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Re:Snowden Document Search by errtnsd on Friday June 12, 2015 @02:39AM (#9704372)
Effectively what they are doing is just making me want to buy/use US software less and less.

How long until Windows OS is going to be monitored?

Re:Snowden Document Search by themeekforgotpw on Friday June 12, 2015 @02:45AM (#9704385)
Windows now broadcasts and collects information about what you type in when you search for programs (in charm/modern shell).

That doesn't mean it goes 'upstream'. But it is startling how far we've come. I remember the days when nobody trusted the internet - not even with their credit card.

Now its hard to trust your Operating System to run a program.

Re:Snowden Document Search by madez on Friday June 12, 2015 @03:45AM (#9704536)

    Now its hard to trust your Operating System to run a program.
If you use Windows, yes. I live in a Microsoft-free household, using floss systems makes your life in some ways easier.
Re:Snowden Document Search by Cakez0r on Friday June 12, 2015 @04:58AM (#9704729)
TS//SI//REL) Currently CASTLECRASHER is the only production quality Windows execution technique that Payload Persistence techniques have. Another mechanism to execute DNT payloads is needed. Most pre-boot Persistence techniques only have the ability to influence an OS through modifications to the target file system. Work needs to be done to investigate other ways to get execution inside of Windows
Re:Snowden Document Search by ionised on Friday June 12, 2015 @04:54AM (#9704717)
I run Windows solely for playing games. If I could run games without issue on Linux I would drop Windows in a heartbeat.

That said, I do use Debian or Slackware on other machines and my laptop.

Re:Snowden Document Search by madez on Friday June 12, 2015 @04:57AM (#9704722)
I'm gaming on Debian, and it's working quite well, and I'm even using the radeonsi drivers.
Re:Snowden Document Search by ionised on Friday June 12, 2015 @09:16AM (#9705630)
There are so many games in my Steam library that don't work on Linux at all though.

I could use Wine I suppose but it's not ideal.

Re:Snowden Document Search by jhallenworld on Friday June 12, 2015 @08:04AM (#9705324)
Well there is Zeitgeist in Ubuntu..