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Comment I own the BLU R1 HD and it rocks! (Score 1) 89

So apparently the Amazon version didn't have the spyware, only the ones you got from elsewhere. Those phones have been easy to root, there are custom firmware for it and it is a great phone for the $60.

These days, if you can't root your phone and get full control, then you are just asking to be spied on.

Comment Re:So I have a Blu R1 HD... (Score 1) 89

I have a Blu R1 HD. I got it for the kids to play games with, but it has no SIM card. Any advice on how to check that it's secure (without burning/crushing/etc.)?

If you bought the Amazon version, then it's supposed to be safe.

But either way, check out: https://forum.xda-developers.c...

You'll find what you need to know about rooting it and installed a different rom and getting rid of bloat and the spyware.

Comment They won't. We bandage, not prevent (Score 3, Interesting) 201

We are more about bandaging up the problems then preventing them in the first place. Look at pollution. Places don't work on reducing it until it becomes a problem.

Technology is the same way, after all, the people writing the laws generally no nothing about the new technologies emerging.

No, my guess is we will have problems long before we start doing preventive measures.

Comment Been harassed all my life, nothing new (Score 3, Insightful) 242

I don't know what world people live in, but I have been harassed all my life. Long before we were online. If it's not neighborhood kids putting you down, it's the bullies, the fellow students, the teachers, all adults in your life and mainly your family.

Most people just grow a thick skin and move on, because there isn't much else you can do.

Comment I have Prime and the selection sucks (Score 1) 116

Amazon Prime has a long way to go if they want to keep with cable TV. They have a horrible selection of shows and generally it's like 1 or 2 seasons, with you needing to rent/buy the rest. Netflix & Hulu have way more decent content to watch.

If Amazon Prime wants to be better then cable TV, then they need to start securing better content.

Comment Re:So I was right... how about an apology? (Score 2) 232

This was some of the "fake news" that was spread around. Hillary was an a committee that oversaw the uranium deal, but had no power to approve or deny it.

I got made at this first, then found out I and other was being played with the news story. It was fake news targeted at people who hated Hiliary. I fell for it, you fell for it. We got played.

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