@Boris_yo Because programmatically the APIs windows presents makes it an ideal location for a large variety of things. Also because it may be that Google is using clickonce or other MS products which have a tendency to do this; also - because that's largely what the AppData folder was created for
AppData is a common storage location for anything that's either simply necessary data, or applications in the event they are treated like versionable data and use auto-updating mechanisms because the APIs make this an ideal location for such as well as it being rational as at that point the binaries are being treated as data; auto-selfupdate is almost like homoiconicity
@CanadianLuke Yeah, that's what I meant about the APIs, there's easy ways to reach AppData without having to know the direct folder location (it might be on L:) as well as the APIs make user segregation/permissions/roaming and these things transparent to you
which are the reasons MS' own installation technology ClickOnce installs shit there
@Boris_yo I said using an API means you don't directly access the folder, you just use Machine.AppData and wherever it's located is where your shit goes.
@Boris_yo Using an API minimizes your responsibility for securing the folder so you don't have to worry about bugs in your own violating security, at that point it's up to the API provider to ensure security and so it's a debate for a programmer: Do I think I will make a greater level of security in my own folder controls than the OS provides for it's API constructed folder locations? You have to assume the OS maintains sane permissions and segmentation across those folders.
As an application developer it's not your responsibility to verify or ensure the security of the Operating Systems facilities
@Luke For secure transfer it can use ssh to encrypt data during the transfer. To ensure ssh is used, use "-e ssh" option. From the man page: "For remote transfers, a modern rsync uses ssh for its communications, but it may have been configured to use a different remote shell by default, such as rsh or remsh."
Colorado: Failure of all accent tests; we have none. Never identifiable to any area because we could be from anywhere as we lack any identifiable traits in our speech patterns.
Until now I have disabled Bi-Directional Printing and it seems to solve it however I used that option for a long time and all was fine. What could have happened it no longer worked normally?
@allquixotic Hah I love the "What do you call that large cat that lives in american mountains?" - From denver we know exactly what that is all to well so the whole state is one totally uniform and ridiculously strong shade of agreement, they're Mountain Lions
@allquixotic It placed me in California. You can never pick Colorado by accent or language :)
I know many people that use "reinstalling OS" to term the process from start to finish with getting to fully usable again like it was before reinstalling
@ErraticFox do you download music illegally? pirate games? look at porn? at any point, the government could decide that they don't like what you're doing in one of these areas, or that you've crossed some threshold beyond which it is worth it to go after you, and because they are silently watching, you'll never know when you might cross that threshold... even just sharing your opinions on politics online can get you in hot water.
@ErraticFox no, "pirating" is not a law -- piracy, which is a poor analogy used by the MPAA and RIAA that compares pirates (who steal ships and cargo at sea) to people who send or receive unauthorized copies of copyrighted material, is against the law.
The breaking of law is actually a major way of how sociological changes come about. Look at the recent shifts in drug laws across the world and in the US
That simply would not have happened if it had been possible to effectively enforce drug law
@ErraticFox the fallacy with "it's illegal yet millions do it" is that, first of all, they are actively developing programs, automated programs and "fast paths" through the legal system, to charge and receive sentencing for thousands of people per day for these small violations, effectively turning it into a profit center. the law isn't going to just remain slow and traditional forever, arresting 1 person per month or whatever for downloading music.
people always say "it'll never happen to me" -- as if you're someone special or you're invincible or some shit -- until they serve you a notice to appear in court
@ErraticFox no; you are being a typical naive teenager, thinking that you are invincible and that you can break all the rules and get away with it because it's the cool, trendy thing to do that all the popular kids do. you think that you aren't important enough or visible enough to be noticed and targeted as a dissident. you really have no idea how the world actually works.
and no, I do not believe 9/11 was an inside job; there's no evidence to support that. there is very strong evidence to support that breaking the law has consequences. it may not be today or next year, but it'll happen. you'll get what's coming to you if you have broken the law.
especially if you do it so flagrantly right in front of their noses as if they don't notice. hah. the FBI has honeypots within the bittorrent networks, likely seeding you the very files that they'll use to convict you.
And they are doing things right now. The NSA is actively collecting information on people's search history and sexual preferences for the explicit purpose of discrediting them and shaming them in front of the public eye
@ErraticFox You say that as if it would be on the front page of CNN Headline News if it did happen. The corporate media is effectively a fourth branch of the government. They're on the same team. There would be absolutely no incentive for them to wave a dangerous case like that in front of the public to incite discontent, unless they can find a way to turn a person's history (or fabricated history) against them, like they did with Snowden.
@ErraticFox So non-American Muslims are automatically not innocent? It's automatically okay to violate their privacy because of their religion or their country of citizenship? What if, tomorrow, a white American male caused a massive catastrophe in the name of terrorism? Would they then have a justifiable basis for violating the privacy of all white American males, too?
@DarthAndroid I had voting and writing letters in mind. But look at these "l33t h4ck3z", yes there are a lot of fake people out there that pretend to be hackers and blah. But the people who are sick of their complete BS take down their government website. Of course this isn't the ideally approach, but at least they're taking action.
I mean look at Microsoft's approach. "Let's harvest our customers data." What happened? Skype's twitter account getting hacked with the following tweet "Stop using Outlook and Hotmail, they harvest your data." was posted around 2,000 times. Taking action. That's what you have to do.
