they know what you are doing

[zorgon]

And no, it does not delete programs in its normal working, only when something foes wrong. I have more than 1000 items on my start menu and I never lost one.
I have Cortana disabled, so no problems with for me.

Are you using Windows 10 Pro or home version?

And yes it delted my game program and Cortana reactivated itself with the last update that just strated in the middle of my work with no warning. Go online and see all the other people reporting same problem with the HOME EDITION

I cannot currently afford the $99.00 for the Pro version or I would switch.  Everyone that runs the home version that I know is having the same issues  and geek tech forums are giving solutions  So if there wasn't a problem, they wouldn't need to fi it now would they?

[zorgon]

I know I really shouldn't say this, but here goes. I've never had a problem with Windows 10....Now damnit, I'll wait for it to crash.

We already covered this YOU have the PRO version  you told us that...  some of us can't afford to buy that.

The problem is with the HOME EDITION  the free one  Microsoft on their own forum admits there is no way to turn off updates (barring the geek solutions that they won't volunteer for you)

[zorgon]

Neither have I, and I installed it two days after it was made available.

Well I am happy for you and Sgt.    Unfortunately its not the same for everyone.

If you step outside the forum for a minute   you would see THIS

May 10, 2017, 08:40pm
All New Windows 10 Has A Serious, Unfixable Problem

Microsoft has an all new version of Windows 10, confusingly called 'Windows 10 S' which promises to be a faster, cheaper and more secure version of Windows 10. But Microsoft has now confirmed not only does Windows 10S have a serious problem, it is one that cannot be fixed...

The problem stems from Microsoft's decision to only allow software installation on Windows 10S if it comes via the official Windows Store. Right now the Store is a wasteland and avoided by both Apple and Google among many others. But it's about to get worse.

Whereas many thought the solution would simply right itself as customer pressure pushed companies to publish through the Windows Store, it turns out there's a bigger issue and one that hits web browsers in particular because Windows Store policy states:


"Apps that browse the web must use the appropriate HTML and JavaScript engines provided by the Windows Platform."

This is not the language Chrome is written in (nor Opera) so in order for Google to make the world's most popular web browser available on Windows 10S it wouldn't just have to repackage and list it in the Windows Store, it would have to completely rewrite the core code of the browser. Even then Windows 10S does not allow users to change the default browser from Microsoft Edge and the search engine from Bing.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2017/05/10/microsoft-new-windows-10-chrome-browser-problem/#1b85840c4b80

[zorgon]

So  I am really happy that you two have no issues... I really am

but in the REAL WORLD

Windows 10 Networking Issues after Windows 10 Update

Modified on: Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 11:21 AM

The Windows 10 April 2018 update to version 1803 has caused problems with the Windows File and Printer sharing and may have caused some PCs to enter a boot loop or boot to a black screen.  Other issues have been reported, with most of these have been resolved.  The Windows File and Printer sharing are currently ongoing.

Check to make sure that the Password Protected Sharing is turned off on the server machine.
Check to make sure that these two services are running :  Function Discovery Provider Host  &  Function Discovery Resource Publication
Check that the IPV6 protocol is turned off on the server machine, I've had that fix multiple clients issues with networking.
If after checking all 3 of those sections, you may then turn them over to a computer tech, as anything more would be out of scope for us.
This update is causing problems with workgroup networking.

Unshare SalonTouch on the server.
Right click on the folder and click Properties.
Click the Sharing tab.
Click Advanced Sharing...
Uncheck the Share this folder.
Click OK.
Click OK.
Reshare the SalonTouch folder on the server.
Propagate changes to all child objects.
On the workstation, use the path to SalonTouch on the server PC (\\MainPCname) Etc.
Enter the Username & Password to the server PC and check off the Remember me.
The Username will be in [COMPUTERNAME]\[USERNAME] format.

ComputerWorld: Microsoft unexpectedly starts pushing Win10 version 1803 through Windows Update

ComputerWorld: Win10 1803 bugs roll in: Chrome freezes, Skype burps, Alienware craters and... hey, Cortana?

Answer.Microsoft.com: This was from a Microsoft MVP on their support site.  The solutions here may not work, but it can rule out some of the other problems: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-networking/windows-10-ver-1803-network-file-sharing-is-not/790b15a2-b86d-4e92-9f11-0e86248a65aa

At this time Microsoft has not released any updates or statements on the update.  Our support technicians are not able to resolve this issue as it is a Windows level issue.  Our support technicians can still contact the salon and determine root cause of the problem, but if the issue is caused by an update to version 1803 we will not be able to resolve it.

If your business cannot wait for an update from Microsoft, you can attempt a system restore to a point before the April update.  This may take several hours depending on the age of the restore point and the number of changes occurring.

WARNING: If the PC loses power during the system restore, the Windows operating system may become damaged.  You may want to consult your computer technician before performing a system restore.

Microsoft has information on performing a system restore located on their website: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12415/windows-10-recovery-options

Windows Users can defer updates in Windows 10 for a certain period of time:  Microsoft has information on how to defer the updates here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4026834/windows-10-defer-upgrades. Windows Professional users can pause the Windows updates for a set duration: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4028233/windows-10-schedule-a-restart-or-pause-updates.

http://help.salontouch.com/support/solutions/articles/14000086586-windows-10-networking-issues-after-windows-10-update

[ArMaP]

Are you using Windows 10 Pro or home version?

Pro at home, Home in 3 computers at work.

And yes it delted my game program and Cortana reactivated itself with the last update that just strated in the middle of my work with no warning. Go online and see all the other people reporting same problem with the HOME EDITION

The fact that your game was apparently deleted (I doubt that specific program was targeted for deletion, as an update doesn't delete any programs, at most it moves them to a new folder) doesn't mean that Windows "even deletes programs", as if that was a feature created on purpose.

Cortana reactivated itself because the last update was a major update, the same as an upgrade, so it performs a full upgrade of the previous version, reinstalling all the Windows programs and components and, in some cases, asking again for us to accept the licence agreements.

I cannot currently afford the $99.00 for the Pro version or I would switch.  Everyone that runs the home version that I know is having the same issues  and geek tech forums are giving solutions  So if there wasn't a problem, they wouldn't need to fi it now would they?

True, but the fact that there is a problem doesn't mean that it was made to act that way or that it happens to most people, as I said before, at work we have 3 computers with Windows 10 Home and we had no problems.

When upgrading an operating system there's always the possibility of something going wrong, unless the hardware and software allowed to be installed is tightly controlled by the OS maker.

Edited to add that we have some 20 or 25 clients that had Windows 7 on their computers and upgraded to Windows 10 without any problems. One asked us to revert back to Windows 7 because the computer was too old for Windows 10.

[ArMaP]

The problem is with the HOME EDITION  the free one

The upgrade from Windows 7 or 8 was free for both Home and Pro, that's why I have the Pro version on my home computer, as I had the Pro version of Windows 8.1 (upgraded from 8, upgraded from 7, upgraded from Vista)

[ArMaP]

May 10, 2017, 08:40pm
All New Windows 10 Has A Serious, Unfixable Problem

Windows 10S was a niche version of Windows, made for a specific market.

"Apps that browse the web must use the appropriate HTML and JavaScript engines provided by the Windows Platform."

This is not the language Chrome is written in (nor Opera) so in order for Google to make the world's most popular web browser available on Windows 10S it wouldn't just have to repackage and list it in the Windows Store, it would have to completely rewrite the core code of the browser.

Who wrote that is either someone that doesn't know how things work or wrote it like that on purpose.

Chrome and Opera (or any other browser, including the ones from Microsoft) are not written in HTML and JavaScript, and the language in which they are written on is irrelevant, as what that quote from Microsoft means is that the apps that browse the web must use the HTML and Javascript engines provided by the OS instead of the their own engines.

[The Seeker]

Armap, what the windows update has done in my case is to move every piece of data and secondary program I had installed to a folder labelled olduser_001; so when it booted back up it was if I had never used it before, for there was nothing in the system besides windows 10 programs and apps; cortana was active once more, Edge was the only browser available, and all my shit was in limbo; literally all of it...

Filezilla, Seamonkey, Komposer, Roundcube web mail, Gmail, My Tor browser, Firefox, Google Hangouts, every app I had installed went poof!!!

Thanks to Zorgon and a couple of computer geeks I finally found it all and got it re-installed after about 6 hours worth of crap

windows sucks terrapin toenails 

[ArMaP]

Armap, what the windows update has done in my case is to move every piece of data and secondary program I had installed to a folder labelled olduser_001; so when it booted back up it was if I had never used it before, for there was nothing in the system besides windows 10 programs and apps; cortana was active once more, Edge was the only browser available, and all my shit was in limbo; literally all of it...

That was an incomplete upgrade, it moved the existing programs to that folder but, for some reason, wasn't able to recreate the original situation.

PS: are you sure that was the name of the folder?

[The Seeker]

That was an incomplete upgrade, it moved the existing programs to that folder but, for some reason, wasn't able to recreate the original situation.

PS: are you sure that was the name of the folder?

Beats me ArMap  that was a few months back and I really don't remember what the name was 

[space otter]

i have requested permission to copy the article to here from Tom Dispatch
but have not heard back yet ..
go to the link to read if you don't want to wait
very interesting and informative



This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.co


https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/a-private-investigator-on-living-in-a-surveillance_us_5b857657e4b0f023e4a60438

A Private Investigator On Living In A Surveillance Culture
Is there any privacy left, let alone a right to privacy?
08/28/2018 12:55 pm ET
By Judith Coburn

[space otter]

continuing
« Reply #880 on: August 25, 2018, 04:30:37 PM »


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-44777787

Aadhaar: India top court upholds world's largest biometric scheme
4 hours ago

India's Supreme Court has ruled that the country's controversial biometric identity scheme is constitutional and does not violate the right to privacy.

However the court limited the scope of the Aadhaar scheme, saying it could not be compulsory for bank accounts, mobile connections or school admissions.

The world's largest biometric ID database covers welfare and tax payments and access to social services.

More than a billion Indians have already been enrolled.

Many don't have other forms of identification - only 65 million own a passport and 200 million have a driving licence.

Those who enrolled in Aadhaar received a unique 12-digit identification number after submitting their fingerprints and retina scans. About 30 petitioners went to court to argue that the scheme infringed Indians' privacy.

What did the judges say?
"Aadhaar gives dignity to the marginalised. Dignity to the marginalised outweighs privacy," said the five-judge bench, comprising all the sitting judges in the Supreme Court.

"One can't throw the baby out with the bathwater."

Therefore, they said that people would still need their Aadhaar numbers to access government welfare schemes and to pay taxes.

However, the court said that private entities including mobile phone operators and banks would no longer have the authority to demand customers' Aadhaar numbers and instructed the government to "bring out a robust data protection law urgently".

It also said that schools could not insist on children's Aadhaar numbers to enrol students, further adding that no child could be denied state welfare benefits for the want of an Aadhaar number.

The judgement was not unanimous.

Two judges of the five-judge bench said that they disagreed with several aspects of the judgement, including the manner in which its legality had been determined in parliament.

Cautious optimism on every side
Nitin Srivastava, BBC News Delhi

Anticipating a landmark ruling, large media crews and activists had been stationed inside the sprawling lawns of the Supreme Court since nine in the morning.

Opinions about Aadhaar have always been divided, but when the judgement finally came, everyone was suddenly cautiously happy.

"I wanted privacy while buying a mobile phone connection and am delighted the court has ruled in my favour," Tehseen Poonawala, one of the activists who has challenged Aadhaar, said.

On the other side of the divide, one supporter of the scheme told me that he was glad that Aadhaar had been declared constitutional because "the rich and poor are both benefitting from it".

What has the reaction been?
Largely mixed.

India's finance minister Arun Jaitley has welcomed the verdict, calling it "historic".

Some activists said they were disappointed with the "safe" stand taken by the Supreme Court, although they welcomed the dissenting opinion by Judge D Chandrachud.

several tweets

The Congress party, which introduced the scheme before it lost power to the current BJP government, welcomed the court decision to prevent private companies from accessing peoples' Aadhaar numbers.

more tweets

In fact, that was the most relevant part of the judgement for most Indians - many of whom had expressed unwillingness to link their mobile phone connections to the scheme

more tweets

Others said that the judgement appeared to be "measured" and "well-balanced".

and more tweets

[space otter]

Facebook Admits To New Security Breach, 50 Million People At Risk
The company said hackers targeted the social network's "view as" feature.

09/28/2018 01:02 pm ET Updated 1 hour ago
Rutgers
Munsif Vengattil, Arjun Panchadar and Paresh Dave

Sept 28 (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Friday that hackers had discovered a security flaw that allowed them to take over up to 50 million user accounts, a major breach that adds to a bruising year for the company's reputation.

Facebook, which has more than 2 billion monthly active users, said it has been unable to determine yet whether the attackers misused any of the affected accounts or stole private information.

Facebook made headlines earlier this year after the data of 87 million users was improperly accessed by Cambridge Analytica, a political consultancy. The disclosure has prompted government inquiries into the company's privacy practices across the world, and fueled a "#deleteFacebook" movement among consumers.

Shares in Facebook fell more than 3 percent in afternoon trading, weighing on major Wall Street stock indexes.

The latest vulnerability had existed since July 2017, but Facebook did not discover it until this month when it spotted an unusual increase in use of its "view as" feature.

"View as" allows users to see what their own profile looks like to someone else. The flaw inadvertently issued users of the tool a digital code, similar to browser cookie, that could be used to post from and browse Facebook as if they were someone else.

The company said it fixed the issue on Thursday. It also notified the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Homeland Security and Irish data protection authority about the breach.

Facebook reset the digital keys of the 50 million affected accounts, and as a precaution reset those keys for another 40 million that have been looked up through the "view as" option over the last year.

About 90 million people will have to log back into Facebook or any of their apps that use a Facebook login, the company said.

Facebook is also temporarily disabling "view as," it said.

In 2013, Facebook disclosed a software flaw that exposed 6 million users' phone numbers and email addresses to unauthorized viewers for a year, while a technical glitch in 2008 revealed confidential birth-dates on 80 million Facebook users' profiles.

(Reporting by Munsif Vengattil and Arjun Panchadar in Bengaluru, Paresh Dave in San Francisco; Editing by Sai Sachin Ravikumar and Meredith Mazzilli)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/facebook-hack-security-breach-view-as_us_5bae5cf3e4b0425e3c23506c

[space otter]

sure sounds like somebody is out for farcebook big time.. wonder what they want to replace it with?


https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45845431
Dave Lee
North America technology reporter
12 October 2018



Facebook hack victims will not get ID theft protection

Facebook has said it will not provide identity fraud protection for the victims of its latest data breach.

On Friday it revealed 14 million users had highly personal information stolen by hackers.

It included search history, location data and information about relationships, religion and more.

However, unlike other major hacks involving big companies, Facebook said it had no plans to provide protection services for concerned users.

One analyst told the BBC the decision was "unconscionable".

"This kind of information could help thieves create social engineering-based theft programmes, preying on the Facebook hack victims," said Patrick Moorhead, from Moor Insights and Strategy.

Users can visit this link to find out if they have been directly affected
https://www.facebook.com/help/securitynotice?ref=sected.

Protection
For the most severely impacted users - a group of around 14 million, Facebook said - the stolen data included "username, gender, locale/language, relationship status, religion, hometown, self-reported current city, birthdate, device types used to access Facebook, education, work, the last 10 places they checked into or were tagged in, website, people or pages they follow, and the 15 most recent searches".

Typically, companies affected by large data breaches - such as Target, in 2013 - provide access to credit protection agencies and other methods to lower the risk of identity theft. Other hacked companies, such as on the Playstation Network, and credit monitoring agency Equifax, offered similar solutions.

A Facebook spokeswoman told the BBC it would not be taking this step "at this time". Users would instead be directed to the website's help section.

"The resources we are pointing people toward are based on the actual types of data accessed - including the steps they can take to help protect themselves from suspicious emails, text messages, or calls," the spokeswoman said.

She would not say if the help pages in question had been updated since the company discovered the recent breach.

Breaking into accounts
News of the hack emerged on 5 October when Facebook said it feared 50m users had been affected. On Friday, the company revised downwards its estimate to "about 30m".

"We have not ruled out the possibility of smaller-scale attacks, which we're continuing to investigate," Facebook's head of product management, Guy Rosen, wrote in a blog post.

The stolen data could be highly valuable for hackers, said Joseph Lorenzo Hall, chief technologist at the Center for Democracy and Technology.

"What I'm worried about is about being able to break into other accounts," he said.

"If you look at the list of data, it's not financial data. But there is stuff in there that's useful for 'knowledge-based authentication', which is definitely important for setting up accounts."

He said Facebook should perhaps offer free premium access to password managers and other similar software.

In Europe, the hack means Facebook faces a potential fine of up to $1.63bn (£1.25bn), approximately 4% of its annual global revenue. The breach is being seen as the first major test of the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which came into force in May.

"Today's update from Facebook is significant now that it is confirmed that the data of millions of users was taken by the perpetrators of the attack," the Irish Data Protection Commission wrote on Twitter.

"[The] investigation into the breach and Facebook's compliance with its obligations under GDPR continues."

[ArMaP]

In Europe, the hack means Facebook faces a potential fine of up to $1.63bn (£1.25bn), approximately 4% of its annual global revenue. The breach is being seen as the first major test of the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which came into force in May.

That's what I was thinking while I was reading the article.