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Development of a non-intrusive quantum Internet

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Researchers from the Dutch company QuTech published a detailed road map on quantitative Internet development that would destroy data if a breakthrough attempt was made.

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YSK about TinyWall, a free, lightweight and non-intrusive firewall for Windows

YSK about TinyWall, a free, lightweight and non-intrusive firewall for Windows

TinyWall is the firewall i've been using for several years now. After messing around with apps like Comodo Firewall, ZoneAlarm and their continuous (and annoying) pop-ups, this software gave me the solution i've been wanting.

It takes advantage of the (not that easy to use and setup) built-in firewall found in the latest versions of Windows. Instead of annoying you with multiple notifications every time an application needs to access the internet, TinyWall takes the no-pop-up approach.

As the official website explains:

The problem

Most firewalls are based on the same interaction principles. Basically, whenever an application is trying to access the Internet, display a pop-up asking the user what to do. This is not only annoying for the user, but also less than secure. On an average computer, a lot of applications are trying to access the internet. Displaying a popup for each app makes it very probable that unneeded applications will gain access to the network, as it increases the likelyhood of the user granting unnecessary rights to many applications. This phenomenon could be characterized as "security fatigue", and at its extreme, the user does not verify any more what he gives internet access, but just blindly allows all programs that ask for it.

The solution

TinyWall takes a different approach. It does not display popups that "urge users to allow". In fact, it will not notify you of any blocked action at all. Instead of showing popups, TinyWall makes it easy to whitelist or unblock applications by different means. For example, you can just initiate whitelisting by a hotkey, then click on a window that you want to allow. Or, you can select an application from the list of running processes. Of course, the traditional way of selecting an executable also works. This approach avoids popups, but still keeps the firewall very easy to use. Most importantly, with the no-popup approach, the user will only notice that a program has been denied internet access when he can't use it any more. Consequently, users will only unblock applications that they actually need and none more, which is optimal from a security standpoint.

You can get it here.

The download is compatible with all Windows versions from Vista to Windows 10. Prerequisite for Vista: Microsoft .Net Framework