RattleyCooper

>The disappointment is real when you tell the ransomware guy, "We're not paying. We just restored from backup."

Worked at a trucking company as a software dev and this exact thing happened. Got hit with ransomware attack but our IT team had daily backups of EVERYTHING. This was when ransomware was first "taking off" and they weren't even 100% sure if the attack was real.

I wish I got to see the ransomware's operator's reaction, but I honestly feel like they probably had enough people falling for it so I doubt they really got that upset.

That's what I said, sodium chloride... sodium chloride... that's what I said...

Oh, I don't care if they do and never said they shouldn't, I just think someone should make a FOS version.

How dare someone want to use something free and open source, that's developed by a vast community of individuals instead of relying on 1 individual (who might disappear at a moment's notice) for every single update and bug fix. Tstst.

See, I can be snarky too

Only a stupid, lazy and possibly insane person would believe that everyone is stupid, lazy, and possibly insane.

>No one reading those stories had any business thinking these allegations were proven. I doubt many did.

Were you living under a rock? People were frothing at the mouths BEGGING for it to be true.

Nope

They author of the library is trying to sell commercial licenses. People should get together, recreate this and slap an MIT license on it.

>2. This policy only can be set on managed machines.

What about kids in school? So only the poor kids who don't have access to their own hardware will be subject to these rules that prevent them from viewing source? Sounds pretty insane.

What's truly absurd is the apparent lack of critical thought that went into this decision.

Keep patting yourself on the back though, Eric. You're obviously totally 100% right on this one /s

An attempt to hide public opinion regarding certain topics/people.

Because google wants to control public perception, and the entire public conversation about EVERYTHING

It's REALLY easy to check what the browser is doing and multiple people have. There was an article floating around claiming it phones home but many people very quickly pointed out that the author was mistaken, at best (they thought some CSS or something completely normal being loaded in the background was brave "phoning home").

> it can be a real sneaky logical fallacy!

So is the argument from fallacy... If you want to argue against science then you should bring your own evidence because claiming that someone agreeing that their observations match 3rd party scientific observations is a fallacy is beyond silly.

Sweet idea but that blinding pure white control room is a bit much.

I mean I'm not basing anything on personal anecdotes, I'm simply stating that my personal observation supports what a scientific study says. When there is evidence to back up an anecdote it ceases to be an anecdote.

And it's not like I'm making decisions based on my coworker's family members getting covid lol. This is a much more complex issue, and that really kind of reduces the entire thing to the point of absurdity.