Cisco Removed Its Seventh Backdoor Account This Year, and That’s a Good Thing Here’s one of the several reason why you cannot rely on proprietary software: you can’t never be sure your systems don’t have a backdoor. Note: the same holds for its main competitor Juniper.
Category: Proprietary software
Proprietary software, Software Libero
Neo4j, Graph database
Source: Graph database – Wikipedia Neo4j 3.3.5 (April 2018)[20] GPLv3 Community Edition, commercial & AGPLv3 options for enterprise and advanced editions I do like companies that uses AGPL.
Android, Mood, Proprietary software, Smartphones
How they know where I am?
I've always wondered how Google can locate us so easily when using an Android phone. Here's the answer of Stack Exchange How does Google know where I am? and from Znet How Google–and everyone else–gets Wi-Fi location data.
Android, Proprietary software
How To Run Android Apps On Linux
How To Run Android Apps On Linux? Very informative, but the answer is summarized in “install Google Chrome plus arc-welder extension“. If I had to run proprietary sw then one more doesn’t make such a difference Update: well, it’s not that simple. So let’s write all the steps.
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«Microsoft Is Embracing Android As the Mobile Version of Windows» reports Slashdot and most of the times it is as proprietary as Windows plus it tries to known everything about you and tell it to the great G that doesn’t want anymore “not to be evil”.
Mood, Proprietary software
With DaaS Windows Coming, Say Goodbye To Your PC As You Know It – Slashdot
Knowing how lazy and ignorant are people this is not a good news: With DaaS Windows Coming, Say Goodbye To Your PC As You Know It – Slashdot people are too much accostumed to rent things to understand how crippled they will be.
Proprietary software
Microsoft, GitHub and the flying donkeys
And Microsoft is all-in on open source Sorgente: Microsoft + GitHub = Empowering Developers – The Official Microsoft Blog Ok Nadella, prove it. Release all source code of Windows 10 AND Office as AGPL3+ and I’ll beleive you. And of course the entire documentation how to sign kernels for SecureBoot
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Ethics, Proprietary software
The only meaningful answer
The only meaningful answer to this: Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire Coding Site GitHub is this: Alternatives to GitHub for all platforms with Open Source License That is,GitLab
Proprietary software
“Just” don’t use proprietary apps
Facebook Accused of Conducting Mass Surveillance Through Its Apps – Slashdot Oh, surprise surprise! The first thing I do when I get a new phone is de-install or deactivate Facebook applications. I’m active on FB. I “just” keep them confined in the browser where it should stay.