Yeah, about Windows 10 Privacy, 7 is likely my last windows OS :-(

I haven't talked about it yet, but Microsoft considers Windows 10 a "service", meaning theirs, not yours, and they can monitor anything they want.

As a result, people are panicking and accusing them of all kinds of things like reading your emails which they apparently don't do, according to their blog or TechNet - either in consumer or  enterprise versions.

According to techdirt though, and Ars Technica they don't address other things, like Cortana (Microsoft Siri), remain on and collecting data, and aren't disabled when a user or admin disables telemetry.

As a result, I, and other people a lot more Microsoft-centric than me are moving toward Linux.

:-(

Thanks techdirt!

Do we have evidence of Verizon's Evil?

You be the judge...

From Ars Technica:

Verizon and the rest of the country's biggest Internet service providers joined forces this month to argue that so-called "common carrier" regulations for utilities shouldn't be applied to broadband. Such rules would force the ISPs to innovate less and spend less money than they do today on network upgrades, they argue.

Yet Verizon obtains a variety of perks from the government for its FiOS Internet service by using public utility rules to its advantage, a new report drawing on public documents says.
This isn’t a new practice and it isn’t illegal, but it could become part of the debate over network neutrality rules and the transition from heavily regulated landline phone networks to Internet-based voice service.
“It's the secret that's been hiding in plain sight,” said Harold Feld, senior VP of consumer advocacy group Public Knowledge and an expert on the FCC and telecommunications. “At the exact moment that these guys are complaining about how awful Title II is, they are trying to enjoy all the privileges of Title II on the regulated side.”

 Oh and by the way...

Verizon led massive astroturf campaign to end NJ broadband obligation

Some Verizon "supporters" had no idea e-mails were sent on their behalf.

Updated: Heartbleed bug force OpenBSD to fork OpenSSL

Here's an article on Ars Technica about Theo de Raadt,  the OpenBSD founder, creating a fork of OpenSSD

Well I guess they have good reasons, Open SSL supports ancient stuff like VMS and Windows32 API, and the US Govt ticks them off, so pulling FIPS sends an interesting message,  and above all, the code was in dire need of a major makeover.

After all, the  number of SSL libraries is pretty small, and OpenSSL is both standard in Linux distros and is FIPS, so it's kind of become the standard for developers, both inside and outside the DoD.

It does seriously annoy me that Cisco, Apple, Lockheed, GD, and other companies that make more money than most countries haven't given money to the OpenSSL foundation, but I honestly don't think forking it is best.

OTOH, maybe the DoD can ignore the fork, (as most of should do anyway in the short term - SGGRC) , and make sure the OpenSSL foundation gets the funding it deserves.

Perry

Update: Again from ARS  Linux Foundation wants to change that. The foundation today is announcing a three-year initiative with at least $3.9 million to help under-funded open source projects—with OpenSSL coming first. Amazon Web Services, Cisco, Dell, Facebook, Fujitsu, Google, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, NetApp, Qualcomm, Rackspace, and VMware have all pledged to commit at least $100,000 a year for at least three years to the “Core Infrastructure Initiative,” Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin told Ars.