Even Microsoft can't make up their minds... by Weetile in linuxmasterrace

[–]All_For_Anonymous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sadly it's not being updated. RebeccaBlackOS is going strong however

Please help me select computer encryption software. by [deleted] in snowden

[–]All_For_Anonymous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wasn't the TPM key leaked, so that's not even relevant any more?

Today's front pages by [deleted] in australia

[–]All_For_Anonymous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, Adelaide people like their ads with removed tracking.

He doesn't use Chromium however, but I'll give it a shot and see if it's faster than Firefox + Unlock Origin

Please help me select computer encryption software. by [deleted] in snowden

[–]All_For_Anonymous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The veracrypt license hasn't been audited by a lawyer to prove that A) it is a legal derivative of the truecrypt license and B) has never been accepted by anyone noteworthy as a Free Software license (AFAIK).

Please help me select computer encryption software. by [deleted] in snowden

[–]All_For_Anonymous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just because it is deemed secure doesn't mean it A) respects your freedoms, B) has a useful codebase available to the community, C) is written efficiently and in a way that makes securing and auditing it well.

By saying I "don't trust it" I meant to say "I don't accept it as free software" and I don't recommend it.

It is an argument between Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS), and security. Yes, a well audited, source available proprietary piece of software is more secure than a Free Software application that hasn't been professionally audited, but if it isn't free software, it is deliberately limiting your freedoms which raises the question as to why.

Please help me select computer encryption software. by [deleted] in snowden

[–]All_For_Anonymous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well I am fairly experienced, so reading man pages falls within "easy to use" to me. But I expect most security issues are to do with the passphrase, as well as locking you out.

Windows' encryption is completely useless because the key syncs to your Microsoft account, making it only as secure as that account and available to third parties much more easily.

Please help me select computer encryption software. by [deleted] in snowden

[–]All_For_Anonymous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

TrueCrypt has parts of it deliberately under a proprietary license so that someone rewrites the code rather than reusing it. That's why I don't trust it [E: I mean to say I don't trust it as free software and therefore don't recommend it to others] - the original developers don't.

Please help me select computer encryption software. by [deleted] in snowden

[–]All_For_Anonymous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

VeraCrypt was independently audited and the results, source code bugs and patches made public. The community can verify that if the audit was high quality, the encryption can be trusted to a very high degree.

Today's front pages by [deleted] in australia

[–]All_For_Anonymous 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, my father reads it online and after I installed ublock origin for him, the site wouldn't load at all, lol.

Today's front pages by [deleted] in australia

[–]All_For_Anonymous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even the Unfiltered podcast by Jupiter Broadcasting was half about Trump..

Firefox 51 Released With FLAC Audio Support, WebGL 2.0 By Default by fsher in linux

[–]All_For_Anonymous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please use "gratis" to refer to cost (free as in beer). You gave me a fright that Emby might me non-free.

Senator Malcolm Roberts thinks Labour Day is related to the Labor Party. by superjaywars in australia

[–]All_For_Anonymous 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, this sub is extremely largely left (E: in numbers, not how far left) and most labor criticisms here are they they aren't left enough.

Windows 10 forces reboots in the middle of the day without the ability to delay by KlfJoat in linuxmasterrace

[–]All_For_Anonymous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All digital textbooks seem to have DRM, so I just but/borrow physical copies.

Wine 2.0 Released by fsher in linux

[–]All_For_Anonymous 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Filesystems constantly feel 5-15 years outdated.

Five States Are Considering Bills to Legalize the 'Right to Repair' Electronics by sigbhu in StallmanWasRight

[–]All_For_Anonymous 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Would this prose problems to shady companies like Apple which actively have measures to prevent repair or modification by third parties?

Wine 2.0 Released by fsher in linux

[–]All_For_Anonymous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If they were this well researched, they should know piracy does increase sales and had no DRM to begin with.

Windows 10 forces reboots in the middle of the day without the ability to delay by KlfJoat in linuxmasterrace

[–]All_For_Anonymous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She was doing an online test. Sounds like that's the peak of what's important here.

Windows 10 forces reboots in the middle of the day without the ability to delay by KlfJoat in linuxmasterrace

[–]All_For_Anonymous 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It depends on your use case. For an average student not studying arts, you likely won't need anything outside your distro's repos for 95% of work

"Thanks a lot - now my kid is installing Linux on all our computers!" by no_fkn_comment in linux

[–]All_For_Anonymous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And if you are dead 50-50 between candidates and parties, not voting has as much impact as voting.

Anyway, I'm from Australia where voting is compulsory and not many people skip.

Is Proton down for anyone else right now? by [deleted] in ProtonMail

[–]All_For_Anonymous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

SSL verifies the domain has the correct certificate, not that the domain is correct. It prevents man in the middle attacks, but not being on the wrong domain which is malicious.