Standardization was also a way of reprogramming life elsewhere in the default settings of the metropole.
By comparison, just 55% of SNS users ages 50-64 have changed the default settings.
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The default settings for pretty much anything in fact, not just things like privacy settings on browsers.
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The point being that the vast majority of computer users simply leave their machines on the default settings.
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As a result, most home networks and computer systems never progress beyond the default settings they ship with, which leaves them wideopen.
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Tests were performed used a Macintosh computer running Apple's operating system (OSX Lion) and Web browser (Safari version 5.1.3) with the default settings enabled.
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Our complaint that remains on the table regards the default settings.
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For most people just accept the default settings on anything: we know that from the ease in which people manage to hack into mobile phone voicemail systems.
Unless you've changed the default settings on your email, you are treated to a pop-up message, the sound of a bell, or a counter that signals your growing number of unread messages.
But why would you accept the default settings?
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Yes, I know there are settings to allow for things like auto-save, but why are the default settings for applications often designed to punish users who don't follow the programmers' rules or understand the interface?
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Theoretically, a knowledgeable user could do 50 or 60 percent of what some of our early versions offered, but System Mechanic lets you achieve the same results with a few clicks instead of spending hours proving to yourself that you can manually maximize the allocation of resources, or having to settle for the default settings of your operating system.
The most we ever got was about eight hours, with the default backlight settings which leave the screen off most of the time.
The sound quality from the unit was definitely decent under the default EQ settings.
They are, specifically, social reading apps, and the default privacy settings reflect that.
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While this usually works, Facebook fails to display this virtual menu button for some reason, forcing us to live with the annoying default notification settings.
Schmidt would feature prominently in the launch event, talking about Google search and YouTube being default settings on the iPhone.
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The new privacy settings default to be uber-public, and users have to be proactive about keeping their settings private.
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Though most Facebook users have been made aware of the fact that the new privacy settings default to be quite open, many have not realized that this applies to their photo albums too.
BlackICE Defender and McAfee.com Personal Firewall have the best configuration options and default settings.
Safari's default settings block the installation of cookies from websites other than the one being visited by the user.
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Additionally, the new user interface has default settings ideal for a majority of users, with expert mode control options for enthusiasts and power users.
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While Burnett faltered as a solo act, both she and Cuomo have shown that they have what it takes to thrive in ensemble settings, the default format for morning television.
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Each time privacy settings have changed, the default has been to make our photos and profile information more public.
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Those include vulnerability to denial of service attacks, which overload servers with thousands of simultaneous requests for data, as well as basic hacking tactics like guessing the password of users who fail to change default settings.
We've also added new explanations of how privacy works throughout the app in our FAQs, including our default privacy settings and how they can be adjusted.
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The good news here is that Google isn't going to be strewing your personal files all over the Internet as banner ads, as the terms of service alone might suggest, provided the files have some privacy settings, as they do by default -- viewable only to friends, for instance.
The bug allows malicious software to reset a Android to its factory default settings and permanently delete any data on it.
To get around Safari's default blocking, Google exploited a loophole in the browser's privacy settings.
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