Root Access

DragonLord

12:28 AM

@CanadianLuke I can certainly vouch for Linode. If you want my affiliate link, just ask me (I'm not going to spam).

DragonLord

1:36 AM

> The shell stopped unexpectedly and explorer.exe was restarted.

Explorer just restarted on its own and this is what the event logs say.

Michael Frank

2:59 AM

-1

Q: Tech Challenge: Audio over HDMI on XP

For anyone that thinks they are technically smart enough to make AUDIO functional over HDMI on WinXP, see the CHALLENGE at http://www.minieriassociates.com/HDMI/HDMI_Audio_XP_issue.pdf

Probably spam.

Journeyman Geek

3:22 AM

Naw. Just clueless. Amusingly the contents of the PDF would be a decent question.

Michael Frank

Seemed like a good way to get people to open your infected pdf file...

Bob

4:04 AM

hm. marked as shipped but no tracking number like some others got. hopefully it arrives next week (@allquixotic)

XKCD

4:55 AM

I just came from The Martian, and I just have to say: Forget BB-8; I want a pet Sojourner! It's always been the cutest of our Mars rovers.

Clear question with examples

6:31 AM

Am I right about reviews being off topic on all of SE? superuser.com/questions/980923/filebasin-cloud-backup

Journeyman Geek

6:46 AM

Opinion based I guess

and no, that dosen't fit well, unless someone decides to start a site for it.

Wally

7:34 AM

does a power supply's fan turn on if you connect it to power without connecting it to Motherboard or anything else?

Mine isn't turning on

Journeyman Geek

nope

Bob

...gtfo oracle

Journeyman Geek

You need to short the black and green cable and preferably add a load

Bob

I want to download an old JDK so of course I need an oracle account

!!no

ChatBot John Cavil

Bob

7:37 AM

No....no....no.....no...

►

Wally

8:06 AM

Thank god! I thought my SMPS wasn't working

Journeyman Geek

lol

It might still be broken, only less so

Wally

It's brand new Corasir VS650

Journeyman Geek

ahh

Yeah PSUs generally don't power up without the sense cable being at ground

Wally

OK.

My only problem is that I'm unable to find a 700watt UPS

Journeyman Geek

Unreliable local power?

Wally

8:15 AM

Yeah

DavidPostill

9:13 AM

@Bob Which JDK are you after? You can download old versions from oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/archive-139210.html

Bob

@DavidPostill You'd think so, but it eventually ends up on a page requesting login.

I just grabbed a random account off bugmenot

because the whole thing is entirely stupid

DavidPostill

Oh. I didn't think you needed a login for old versions. How stupid.

Bob

Yep.

Journeyman Geek

10:53 AM

Oracle is just evil

4

;p

Journeyman Geek

11:35 AM

I have no idea what this does but

engadget.com/2015/10/01/moog-mother-32-synthesizer

this is a pretty piece of hardware

Oliver Salzburg

@JourneymanGeek Makes noises

DavidPostill

11:50 AM

Also sometimes known as music (that sounds like 1970's electronica)

DragonLord

12:15 PM

Is this a bad audit? superuser.com/review/late-answers/444245

The comment on the (now deleted) answer suggested that the user was trying to ask a new question, but this wasn't the case.

(Oddly enough, I got the same audit twice.)

Journeyman Geek

I'm not sure the comment is valid there

DavidPostill

It looks like a good audit to me. The comment is wrong but the answer is complete rubbish. "right-clicking the folder on your hard drive, choosing properties and selecting the location tab" - there is no properties location tab (unless Windows 10 added one...). Even if there was it would be unlikely to solve the problem ...

@DragonLord You should have pressed "skip" ;)

Bob

@DavidPostill Hm. That's not a good thing to generalise.

Thing is, the properties dialog is extensible.

e.g. I have Acronis adding a tab.

I wouldn't be surprised if the Xbox app did something similar.

I would hesitate to call out an answer as wrong, unless I know it's wrong.

At most I might ask if they're sure.

As it turns out, there is a location tab, even on standard Win7.

And it's actually added specifically for those special folders.

So the only "problem" with that answer is that it largely duplicates another existing one (which the review doesn't show). Poor audit.

In fact, it actually provides some more info on how to achieve what the other answer advises. So it's not an exact duplicate and not entirely terrible.

I'd say this is partially a poor audit and partially because the answer probably should not have been deleted in the first place. At least not straight off the bat - e.g. if the author was advised to improve the answer further (screenshots? etc.).

Journeyman Geek

12:34 PM

Lol. A good chunk of my current reviews are skips.

Bob

In an ideal world, everyone would edit the existing answer when the new one is somewhat similar. In the real world, rep and name provides incentive to answer, and I'd personally prefer a better answer over nothing at all.

@Sathya ^ above

DragonLord

@Bob One of my biggest pet peeves with audits is that they hide information needed to properly assess the post. While I understand the underlying idea (posts should be judged on content and content alone), the user's own history (reputation is spoofed or hidden in an audit) and the presence of other answers (the number of other answers is listed as zero in an audit) are relevant context that should not be hidden in an audit.

For example, a spam answer from a 1-reputation or deleted answer is pretty obviously spam. However, the same content from an established user requires more careful handling and should not be blindly flagged.

Looks like it was added in this feature request:

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Q: Do not display the posting time/user card in review; it makes audits easily detectable

When getting audited in the review queues, it's often extremely obvious. If the date that a question or answer was posted is more than 20-25 minutes ago it's not going to be a new First Post or Late Answer. This enables the wily user to be extra careful when reviewing these posts and pass audits...

feature-request status-completed review review-audits

I'm not sure if this is a good idea. This strips the post of its context, which can make it difficult to accurately assess the post without having to click through to view the actual post (dramatically slowing down the review workflow). In some cases, this can actually make audits more readily apparent. It actually makes the job a bit harder for us legitimate reviewers. — DragonLord the Fiery 2 mins ago

They'd have to click on every question and open it in a new tab, which would be unbelievably tedious: This is not a great idea. This disrupts the review workflow for legitimate reviewers. The interface is designed to provide most of the information necessary to review the post with a reasonable level of certainty. The link is only there if further assessment is necessary; expecting users to do this with every post is inconsistent with the design of the review system. — DragonLord the Fiery 29 secs ago

DavidPostill

12:51 PM

@bob Fair enough, but it's still a very poor answer.

DragonLord

the reputation of the poster shouldn't really be a factor in the outcome of a review: I'm not sure if I'd agree with this. Reviewing posts accurately requires context beyond the content of the post. The user's reputation and the presence of other answers are relevant context. For example, a post containing a link to a spam site by a new or deleted user likely needs to be flagged. However, a similar post from an established user requires more care as the user is less likely to be acting in bad faith. In such cases, It may be better to leave a comment or edit the post rather than to flag it. — DragonLord the Fiery 8 secs ago

#Oracle probably will never implement check constraints in #MySQL because it would cannibalize #OracleDatabase http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=3464

Tweeted by fierydragonlord on December 7, 2013 at 12:26 AM

allquixotic

1:11 PM

web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-1335

^ alternate universe Malicious Puppy (@JourneymanGeek) goes "hey allquixotic, can you restart my container for me? ;p" and then gets host access

Journeyman Geek

;p

But if I was truely a bad dog, I'd already have a container without you knowing it ;p

allquixotic

@MichaelFrank I have it installed on my system, but I haven't played it much. I went through the tutorials or whatever.

@JourneymanGeek O_O

Journeyman Geek

;p

smc

1:33 PM

afternoon

Journeyman Geek

lo

DragonLord

-1

A: Various ways by which my computer could get infected by Virus

bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbyyyy

smc

JMan?

Journeyman Geek

1:48 PM

There is no troll. ONLY ZUUL.

smc

did you get your employment sorted? Not stressing any more?

Hugo Cornel

What is root access?

no hate pls

smc

access with root priveleges

root is also referred to as superuser or system administrator

Hugo Cornel

On what sort of machines? computers?

smc

hm...

Hugo Cornel

2:03 PM

or servers

smc

I guess I should ask you that question

what exactly are you asking about?

Journeyman Geek

The name or the room?

Hugo Cornel

what you guys are talking about in this chat I just randomly clicked

Journeyman Geek

Most main site channels have names that are a play on the site name

so its root access cause its the main superuser channel

Hugo Cornel

k

smc

2:04 PM

ah, silly me

)))

sorry for misunderstanding

Journeyman Geek

@smc: eh, took a vacation for a bit to dogsit

Hugo Cornel

Thanks for the info, Im gonna continue with my C++ project byee

Journeyman Geek

Looks like the SE application didn't get picked up. Going to start seriously applying for stuff next week

smc

@JourneymanGeek : a good solution probably. we all need some res

*rest

huh

my situation is not very pleasant either

5 days till the end of the contract

still no offer

Journeyman Geek

I have a reasonable amount of money in the bank, and no real expenses for now

smc

2:06 PM

did you apply for SE job in UK?

Journeyman Geek

Yeah

Its no longer listed and I didn't hear from them so ...

smc

must have picked someone else

well. One always has to be realistic when it comes to job hunting

Journeyman Geek

That is a very distinct possibility, yes

smc

its like the surface of the lake. Separates the fish from the fisherman. And both have very limited means of interaction

Journeyman Geek

I have a few other solid leads, and I haven't hit the government job bank and serious job searches yet so...

smc

2:08 PM

would you be looking from something in Singapore?

Journeyman Geek

Well, unless I know someone in the other company it makes sense

I'd be fine with moving out tho

smc

I am looking for any possible way to escape UK

but it seems like I am stuck here

Journeyman Geek

lol

smc

))

and I don't even like that country

Journeyman Geek

Moving out of singapore has a few advantages for me.

and well, its always been a longer term goal

smc

2:10 PM

ever worked abroad?

Journeyman Geek

not yet

2 jobs so far, really, 5 years at my dad's company, 8 months at the last one

I did study abroad a bit but I had to come back due to personal issues (that are mostly taken care of)

smc

hell, I never worked at home

Journeyman Geek

lol

smc

left when I was 18 and never came back to settle

Journeyman Geek

working at home is a very bad idea

smc

2:13 PM

home country I meant

Journeyman Geek

ahh

smc

now I am trying to escape UK, but I seem to be well stuck here

where's home?

Lithuania

lol

2:13 PM

but 8 years abroad is a long time

Journeyman Geek

Always wanted to see there ;p

smc

))

rly?"

Journeyman Geek

lol

smc

Lithuania is a small country on the other side of the globe

Journeyman Geek

I lived through the cold war.

smc

2:14 PM

why would you wanna see it?

Journeyman Geek

and it was like "these little countries told the USSR to fuck off"

;p

smc

they did actually

not much to be proud of tho

Journeyman Geek

(well arguably, I was a wee pup during the cold war, and Its probably got an outsized effect on my conciousness ) ;p

lol

If you ask me where's home, I'd say the neighbourhood I live in.

And its probably going to be gone in 20 years or so

smc

when LTU told USSR to f. off, I was celebrating my 1st birthday so can't remember much

why would it be gone?

Journeyman Geek

XD

Well, the big port area in front of us is becoming prime land.

smc

2:16 PM

ah

Journeyman Geek

and my neighbourhood is... oddly not dense

smc

never been to Singapore. Always wanted to get a job there for a year or two.

it seems to be a popular dream here in UK

Journeyman Geek

Its a bit of a mutt neighbourhood. Its standard 70s public housing blocks, but built by the port

@smc: It sometimes is a good place to be an expat

definately if you work here ;p

smc

a lot of youngsters like myself here in UK dream to get a contract with the giant corporation and to be sent to Singapore for a year

... while keeping UK salary

Journeyman Geek

lol

Singapore is pricy in some ways

so... that UK salary would be a good idea

TBH, if I'm dreaming about perfect jobs, I'm more thinking of company culture than location.

Old job was interesting but kinda stodgy where it counted.

smc

2:19 PM

hm...

Journeyman Geek

and as a whole, the VFX industry has a few messed up things about it.

smc

such as ...

?

Journeyman Geek

well, artists work crazy hours, especially during crunch time

and where work goes is hugely dependant on subsidies

smc

ah

Journeyman Geek

and... a lot of industry specific software is insanely complicated.

smc

2:21 PM

Had over a dozen jobs in my life. Never truly liked a single one. Some are worse than the others. But even the best jobs I had were not particularly enjoyable. I guess I just don't like to work in general

Journeyman Geek

lol

I've never hated a job

I try to see the bright side, least till I need to look for the next one.

smc

I've never hated one either. I just mildly don't like working )))

Journeyman Geek

I don't mind working. Staying at home is a wee bit depressing.

Even if I've caught up on... er... lots of TV shows

smc

I usually see the bright side once a month. And its worth working to see that day ))

I barely ever stay at home

when I am not working, I am either hiking, cycling or boxing

Journeyman Geek

I need to get out more, but I find I spend a lot of time helping my parents.

(which leads to... getting a job elsewhere ;p)

smc

2:24 PM

do they need your help?

or do you help just cause you're there?

Journeyman Geek

They got used to it

smc

yeah. That's familiar

Journeyman Geek

But I think they'll survive grocery shopping without me.

smc

hell, its 15.25 in Uk

Friday

and I am still at work

time to pack it up

gonna go to the gym )))

Journeyman Geek

o0

smc

2:26 PM

I am usually out of office by 12.30 on Fridays

...

ok. see ya later

allquixotic

4:20 PM

damnit! I took the case off my iPhone last night to clean the phone and case, then forgot to put it back on and got busy and left the case in my desk... then dropped the phone when taking it out of my cargo pocket on the way into the office this morning, with an umbrella in one hand, and coffee and lunch box in my arms >_<

I scratched the corner of the aluminum case, but thank god, none of the functional parts are damaged... everything is 100% working... it's a cosmetically damaged but fully functional phone

contemplating whether to blow one of my two accidental damage protection claims on it via AppleCare+

or just to save both of them until I damage something functional about it

resale value would be higher without the damage, should probably get it done

Bob

4:42 PM

@allquixotic Save it till said protection is about to expire?

You're lucky it didn't smash the screen.

...and rather unlucky with everything else that happened

allquixotic

@Bob yeah. it fell from about pocket-height onto asphalt, hit hard on the top-right corner (more toward the back of the phone than the front), left a deep scratch there, bounced, then landed on its back a few centimeters from a shallow puddle in the parking lot from the rain that would've been deep enough to submerge some of the ports.

it got "wet" but only from impact on the wet surface and a few raindrops on the screen; it didn't get submerged in the puddle thankfully

not wet enough to damage it

grabbed it almost immediately when it landed

Bob

@allquixotic Speaking of which, even though the G4 isn't rated water-resistant someone tested with it under shallow water, and it survived a 2hr immersion o.o

allquixotic

nice

Bob

That's with water entering the cover.

Clean water, though. Dirty water would probably be bad.

Moto X Style is rated IP52.

allquixotic

I have heard that the screen of an iPhone (even latest model) is pretty damn easy to break/damage, but the aluminum chassis is basically as strong as a case, except for the fact that you could get unlucky enough without a case that it lands on the camera protruding from the back, which could break the camera

and it's much cheaper to replace a damaged case than a damaged phone

Bob

4:50 PM

@allquixotic Still a corner-camera, right?

allquixotic

@Bob yeah

the scrapes are on the same corner as the camera, so I was kinda worried, but I think the camera is ok

it's tinting everything yellow in the background whenever I have one of my PC screens in the picture (mostly white light), but I took a picture of my keyboard and it looks fine

Bob

@allquixotic At least iPhones have good resale value :P

Pondering selling my S4 later... ~$200

Paid ~$500 1.5 yrs ago.

allquixotic

not sure if the yellow tint is due to camera damage or just a bug in the camera

Bob

@allquixotic Sounds normal.

Computer screens are usually calibrated a bit on the blue side.

Auto white balance tries to make that look white.

Everything else will look less blue (i.e. yellowish)

allquixotic

ahh, thanks for that

tereško

6:15 PM

reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/3n4g45/a_horror_story

xCare

6:25 PM

Hello

knock knock, anybody home? somebody open a light please if they're awake ;)

xCare

6:39 PM

I'm new here, if anyone here knows stuff about data recovery/mbr/boot issues, could use a little help with this:

1

Q: Recovering files when Windows 7 MBR has been corrupted

System Stats: Type: 64-Bit Desktop; OS: Windows 7 Premium; HD: Seagate Barracuda 750GB, S.M.A.R.T. Enabled. History: There is the complex situation I'm dealing with, I'll do my best to break it down: I've been up against some nasty guys in the gaming field and a few days ago, security soft...

windows-7 hard-drive boot mbr partition-recovery

Ben Richards

@DragonLord Nope, Windows 7. This was my work computer. Happens on occasion in Windows in general though.

Clear question with examples

I need extra space to write to someone. Can I do a temporary answer?

Ben Richards

@Clearquestionwithexamples You can set up a private chat with them I think. I've not initiated this myself, though.

Clear question with examples

Yea. I need a bunch of code formatting though

Ben Richards

Chat + pastebin :)

Why can't it be a regular answer?

Mokubai

6:53 PM

@Clearquestionwithexamples stackedit.io ?

Clear question with examples

Yea pastebin I guess. Thank you

Oh stackedit ok

Ben Richards

@Mokubai Oh that's neat, never saw this before.

Mokubai

@BenRichards It's a bit like Rule #34, but applies to tech stuff as well. If you can think of something useful on the internet then chances are someone's done it already.

!!xkcd rule 34

ChatBot John Cavil

Okay, Lance. For entry into the college bowl, spell 'Throbbing'

Ben Richards

I know of Rule 34. :P

Mokubai

6:58 PM

I love the scroll wheel on this mouse. Logitech are, IMHO, the best at making mice.

Ben Richards

Oh hey, dragging on Windows 7 is broken again! Restarting explorer.exe...

DragonLord

7:16 PM

Another batch of juicy flags!

xCare

7:37 PM

Hi again, still there Ben?

Ben Richards

And the dragging broke again... started looking around because it's ridiculous that it would keep doing that. Someone mentioned a stuck Esc key. I have TightVNC open and it sometimes confuses Windows where it doesn't detect a KEYUP event... tapped Esc key, can drag again.

So weird!

@xCare Me? What's up?

xCare

@Ben, yes, you have experience in Windows boot issues?

how does one reply to messages?

Ben Richards

@xCare A little bit, but haven't really had to mess with it too recently.

You hover mouse over the message, click the down arrow, and then click reply.

xCare

thanks. Do you know anyone here expert with Data recovery/MBR/Boot issues? I am tackling a rather complex issue:

1

Q: Recovering files when Windows 7 MBR has been corrupted

System Stats: Type: 64-Bit Desktop; OS: Windows 7 Premium; HD: Seagate Barracuda 750GB, S.M.A.R.T. Enabled. History: There is the complex situation I'm dealing with, I'll do my best to break it down: I've been up against some nasty guys in the gaming field and a few days ago, security soft...

windows-7 hard-drive boot mbr partition-recovery

Ben Richards

@xCare If it's just your MBR that's corrupted, then you should be able to restore it without losing data. Though I hope you have backups, just in case! I'm sure someone on here knows though.

I'm at work though and can't really spend the time to troubleshoot your issue.

Sorry. Though last time I had MBR issues, the Windows installation disk does have recovery tools to rebuild it and presuming things aren't too screwed up, it shouldn't affect your files.

xCare

7:42 PM

yes, I am thinking so, but don't want to make any false moves. That's fine, I can wait. Can you suggest a better time perhaps when you or someone here might be available?

Hennes

/me pewers at the review queue. Down 2000 items to 4444

Ben Richards

I don't know about others. Since this is a community, people kind of have their own schedules. I might be able to take a look later tonight after I'm done at work.

For now, I upvoted the question. :)

I would be surprised if you didn't have any decent help before then, though.

DragonLord

@Hennes I've done my part.

xCare

okay thanks, around how many hours from now approx?

Ben Richards

For me, 3-4.

xCare

7:49 PM

alright I'll stay in or if it disconnects me, drop by again then. Btw, if anyone else who knows about this stuff drops by and chances on my issue, feel free to get in touch.

DragonLord

Nov 23 '14 at 5:03, by Journeyman Geek

@DragonLord 1205 to catching up with me ;p

10 flags to go.

xCare

Are you a admin DragonLord?

DragonLord

No, not a mod.

Moderators are denoted by a ♦ after the username and have usernames listed in blue in chat.

xCare

I see, I'm new myself, getting acquainted with the place still.

Ben Richards

Welcome!

Bob

7:55 PM

@xCare Ok, time for a quick overview of SE moderation! :D

At the top, we have "The Team". That's StackExchange/StackOverflow employees. They're technically in charge.

It's usually the "Community Managers" who interact with the users, but that's not a rule.

DragonLord

As you gain reputation points, you unlock increasingly advanced tools to help moderate this site. The most advanced users (including me and @Bob) have access to fairly powerful toolsets that can be used to quickly identify and weed out bad content.

Bob

Below them, there's the site-specific "Diamond Moderators" or "Elected Moderators".

DragonLord

However, certain actions are reserved for true community moderators.

Bob

Those are voted in on a site-by-site basis during periodic elections.

And then you have the normal user, who has certain moderation privileges based on reputation.

DragonLord

The Stack Exchange engine is designed to offload as much moderation work as possible to the community, leaving only exceptional conditions to moderators.

Ben Richards

7:58 PM

@Bob I read that as "Damned moderators" XD

DragonLord

Flags are used to bring these conditions to moderator attention.

Bob

@DragonLord More than that, for the most part the community makes the decisions

The meta sites like Meta Super User are where rules are defined; they're usually voted in.

xCare

Thank you @Ben! Glad to be here.

Bob

Diamond Moderators have some leeway in how rules are enforced, but for the most part they don't make the rules; the community as a whole does.

That said, The Team can hand down arbitrary rules, since they basically own the place.

xCare

Ok, thank you Bob, DragonLo, appreciate the basic introduction.

Bob

8:00 PM

Chat is a bit different. If you're a Diamond Moderator on any site, you're a mod on all chat rooms and you'll have a blue name. If you're a room owner, your name is in italics and you have limited permissions on just that room. Reputation points mean little on chat.

And... yea, that's about it.

DragonLord

@xCare are you on a limited-width screen? Usernames can get truncated on a smaller screen in chat.

Bob

Biggest difference from a traditional forum is the users have a lot more power.

xCare

@DragonLo, I am on a widescreen atm so I can see names fine, but good to know.

Ben Richards

8:14 PM

@xCare When it shows the username above as you're typing it, just hit tab and it'll autocomplete it for you.

When you mention someone in chat, it'll give them a notification in their inbox.

xCare

@BenRichards got it, ty for the tip!

Ben Richards

No prob!

Canadian Luke

8:30 PM

Exactly! I get blue everywhere in chat :P

Clear question with examples

Bob

Zombie Kid Likes Turtles

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DragonLord

10:04 PM

Haven't posted an answer in a while.

0

A: In Prime 95, why do small FFTs generate the most heat, despite CPU at 100% for all options

Vectorized code, especially AVX, naturally increases CPU heat output because more of the processor must be used at a time to quickly produce a result. Small FFTs demand less memory than the blend mode, so the processor spends more time processing data and less time waiting for data. The x86-64 ...

xCare

10:25 PM

@DragonLord That's an informative answer, I gave it an upvote.

Don't know if I should have, I answered a thread that's been around for a while, but seemed no one had answered directly. Hopefully that's alright.

0

A: What is the correct way to plug DNS leaks when running OpenVPN?

So far, the best automatic way I've found for uncovering if there's a DNS leak is by going to: https://www.dnsleaktest.com/ To fix a DNS leak, simply download and install their free DNS Fix tool to the VPN's folder. The tool as well as instructions how to manually fix a leak correctly can be ...

DragonLord

Vector code basically performs operations on multiple data items at a time. It's only natural that this results in more of the silicon working at once, producing much more heat than is normal especially in the absence of memory stalls.

@xCare +1, but can read a bit spammy. Summarizing the linked content is a good idea here; we want answers to stand alone as much as possible.

xCare

@DragonLord yes, I could tell it was tacky perhaps, hence my reluctance.. others might view it as an advert, but it's the best answer I know that answers what those people in there seem to be asking. I'll work on it a bit more.

allquixotic

11:09 PM

ASDF Skit: Trains vs Turtles

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xCare

updated it.

1

A: What is the correct way to plug DNS leaks when running OpenVPN?

A VPN is great for encrypting data, however 2 of its other main functions is assuming another IP address and changing nationality to access location-restricted content. It functions because the VPN allows you to select an alternate exit server, where it pretends you're actually located by routing...

allquixotic