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  • A year with Apple's 5K iMac: Still the best Mac for your money

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    Vadim, it's better to say, "the number of cores" not "the amount of cores". 
    sunman42dewmeradarthekatdamn_its_hotrazorpitbbh

  • Google's Gmail, other services let third parties read user emails, report says

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    nunzy said:
    When those Google people chant "do no evil" over and over like a mantra, it has an effect. It plants it in them that they really should be doing evil.

    Google tried to kill iPhone.  Does it get more evil than that?
    Wow, Nunzy, you nailed it.

    Using the word “evil" in their mission statement, Goophabet points the company in exactly that direction, because our minds can only move toward things, not away. So, if Goophabet wanted to avoid being evil, they would have chosen a slogan or mission statement along the lines of “Be honorable”, “Be virtuous”, etc. But they didn’t!

    Goophabet knows exactly what it’s doing. How else do they base 90% of their business upon using its users’ private information to make money, i.e., by generating revenue through surveilling its users?
    nunzyfastasleepwatto_cobra

  • Tim Cook speaks out on Cambridge Analytica debacle, calls for stricter consumer privacy sa...

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    ericthehalfbee said:
    gatorguy said:
    maestro64 said:
    If you have not listen to the Apple insider pod cast on this subject, you should.

     Everyone wants too blame Facebook since it is easier to blame someone else, but most need to look no further than their own mirror. I never bought in to the Facebook thing and always felt it would be bad. I also valued my privacy over getting free things. 

    I learned a few things from the pod cast, basically anyone who is pissed off your own information may have been used against you, you have to remember you got something free and you gave facebook the right to use your information the way they like. They never had to ask you if it was okay to allow third parts to use your information, you gave up that right by creating that account.

    If you want to protect your information. Then stop using free stuff, and pay for your services.
    Paying for something doesn't make the "selling you" issue go away.

    Between retailers sharing your purchases, banks/credit card providers sharing your financial history, your cellular provider sharing your use data, the government sharing your driving, ownership, and legal history, pharmacy's sharing your prescription history, schools sharing your education history, and recent sharing issues even within Apple (China and likely Russia too, data sharing with publishers within Apple News and targeted ads within the App Store, and the new Apple supported Cloud Act that eases and simplifies the sharing of personal data with "friendlies") this whole conversation about "privacy" is little more than marketing fluff IMHO.

    All those paid services don't "protect your privacy" if the provider sees value in sharing it, economically or politically, more so than in keeping it to themselves. Words are easy. Actions are just a tad more difficult. 

    Please. The sum total of everything you listed pales in comparison to what Google or Facebook know about you. Also funny how you slip Apple into your list to imply they are somehow on the same level. They aren't.

    This is going to come back to bite Google and Facebook in the ass. Hard. It was only a matter of time before something happened that would bring privacy issues and data collection out into the public eye. Apple is going to come out of this smelling like a rose while Google and Facebook will smell like the piles of horseshit they are.
    VAVOOM, Eric! I strictly avoid Goophabet and FB and use Better (by indie) tracker blocker on all my Apple devices.
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  • Android Wear changes name to 'Wear OS by Google'

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    Ha! Goophabet comes up with another "winner"!!!!!
    SpamSandwichwatto_cobra

  • Track the 'bomb cyclone' with the best third-party weather apps for your iPhone or iPad

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    JamesBrickley said:
    Hey, I'm in the middle of New England where Noreaster' means something and this storm is nothing, except for the higher speed wind gusts.  We've had far worse than this.  The amount of snow may vary from 7"-12" which is nothing compared to the 42" we had a few years ago in a single storm.  Or the multiple foot storms back to back to back where you ended up with 10' high snow banks on the side of your driveway.  Breaking your back as you grunt, "Global Warming, Ha!".  

    Pfffttt, maybe it's something for South Carolina to complain about but it's nothing compared to a real Noreaster' in the North East!  Boston appears to be getting slammed but hey, they are used to it.  Nothing new about a heavy winter storm.    
    I agree 100%! We used to just have “storms”, but now they have to have dramatic labels to scare the crap out of people. The best thing to do is avoid mainstream media and look outside at one’s local weather. That’s a darned good way to live if you ask me. 
    JRMightyMoose