"windows literally takes a picture of your desktop every 10 seconds to 10 minutes and garbles it into a png file and sends it to microsoft"
Information source? El 28/12/16 a les 18:26, [email protected] ha escrit: > Oh Come On. if you use IceCat on windows for privacy benefits of using a > better browser it's completely and pathetically negated by the very > fact that IceCat is running in an operating system who's very job is to > spy the ************************** out of everyone who uses it. > windows literally takes a picture of your desktop every 10 seconds to 10 > minutes and garbles it into a png file and sends it to microsoft. that's > your passwords, your social security number, your entire life. tricking > yourself into believing that you get any security related benefit out of > using a good browser on a very very bad operating system is just plain > silly. windows even lets you change privacy and security settings, but > just changes them back for you later when you are not looking. look up > prism. facebook, google, microsoft, apple (who claims to stand up to the > MAN!), aol, yahoo, and a few others. they are a part of prism and > literally just give the nsa whatever they want. wake up. > > > > 11. Dec 2016 13:18 by [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>: > > You think that people who, through no fault of their own, can only > afford cheap laptops, or are stuck with Secure Boot and TPM because > they lack technical expertise to build a computer, should be forced > to use unfree browsers like Edge and Chrome, or the privacy settings > of Firefox? I have two computers, one Win10 and one Xubuntu, both of > which I built myself. I need the Windows computer for a few unfree > things, mainly as a substitute for a television for my bedroom, and > when I'm stuck with this pretty DRM machine for whatever reason, I'd > rather use a GNU project browser than DRM and privacy risks like > Edge, Chrome, and Firefox. Wouldn't you? > > -- > > -Dan Q > > > On Sun, 11 Dec 2016 11:55:09 +0100, Narcis Garcia > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > "IceCat is more needed on unfree OSes than free OSes" > I don't subscribe this sentence. Completely not. > > > El 04/12/16 a les 22:29, Daniel Quintiliani ha escrit: > > IceCat is more needed on unfree OSes than free OSes. That's > why I was a little bummed to not see a Windows release of v45, > when I have to use Windows I'd like a little freedom and privacy > even if it isn't much. > > > > -- > > > > -Dan Q > > > > > > On Sun, 4 Dec 2016 21:19:32 +0100, mdn > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > >> If I am not mistaken,Normally if windows has only one browser he > >> launches the said browser. > >> > >> Uninstall any other browser (IE included) to uninstall IE go > in the > >> uninstall software section (in the control panel) there is a > "add/remove > >> windows components" button (up left) from where you can > remove internet > >> explorer (has well has others functions) > >> > >> > >> Be careful and see to migrate one day to a gnu distribution. > >> Good luck > >> > >> Le 04/12/2016 02:05, Petr Vláčil a écrit : > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> I started using this browser as a main on Windows 7 PRO > x64bit, but I can't click on set it as a default browser. Is > there any chance to set IceCat as a default browser? > >>> > >>> Thank you in advance. > >>> > >>> Btw. I found this > > http://www.glump.net/howto/desktop/set-gnu-icecat-as-default-browser-in-windows-8-x > , but I don't know, whether is this functional on Windows 7 PRO > x64bit. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> http://gnuzilla.gnu.org > >>> > >> -- > >> http://gnuzilla.gnu.org > > > > > > > > -- > > http://gnuzilla.gnu.org > > > > -- > http://gnuzilla.gnu.org > > > > > -- > http://gnuzilla.gnu.org > -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org
