Kyle
We believe that some bad trojan? or whatever it is has been taken on by our entire houseful of regular pc's and laptops. It's Windows XP and 7. One of them got so irritated when I discovered it, that locked up all ways to access the internet, and froze up all programs. Then another pc gave me my first locked up blue screen, which I've never had since using XP, for 10+years. On two computers, I got them to work, after lots of trial and error, but they're definetly not the same.
So, it sounds funny, but in this world, I guess anything is possible, is a Apple Mac safe from either government, military, or browser spying (such as Yahoo, via employees)?
I guess it's not called Yahoo, "browser"., but just called "Yahoo".
Answer
Yours is a 2 part Q:
1) Privacy
2) Security
Both are hard to attain and equally hard to maintain.
1) Since all devices that interconnect using the Internet use the same 'mechanisms' (TCP/IP); and browsers come with liberal settings (to give users "that rich Internet experience"), it's been determined by very smart people other than yourself what you should be seeing and doing over those mechanisms; and they have figured out ways to monitor where you go and what you do when you get there, plus influence your future behavior.
Unless you modify your browser(s) automatic behavior, they will always have this influence over you.**
2) Your computer symptoms indicate an infection by one of the 'rogue' malware items that plague Windows users, but Apple has been lately getting the same garbage.
Giving us a name of the malware that's shut you out would allow more specific removal instructions.
I use Linux and never get this crap, but I've seen thousands of PC users here on Yahoo in the same boat as you.
** Does the Government monitor what everyone is doing?
You decide:
Jul 30, 2012 https://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/260035/defcon_20_roundup_lessons_in_security.html
"A former NSA official...William Binney...[accused] NSA Director...Alexander [of] playing a âword gameâ and that the NSA was...collecting e-mails, Twitter writings, internet searches and other data...and indexing [them].
He said the NSA began building its data collection system...prior to 9/11, and then used the terrorist attacks...as the excuse to launch the data collection project. ... Binney was contradicting statements made...by Alexander, who told the crowd...that his agency âabsolutelyâ does not maintain files on Americans.
But ACLU staff attorney Alex Abdo...noted that a gaping loophole in the law...allows the agency to do dragnet surveillance...and hold onto that data.
New Justice Department Documents Show Huge Increase in Warrant-less Electronic Surveillance http://www.pogowasright.org/?p=30619
Yours is a 2 part Q:
1) Privacy
2) Security
Both are hard to attain and equally hard to maintain.
1) Since all devices that interconnect using the Internet use the same 'mechanisms' (TCP/IP); and browsers come with liberal settings (to give users "that rich Internet experience"), it's been determined by very smart people other than yourself what you should be seeing and doing over those mechanisms; and they have figured out ways to monitor where you go and what you do when you get there, plus influence your future behavior.
Unless you modify your browser(s) automatic behavior, they will always have this influence over you.**
2) Your computer symptoms indicate an infection by one of the 'rogue' malware items that plague Windows users, but Apple has been lately getting the same garbage.
Giving us a name of the malware that's shut you out would allow more specific removal instructions.
I use Linux and never get this crap, but I've seen thousands of PC users here on Yahoo in the same boat as you.
** Does the Government monitor what everyone is doing?
You decide:
Jul 30, 2012 https://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/260035/defcon_20_roundup_lessons_in_security.html
"A former NSA official...William Binney...[accused] NSA Director...Alexander [of] playing a âword gameâ and that the NSA was...collecting e-mails, Twitter writings, internet searches and other data...and indexing [them].
He said the NSA began building its data collection system...prior to 9/11, and then used the terrorist attacks...as the excuse to launch the data collection project. ... Binney was contradicting statements made...by Alexander, who told the crowd...that his agency âabsolutelyâ does not maintain files on Americans.
But ACLU staff attorney Alex Abdo...noted that a gaping loophole in the law...allows the agency to do dragnet surveillance...and hold onto that data.
New Justice Department Documents Show Huge Increase in Warrant-less Electronic Surveillance http://www.pogowasright.org/?p=30619
GOOGLE IS TAKING OVER EVERYTHING ZOMG? D;?
It's ruining my life D: first it takes over picnik now youtube =3= what's next facebook? Seriously Dafuq is going on?
Why is google taking over everything. I go and create a youtube account My REAL name shows up as the channel ANDD it links up every video i upload with everything related to my email. WTF!
ive had it with google D:
whyz it doing this DX ?
Answer
IMHO;
2 things come to mind: greed of the Google juggernaut, and a hidden agenda of the 'Powers that be'.
The first is obvious, I mean, who doesn't want to junk out that BMW and get a new Bentley?
The latter is more subtle, but you can get a hint from the latest DefCon article I saw recently: https://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/260035/defcon_20_roundup_lessons_in_security.html
"A former NSA official...William Binney...[accused] NSA Director...Alexander [of] playing a âword gameâ and that the NSA was...collecting e-mails, Twitter writings, internet searches and other data...and indexing [them].
He said the NSA began building its data collection system...prior to 9/11, and then used the terrorist attacks...as the excuse to launch the data collection project.
Binney was contradicting statements made...by Alexander, who told the crowd...that his agency âabsolutelyâ does not maintain files on Americans.
...
But ACLU staff attorney Alex Abdo...noted that a gaping loophole in the law...allows the agency to do dragnet surveillance...and hold onto that data."
The game plan goes down like this: monitor> influence> control...all done over years of effort and subtle maneuvering with the eternal pacification mantra "it's for your own good". And the sheep remain contained in the fold, and content.
IMHO;
2 things come to mind: greed of the Google juggernaut, and a hidden agenda of the 'Powers that be'.
The first is obvious, I mean, who doesn't want to junk out that BMW and get a new Bentley?
The latter is more subtle, but you can get a hint from the latest DefCon article I saw recently: https://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/260035/defcon_20_roundup_lessons_in_security.html
"A former NSA official...William Binney...[accused] NSA Director...Alexander [of] playing a âword gameâ and that the NSA was...collecting e-mails, Twitter writings, internet searches and other data...and indexing [them].
He said the NSA began building its data collection system...prior to 9/11, and then used the terrorist attacks...as the excuse to launch the data collection project.
Binney was contradicting statements made...by Alexander, who told the crowd...that his agency âabsolutelyâ does not maintain files on Americans.
...
But ACLU staff attorney Alex Abdo...noted that a gaping loophole in the law...allows the agency to do dragnet surveillance...and hold onto that data."
The game plan goes down like this: monitor> influence> control...all done over years of effort and subtle maneuvering with the eternal pacification mantra "it's for your own good". And the sheep remain contained in the fold, and content.
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