in the same way I won't walk into a bank with a plastic gun. I'm not a numpty!

@John - No I can't imagine being framed. To be fair I can't imagine being in a terrorist attack either. But I have seen Terrorist attacks happen. Can't say I've witnessed anyone being framed. Not to say it doesn't happen though. Googled Stagg. Again he did silly things in the effort to strike up a romance. Not nice what then happened as a result though and to be fair quite obvious looking at it now he wasn't guilty!

I think I need to reiterate I'm not all for mass surveillance. I just think at the moment it maybe is needed. In light of no better options. I agree lots with other peoples comments about policing it better and trying to restrict it in some way but I still think its a hard balance to get right. That at the end of the day is what my view comes down to. I can at least comprehend how difficult it is. Maybe I've seen things others haven't, maybe I'm looking at it from a different point of view. Just thought I'd at least put something else on here to show a different view point. Got everyone talking.

Re: Facebook and Tor

Are people really this paranoid about this happening? Ok so a few readers of Elreg are, but we're not exactly speaking for the masses. Most of us are geeky types who are most likely over thinking it all. Either that or your all so dodgy its untrue!!

I'd love to know what they'd gain by imprisoning me, so can't see an example of when this would happen. Yes If I was slightly dodgy, and they wanted an excuse to get me, they could, in theory, make something up. It all just seems a little too like something you'd see in a hollywood movie. Maybe they could go old school on my ass. Getting my fingerprints putting them on a gun, getting a body from the morgue and setting up good old fashion frame.

If everyone on here is that worried about this, the only thing I can suggest is you put down the mouse and keyboard and leave the internet alone. Unfortunately this sort of mass surveillance is here to stay, for now, no amount of us debating it here will change that. Unfortunately I don't think the general non tech savvy public, either know, or care enough either.

Waits for next random reason I'm going to get arrested for......

Re: @Joe 48 - Facebook and Tor

@John H Woods - You're assuming we all had any rights in the first place..... Logs out of lotto account and buys house insurance.....

Re: Facebook and Tor

Ha ha, I'll give you air-rors :)

Group hug?

Re: @Joe 48 - Facebook and Tor

A very good example. I can see how it could happen, I still can't see it ever happening to me. Might be a blinkered approach, some will say an ignorant one, either way I'll take my chances.

I appreciate everyones views, concerns, worries, about what they say being used in someway to lock them up for eternity but will/does this happen, very rare I would say.

Heads off to post about my lunch on Facebook.... Interpret that how you will, its a tasty looking lunch!

Re: Facebook and Tor

Jeez, are people really this paranoid these days.

If my drivel is code, its damn good, because even I can't break it! If I'm ever arrested for a Facebook post I'll be the first to admit I was wrong.

As for the Err-Head comment, nothing constructive to add, so time for the personal insults. Bravo.

Re: Facebook and Tor

Its on Facebook.... Nothing, and I really do mean, nothing, gets posted that would be of any interest/concern. I'm in no doubt the Government are interested in what I post on social media though.

I always get in shot down on these topics as I still see what GCHQ do as necessary. Do they do it correctly, well thats the part open to debate, but as I've said before on these topics, damned if they do, damned if they don't. Personally I'd rather they air on the side of caution and collect more data if it means stopping an attack and saving a life, because lets face it for a minute, thats the main reason of all this mass surveillance, the internet is evolving, its such a unknown about how to react to it and I think its surveillance will be constantly changing.

Down vote away fellow Elreg commentards. My stats had almost started to level out.

Re: Next up, Jony Ives?

It gets worse.

On my Macbook Pro in all versions of Mac since Lion I get downloads that stall out after a few minutes and the worst USB copy speeds ever. Boot it to Windows 8.1 (with a 3rd party start menu I might add) bootcamp partition and all the lovely apple hardware works a treat! How the hell did that happen??? MS making the Mac hardware work better than Apple!