HG_Eliminator

HG_Eliminator

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Reply to Last Day As A Stardockian and in Internet WinCustomize Forums

When my mom passed Larry took time to chat with me and joke around, helping ease my pain, one couldn't ask for a better friend, or one with a bigger heart. Koop, It has been a long Haul down this occasionally bumpy road, and It has been an honor knowing you. I will miss the chats on IRC as well as the lively banter on the forums. You have always been an asset to the skinning community, as well as to the net community in general. Best of luck on your new endeavor and I hope it will

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Reply to Mastermind behind 9/11..................DEAD! in Community WinCustomize Forums

Whether one is religious or not, sometimes the Killing of a tyrant/terrorist/mass murderer, is a necessary evil. It is not something to celebrate, One would hope in an enlightened world people would be taught religious/racial, tolerance towards others, he was and is proof that as a world, we have still along way to go towards true peace.

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Reply to Spam Posts in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="6" id="2927212"]@ #1 and #2 - *sigh. I should have known better. here's your ride home. [/quote] yeh comin from the guy who proudly takes this for a spin.. [e digicons]:P[/e]

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Reply to DELETE THIS POST it is Obsolete Apple, Google phone tracking your location in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="31" id="2927495"]You do, HG.[/quote] From what I saw in the viedo in your link it can not be turned off without disabling the items in question " turning them Off" If i pay around $500 for a phone etc I should not have to keep the thing off to keep from being tracked if I don't want to, it should be a feature..

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Reply to DELETE THIS POST it is Obsolete Apple, Google phone tracking your location in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="31" id="2927495"]2, Because, not being criminals, they didn't think in that direction and probably were just sloppy. [/quote] Well IMO anyone who wants to get in to the data storage business... better think like criminal masterminds, the only way to defeat a crook is by thinking like a smarter one. Sitting around figuring " it only happens to the other guys" is foolish at best and does your customers a dis-service.

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Reply to DELETE THIS POST it is Obsolete Apple, Google phone tracking your location in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="29" id="2927466"]It was probably designed by honest people who didn't think of the possible criminal ramifications.[/quote] I'm not saying they didn't have a legit use for the data, data sales is legit and I'm sure their intent was not criminal, tho unless it was contractually agreed upon it could invariably fall in to that category. Tracking/storage of one's daily travels etc without their knowledge could possibly be categ

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Reply to DELETE THIS POST it is Obsolete Apple, Google phone tracking your location in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Ok sure I realize that they may need a temporary "Volatile" file with your last known coordinates to approximate your current location in the event you loose signal and or have gps disabled. But why they need to keep a detailed extended history of it for a year? Where I was on the second Tuesday of the week 4 mo's ago will hardly help determine my current location..

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Reply to DELETE THIS POST it is Obsolete Apple, Google phone tracking your location in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="25" id="2927436"] Also, why not wait until someone can actually prove that data was mined and sold? I can't understand why so many people whose thinking I truly respect are willing to buy into "Apple mined the data and sold it." without so much as a shred of non-circulstantial evidence.[/quote] Well what other use would there be for such tracking data? I mean really with damn near everyone any more trying to collect data to sell I find it

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Reply to DELETE THIS POST it is Obsolete Apple, Google phone tracking your location in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

While I agree that companies have use for data mining/storage/location tracking, I do submit it should be a users option to subscribe to being a collection agent for the said companies. Whats next? having the camera take random pic's throughout the day so they can see what products I might be using in my home? Sure that info might be helpful in marketing me ad's of what kind of soup I might like, but Is still an invasion of my privacy unless I consciously and knowingly make th

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Reply to DELETE THIS POST it is Obsolete Apple, Google phone tracking your location in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Doc, GPS is a worthy application, I use it alot, this is not a GPS application. So the only good use it could serve me is proving I was not at the location of a crime at the time it happened. Since it cant help me find grand pa, "GPS will give me exact coordinates of the phone". It can not help me find my phone as again this is not a remotely accessible Program it is a cookie, "GPS will find my phone/Ipad etc."

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Reply to DELETE THIS POST it is Obsolete Apple, Google phone tracking your location in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="12" id="2927203"]If a guy who looks like you (I know....no one could be that handsome, but just say...) does a crime and you get picked up, if your phone proves you're innocent...will you protest? [/quote] Well there are certain cases where this would be a benefit, But over all the negatives out weigh the positives, I should have the right to choose whether I am tracked like a dog and to be fully informed that I am being tracked by some co

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Reply to DELETE THIS POST it is Obsolete Apple, Google phone tracking your location in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Well I would rather do my own comparison shopping in private than have someone tracking me like a criminal with a tracing bracelet without my knowledge and sending me unwanted spam abut a sale I never asked for, and if i did search for the info it would stil be in "real time tracking with GPS." not from an "inaccessible" file which contains my travels for the last 3 mo's. They say it can not be accessed remotely it has to be either accessed by the user of the phone or when tethere

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Reply to DELETE THIS POST it is Obsolete Apple, Google phone tracking your location in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Doc ... this is just like a browser cookie/spyware/history it only stores where you have been, GPS does not require it to run.. GPS is a "real time" application that is in a perpetual state of update, transmitting back and forth to the towers on a constant basis, that data should be flushed at every update "aprox every 3-5 seconds", not stored in a file for any extended length of time. GPS does not require reading stored coordinates of where you had lunch 6 mo's ago. <p

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Reply to Toshiba Makes A Self Erasing HDD in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Bla.. if they update this as often as they update their laptop drivers.. it will stop working properly within 4 months of purchase. Still cant get my Vcard updated to the latest driver {released 2 years ago}., or the internal web cam to work anymore. Never again..

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Reply to Identity Companies? Spare Me the False Security in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

As with anything, it is a 50/50 shot whether you will get screwed. if there is a will, there is a way, if the info is wanted bad enough it will get accessed. All we can do is try to do our best to keep ahead of the game and offer as little of our Personal data up for grabs as possible. Tho a televised chopping off the fingers of those caught stealing the data, would be a good deterrent to future thieves. ;)

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Reply to I miss OS/2 in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Uvah" reply="14" id="2920650"]Talking about getting re-aquainted. They're bringing back, of all things, Commodore 64 in three or four flavors. Hefty price tag on the really good one too. $700 US.[/quote] LOL I have a working "original" Commodore 64 sitting here in the garage I'll letum have for $700, hell ill even throw in the boxes of 5 1/4 floppy's and the drives. <img src="http://web.stardock.net/images/smiles/themes/digicons/Thumbs%20Up.png"

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