Year: 2016

http://www.ghacks.net/2016/07/28/microsoft-removes-policies-windows-10-pro/

This article discusses other older news articles pre-dating the 9/11 terrorist attack in NY, NY.  It demonstrates that terrorists were using encryption at least 6 month prior to the attack and certainly it can easily be extrapolated that in order to use you had to know about encryption before you began using it. This article also explains that encryption technologies are prolific.  The program Telegram is produced by a German entity and WhatsApp is based on open source technology, where in neither case will the US government be successful at legislating against it by demanding backdoors. Yes, ISIS Is Using Encryption -- But Not Very Well

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Don't get me wrong.  I like the computer.  It's just that there are issues.  Some of those are currently insurmountable. So, I start this off with some negative feelings and you have to ask how is this article going to turn out.  It is hard to say because though this is a nice computer there are issues and it would be nice if I didn't have to deal with them.  Mostly they surround Linux.  However that may be, turning to Windows 10 is not the answer.  It is far to egregious to use.  I'll either re-purpose this as a dedicated phone system or figure something out. (more…)

From the article: The White House has urged Republican lawmakers to give up efforts to strip the Federal Communications Commission of regulatory powers and tens of millions of dollars in budget funding. President Obama's senior advisers would recommend that he veto the House of Representatives' budget bill for fiscal 2017 because of these and other provisions. The Republican budget proposal "includes highly problematic ideological provisions," like ones that "prevent the Federal Communications Commission from promoting a free and open Internet and encouraging competition in the set-top box market, impacting millions of broadband and cable customers," the Office of Management and Budget said in a statement of administration policy yesterday. Emphasis added by me. White House warns Congress not to kill net neutrality and cable box rules

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A jaw-dropping new photo shows a probable alien planet orbiting a star that lies 1,200 light-years from Earth. Amazing photo shows likely alien planet 1,200 light-years away