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Do you hate your computer sometimes? Us too. Vent here.

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Log Off Successful!?!

Why is it so common for websites to tell you that you have "logged off successfully?"  Does anyone log off unsuccessfully?  How would that even occur? 

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"The iPhone has been keeping caches of user location data for quite some time now. iOS 4 made it a little easier to get to, but law enforcement has been using data like this since around 2009 to build evidence against criminals using the iPhone," Zdziarski told Ars. "Similar data has been cached in different files prior to iOS 4. [The cache revealed today] is a bit more aggressive and centralized, making it easier to access by normal folks."

How Apple tracks your location without consent, and why it matters

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Google Chrome's Autofill

Google Chrome's Autofill "feature" is often more trouble than it's worth.  It remembers every form and tries to guess to fill in new ones based on that rather than input you predetermine.  This leads to weird choices when the field names don't line up.  Also, if your cursor hovers over the auto-dropdown it goes crazy.