Path: csiph.com!news.redatomik.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed7.news.xs4all.nl!85.12.16.70.MISMATCH!peer03.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer03.am4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!peer01.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!post01.iad!fx41.iad.POSTED!not-for-mail Subject: Re: No. 1 paid utility in Mac App Store steals browser history, sends it to Chinese server Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-10 References: <061120181234479589%nospam@nospam.invalid> <071120180933002666%nospam@nospam.invalid> <071120181113045080%nospam@nospam.invalid> <071120181205555306%nospam@nospam.invalid> <081120180033224043%nospam@nospam.invalid> <081120181049081056%nospam@nospam.invalid> <081120181323038164%nospam@nospam.invalid> <081120182152382740%nospam@nospam.invalid> <081120182219259170%nospam@nospam.invalid> From: SilverSlimer User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 39 Message-ID: X-Complaints-To: abuse@blocknews.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2018 16:48:49 UTC Organization: blocknews - www.blocknews.net Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2018 11:48:51 -0500 X-Received-Bytes: 3309 X-Received-Body-CRC: 2301250101 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:119358 comp.os.linux.advocacy:476396 alt.comp.os.windows-10:78254 On 2018-11-09 4:54 a.m., Spooge wrote: > On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 20:32:30 -0700, Snit, tweeted: >> On 11/8/18 8:19 PM, nospam wrote: >>> In article , Snit >>> wrote: >>> >>>>>>> however, chromebooks are very strong in education. >>>>>> >>>>>> And as a teacher, I have to admit that I made the choice to move to >>>>>> Chromebooks myself in the school I worked at a few years ago. They tend >>>>>> to last longer than any PC and since they reset with each reboot, you >>>>>> don't have to worry about security as much as you would a PC in general. >>>>>> Whatever PCs the schools do reset as well since they load the operating >>>>>> system from scratch every time, but the boot process ends up being >>>>>> insanely slow in contract to a generic Chromebook. >>>>> >>>>> yep, and if a chromebook is damaged, simply replace it, the kid logs in >>>>> and all of his work is as it was before. they're also cheap enough that >>>>> it doesn't matter that much. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Cheap enough if the school has money... which is sadly not a given. >>> >>> that is very true. >>> >> Schools in my district have no text books. It is insane. > > It isn't insane. > Do you live in a poor area? > Money doesn't grow on trees. > Someone has to earn it to pay the taxes that support the school. Snit lives in the most expensive home in his neighbourhood which used to serve as a treehouse built by a lazy crippled four year-old with brain damage... to give you an idea. -- SilverSlimer Minds: @silverslimer