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Isn't that the same thing that .NET Core is doing now? Offering to pack your executable with an insulated runtime? 
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Nah, this is more one runtime, backward compatible (and recognized as such by the OS) with older versions of the runtime. I know I have 8 copies of it currently. I'd love to weed that down to one.
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This is has always been one of the best arguments in favor of static linking.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Now what am I going to do with all that disc space I'll get back?
Makes room for all the new icons. 
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So .net core is moving to bake your framework in the app, so there will be N unpatched copies of the framework for N apps; while MS C++ is moving to one runtime to bind them all so that if your app is dependent on something that's a bug fixed in a newer version it will suddenly stop working.
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So KeePass[^] (things like this seem so pointless because everyone keeps the master password in a notepad file but that's besides the point) says this:
Creation Time: 4/18/2019
Last Modification Time: 1/12/2018
Snazzy. It was modified before it was created! I wonder what else KeePass does wrong? Oh, but you get what you pay for, is the lesson here, maybe, as KeePass is free, open source, and "lightweight". 
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Marc Clifton wrote: KeePass is free, open source, and "lightweight".
All good things, and allows people to actually verify that there's no code in there to launch some other app or payload.
The fact that you are using a datetime of an executable to try and dismiss open source software says more about your aversion to such, then it does about its quality or value.
Please elaborate on how such an app is better if it is closed software and paid for? Because I can easily compile it and charge you $100, if you really think that such makes it better 
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So, does this mean you are switching to C'YaPass: Forget All Your Passwords | Never Memorize A Password Again <br/> Never Type A Password Again <br/> Never Make Up A Password Again[^]
And, remember, you can try it in your browser first : C'YaPass Web app: draw a pattern, type a key, gen a password. all client-side code[^]
Of, course, it is all Open Source and all code is freely available at GitHub.
GitHub - raddevus/CYaPass-Android: CYaPass app on Android platform - never memorize a password again[^]
GitHub - raddevus/CYaPassWF: Contains C# project for WinForm(WF) (Windows desktop) for CYaPass app[^]
GitHub - raddevus/CYaPass-Web: HTML5, JavaScript, Bootstrap based CYaPass solution - Never memorize a password again.[^]
GitHub - raddevus/CYaPass-iOS: Contains Swift project (XCode) for iOS version of CYaPass app.[^]
The magic is that C'YaPass never stores your password anywhere: instead, it generates it every time.
Of course, you can read all about it here at CP too:
Users Hate Passwords (We're All Users): Never Memorize a Password Again[^]
Sorry, about the gratuitous marketing push, but, uh, well, errr...everything is marketing anyways.
And you practically asked for this.
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raddevus wrote: And you practically asked for this.
Karma is a b1tch 
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If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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You do know the Creation Date timestamp has nothing to do with the original creation date, right? And you're just funnin' with us?
I'm assuming that creation time and last mod time are based on the file timestamps, of course.
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This was made possible by the Web’s biggest snoop of all: Google. Seen from the inside, its Chrome browser looks a lot like surveillance software. If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and tastes like duck..
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uBlock.[^]
"Block Ads, Pop Ups, and Trackers."
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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WaPo also wrote: Look in the upper right corner of your Chrome browser. See a picture or a name in the circle? If so, you’re logged in to the browser, and Google might be tapping into your Web activity to target ads. Don’t recall signing in? I didn’t, either. Chrome recently started doing that automatically when you use Gmail.
Does uBlock prevent that too?
Given the choice between crippled spyware and a more decent browser, which do you prefer on your system?
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"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I switched to FireFox 1 or 2 years ago. With FireFox you still get a nice account (if you want it) that will track the sites you visited etc (nice if you work on multiple machines and if you want it).
However, they do not sell your data at all and all that data is private to you.
I also switched to using DuckDuckGo.com 100% of the time.
I was very accustomed to using Google Chrome (used it for at least 5 years continuously) but the switch was very easy. I highly recommend it. Mozilla is open source and a company which I believe honestly works for its users.
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Then don't use an android phone... you still have less (almost none) control about it.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Nelek wrote: Then don't use an android phone... you still have less (almost none) control about it.
I prefer to not own a phone at all, but without one I can't access some government-sites. So, there's one here that is used specifically for that. A prepaid sim paid with cash, and it does not leave the house.
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this is news? Next, someone will discover that google is cyphering through your gmail. Oh wait, that's been done....
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charlieg wrote: this is news?
On the 21th it was, at least to the general public. There cannot be anything "new" in the WaPo for this audience ofc 
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Gates is still kicking himself for taking his eyes off the ball and allowing Google to develop Android, the “standard non-Apple phone form platform,” as he describes it. If only they had a phone OS for years before Android came out!
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And it's not like Microsoft completely ignored CE for six years (after having complete dominance of the hand held scanner market.)
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They had Windows Mobile - Wikipedia, remember HTC.. its just that they could not keep up with the times...and Bill Gates could not have done anything at msft that would have given it the lead...basically since they didn't want to get into Java and they had this .NET thing coming along.
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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In 2001/2002 we built an internal app via Compact .NET Framework which ran on PocketPC devices which allowed users to obtain signatures for delivered packages. Then when they returned to the mail room they put the device in the cradle and it snyced all data back to SQL Server. It worked really well and building code in .NET (compact) was really nice. Yes, there were limitations and challenges but it worked quite qell.
Way back in 01/02 and we were building mobile apps. Many years before Apple. But, alas, first to market (or even best product) does not always win.
When MS lost on the mobile app front may have been when they lost completely. Not sure why they gave up so easily, except that someone didn't understand that it was the future / no leadership into mobile development.
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