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Comment Facebook is blocking advertisements by target (Score 1) 27

The latest form of censorship on facebook is blocking ads targeting certain "likes". Jimmy Dore for instance. So this means, say a comedy promoter cannot target the audience of Jimmy Dore for marketing a comedy show for say a completely different Comedian. This is truly Orwellian in nature as that affects everyone globally. Also its censoring what YOU see.. not what people say. Its also interfering with people business models, based on what other people do, not yourself.

Comment Security Stratergies (Score 2) 51

We have some clients who continue to drag their feet on retiring RDP usage for end users... We have implemented the following to try to mitigate attacks : 1. Geo-Location Blocking. (Block all but your own country) this reduces the brute force attacks quite significantly, though this is not a solution, but a way to slow down things. 2. Restricted by Static Public IP. (this has been handy for our admin guys, so only they can RDP to servers 3. Introduce a Secure Mobile Access device, and enable Multi Factor Authentication. This is the best solution so far if you really need RDP services. Sonicwall make SMA210 which is reasonable, can be married to Microsoft authenticator app on a mobile phone for the MFA. You can implement one in 4 hours plus roll out time for your users.

Comment Re:Excellent (Score 1) 62

I don't think its the Porn that's driving them to be anti-social or engage in life. Its a symptom of a much bigger problem related to gender discrimination and stereotyping. For over 50 years there has been a public narrative and discussion around women and the challenges they face in society. But we have not even begun to scratch the surface on issues that affect men because men are always seen as expendable (war) and by default everything is their fault alone (as if it happens inside a vacuum). I do agree that porn can be damaging like anything if not used moderately and with a good mental stability.

Comment Google Is Evil (Score 3, Insightful) 28

They will fight tooth and nail to protect their ability to harvest data public and private about anyone - even non google users. Why? So they can use that data to manipulate elections. They have stated so in their internal documents which have been leaked. They have even lied in congressional hearings about this. Do not trust google, they are worse than Microsoft in the 90s.

Comment Re:I spent $12k on a an Apple Laptop.. and... (Score 1) 302

Nope not a liar. This was never advised to me, and now that you inform me of it.. it does make sense. I can only assume they were being cautious not to advise me to "re-install the OS, to get my data back, hence I might lose "new data" recently saved. TBH the engineers did not come off as smart, because that should have been the first thing they did.. or even advise me off before they even started.

Comment Re:Twelve thousand dollars on a laptop?! (Score 1) 302

It was to be a replacement for an audio workstation for portability. So I needed large memory, large storage capacity for applications and a fast cpu. Additional costs for those increased specs and also include attachment peripherals for connecting to large monitors and a timecapsule for backups etc. I don't think this qualifies me as a moron. Having never owned a Mac, and 20 years in IT I had only heard good things about macs, and understood that now based on intel, and Darwin (Linux) I thought it was the time for me to try one out.

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