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Re: What is the oldest computer that could be used today for real work? [message #411639 is a reply to message #411621] Tue, 05 October 2021 03:47 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Originally posted by: Maus

On 2021-10-05, Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> writes:
>
>> Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
>>> On 2021-10-03, Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 01/10/2021 18:43, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > On 2021-10-01, Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >> On 23/09/2021 02:15, Dan Espen wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >>> You only update software when the benefit justifies the cost.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> The problem is that a lot of updates don't add any real functionality,
>>>> >> they just plug security holes that someone has found.
>>>> >
>>>> > Or they add security holes when the vendors decide they don't
>>>> > don't have their hooks into you deeply enough.
>>>>
>>>> I'm paranoid, but I'm not _that_ paranoid.
>>>>
>>>> Do you have a source for that assertion?
>>>
>>> No definite examples, but I did read the entire Windows EULA back
>>> around the XP days. I found a clause in which Microsoft claimed
>>> entitlement to walk into your machine whenever they felt like it,
>>> take a look around, and remove anything which they in their sole
>>> estimation felt you should not have.
>>>
>>> That nobody recognizes automatic updates as a wide-open back door
>>> has always amazed me.
>>>
>>> Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you.
>>
>> I know of situations where someone, maybe Amazon, has gone into peoples’
>> eReaders and deleted eBooks which they had purchased.
>
> Need details, exact details to make sense of that story.

Details are unlikely if you want to remain friends with Amazon.

>
> If they were purchased from Amazon, there's no problem.
> The book is reloaded when you try to access it.
>
> I used to have Amazon's free book deal. Download and read up to 10
> books at a time. To get the 11th, you have to return 1. When you
> cancel, all books currently in the deal get deleted when you try
> to access them.
>


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