Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Snit Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-10 Subject: Re: No. 1 paid utility in Mac App Store steals browser history, sends it to Chinese server Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2018 11:45:05 -0700 Lines: 54 Message-ID: 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net Fir7BoIkFs5D4z+ngOMzBAM178nBLF6peWxER89hIlCut6Cxoz Cancel-Lock: sha1:743ELLVpnACD8OqtGnhpYlsfAPA= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.14; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.9.1 In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:119360 comp.os.linux.advocacy:476407 alt.comp.os.windows-10:78259 On 11/9/18 9:48 AM, SilverSlimer wrote: > 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. > Your advertisement of your insecurity is weird. -- Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow superior by attacking the messenger. They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.