It seems XP will still be the state sponsored OS of China
[QUOTE=Sam Za Nemesis;44860959]Richard Stallman has great points about Windows 8, it reports more to Microsoft than it's predecessors, including everything you download with IE and a bunch of other things[/QUOTE]
I have my doubts about that, considering it's coming from fucking Stallman.
But assuming it's true for a minute. I only ever boot into Windows to play video games and use Photoshop. I don't particularly care if Microsoft knows I fucking whiffed it in Smite today and decided my time was better spent putting Emma Watson's face on an exploitable of Jay-Jay The Jet Plane.
[QUOTE=Sam Za Nemesis;44860959]Richard Stallman has great points about Windows 8, it reports more to Microsoft than it's predecessors, including everything you download with IE and a bunch of other things[/QUOTE]
It also wants to upload all your documents to Microsoft by default, unless you install without Internet connection.
I had been hating on Windows 8 for awhile now, but I was running it on a laptop through vmware (8.1) with classicshell and I enjoyed it. So now my new PC has 8.1 with Classicshell and I'm loving 8.1. I can't stand Metro so if you're like me get classicshell & you're set.
But why ban a new Windows OS is beyond me, banning XP on Government computers I can strongly agree since that IS a security risk.
[QUOTE=AWarGuy;44867994]But why ban a new Windows OS is beyond me, banning XP on Government computers I can strongly agree since that IS a security risk.[/QUOTE]
most likely this
[QUOTE=sloppy_joes;44860913]the thing is, in light of prism, other countries cannot trust american software. microsoft is legally required to put backdoors in their software, and im guessing china is near the top on the list of countries america wants to spy on.[/QUOTE]
you'll get used to Windows 8. The H8 is becuase people refuse to accept changes in the system. Windows 7 is perfect but 8 is like a topsy turvy maze
[QUOTE=Tamschi;44866796]It also wants to upload all your documents to Microsoft by default, unless you install without Internet connection.[/QUOTE]
Do you mean SkyDrive? Because I'm pretty sure MS encrypts all your files on that like Dropbox does.
[QUOTE=lavacano;44870727]Do you mean SkyDrive? Because I'm pretty sure MS encrypts all your files on that like Dropbox does.[/QUOTE]They can view it any time they want. Encrypted on cloud service != secure
[QUOTE=itisjuly;44870747]They can view it any time they want. Encrypted on cloud service != secure[/QUOTE]
that's not how enterprise level cloud encryption works
[QUOTE=.Lain;44870756]that's not how enterprise level cloud encryption works[/QUOTE]
True, [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_online_backup_services#cite_ref-64"]but neither SkyDrive nor Dropbox do this[/URL]. (check the Personal Encryption column)
With both services you can view and download the files in a normal web browser and with both there is no in-browser client-side encryption.
You can also have them restore/reset your password with only access to your email, so they can definitely access it (or at least someone with access to their servers can, it depends on how much you trust them with putting protections in place. Either way your files are out of your hands).
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