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Every company wants all data, and often the government requires it. Then scammers steal it to target you. #datacollection #scams #google Full Stream: https://odysee.com/@switchedtolinux:0/Our-Data-Their-Scams-Weekly-News-Roundup All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/our-data-their-scams ----------- Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Merch: https://...

Ubuntu is dedicating more staff to the immutable Core distro. #ubuntu #immutable #Linux ----------- Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Merch: https://shop.switchedtolinux.com 🛒 Amazon: http://tlm.li/amazon 💰 Support: https://switchedtolinux.com/support 🛒 Affiliates: https://switchedtolinux.com/support/affiliates 💰 https://patreon.com/tomm 💰 https://sub...

We look at another place Windows put service connections, and we talk about what this means. #windows #ads #linux ----------- Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Merch: https://shop.switchedtolinux.com 🛒 Amazon: http://tlm.li/amazon 💰 Support: https://switchedtolinux.com/support 🛒 Affiliates: https://switchedtolinux.com/support/affiliates 💰 https://patre...

Firefox is calling people back, but the browser is not as private as many alternatives, while they are announcing privacy. Firefox needs to do better. #firefox #privacy #webbrowsers ----------- Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Merch: https://shop.switchedtolinux.com 🛒 Amazon: http://tlm.li/amazon 💰 Support: https://switchedtolinux.com/support 🛒 Affilia...

Essora OS is a distro using devuan as a base and Xlibre, and this edition uses Sonic DE. #essora #sonicde #xlibre https://www.essora.org/ ----------- Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Merch: https://shop.switchedtolinux.com 🛒 Amazon: http://tlm.li/amazon 💰 Support: https://switchedtolinux.com/support 🛒 Affiliates: https://switchedtolinux.com/support/aff...

A new report and PoC proves that passkeys are not the silver bullet we have been told they are. We look at this issue and other stories related to privacy, security, and business. #passkeys #meta #plex All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/your-tech-phones-home ----------- Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Merch: https://shop.switchedtolinux.com...

Police now have access to a service that can identify your house from inside pictures and Google is linking all your accounts to your phone number on Android. Also, Meta wants to scrape all your data if you use their products. How else do you feel your data is being used abusively. #raven #google #meta All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/your-tech-phones-home ----------- Support Switche...

Technology is increasingly phoning home and passing up data. An AI robot collects our data and stores it in China on servers that are not secure. We also struggle with televisions collecting information for advertising and streaming services looking to monetizing our entertainment. #plex #eiliko #smarttv All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/your-tech-phones-home ----------- Support Switc...

Microsoft silently removed more ways to setup a computer with a local account, but why are they doing it? #microsoft #localaccount #ageverification ----------- Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Merch: https://shop.switchedtolinux.com 🛒 Amazon: http://tlm.li/amazon 💰 Support: https://switchedtolinux.com/support 🛒 Affiliates: https://switchedtolinux.com/s...

Today we look at the Chinese version of Ubuntu to see what the custom DE looks like. #ubuntu #kylin #linux ----------- Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Merch: https://shop.switchedtolinux.com 🛒 Amazon: http://tlm.li/amazon 💰 Support: https://switchedtolinux.com/support 🛒 Affiliates: https://switchedtolinux.com/support/affiliates 💰 https://patreon.com/...

Today we talk about a collaboration of open source software with an aim to compete with Google and Microsoft software. #opendesk #nextcloud #microsoft ----------- Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Merch: https://shop.switchedtolinux.com 🛒 Amazon: http://tlm.li/amazon 💰 Support: https://switchedtolinux.com/support 🛒 Affiliates: https://switchedtolinux.co...

Hackers breached internet connected freezers to spoil food and the company blames freezers without security updates. We look at this and other privacy, security, and business tech stories. #IoT #plannedobsolescence #flock Full Stream: https://youtube.com/live/FHQgC4767Ko?feature=share All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/out-of-control-data-collection ----------- Support Switched to Linu...

One AI CEO suggests we will all soon have our own AI assistant at home, but AI is constantly used for scamming, and agents are highly susceptible. #aiagents #aiscams #selfreplicatingai Full Stream: https://youtube.com/live/FHQgC4767Ko?feature=share All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/out-of-control-data-collection ----------- Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux...

data collection is getting out of hand with McDonalds collecting over 500 pages of data on customers and Amazon profiling making some creepy assertions. Also, Meta Muse wants access to everything and some people are OK with this. #datacollection #mcdonalds #amazon Full Stream: https://youtube.com/live/FHQgC4767Ko?feature=share All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/out-of-control-data-coll...

Linux Mint released the new codename and announced a new feature in the upcoming anticipated release. #linuxmint #linux #cinnamon https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5086 ----------- Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Merch: https://shop.switchedtolinux.com 🛒 Amazon: http://tlm.li/amazon 💰 Support: https://switchedtolinux.com/support 🛒 Affiliates: https://swit...

We look at Photocraft, which is competent, but still lacking. #photocraft #photoshop #gimp https://getartcraft.com/apps/photocraft ----------- Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Merch: https://shop.switchedtolinux.com 🛒 Amazon: http://tlm.li/amazon 💰 Support: https://switchedtolinux.com/support 🛒 Affiliates: https://switchedtolinux.com/support/affiliates...

We look at the new fork of Plasma which aims to keep Xorg in Plasma and remove encroaching SystemD dependence. Here we show how to install SonicDE on Arch Linux. #sonicde #plasma #archlinux https://sonicde.org/ ----------- Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Merch: https://shop.switchedtolinux.com 🛒 Amazon: http://tlm.li/amazon 💰 Support: https://switchedt...

LibreOffice is still committed to no AI in the software. Chick-fil-a also commits the same for ordering. We look at these articles and other stories related to privacy, security, and business technology. #libreoffice #ai #memory Full Stream: https://youtube.com/live/0Afbia6R67Y?feature=share All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/they-made-a-federal-case-of-it ----------- Support Switched...

A federal judge calls ALPR cameras an illegal search network as laws are being introduced to regulate or ban the cameras. We look at the current legal framework around ALPR camera networks #alpr #flock #surveillance Full Stream: https://youtube.com/live/0Afbia6R67Y?feature=share All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/they-made-a-federal-case-of-it ----------- Support Switched to Linux! 👥...

I talk about how passkeys confused the non-techy owner of a company. We had to fight for access to a system because someone unknown passkeys got registered. #passkeys #security #mfa ----------- Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Merch: https://shop.switchedtolinux.com 🛒 Amazon: http://tlm.li/amazon 💰 Support: https://switchedtolinux.com/support 🛒 Affilia...

I had issues with connecting an OpenVPN connection on Linux Mint, and others reported the same. There is a simple fix. #linuxmint #openvpn #linux ----------- Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com 👕 Merch: https://shop.switchedtolinux.com 🛒 Amazon: http://tlm.li/amazon 💰 Support: https://switchedtolinux.com/support 🛒 Affiliates: https://switchedtolinux.com/sup...

A firmware update prevents Raspberry Pis from memory upgrades or swaps, like those which could repair a broken board. We look at this and other articles relating to privacy, security, business, and technology. #raspberrypi #metamuse #passkey Full Stream: https://youtube.com/live/nmJrQg8kfzo?feature=share https://rumble.com/v7fxm5s-tracking-flocks-of-people-weekly-news-roundup.html All Articles: ht...

People are defending AI by saying it can't possibly hurt us, but plenty of evidence shows that AI can indeed harm society in general and even specific people. #ai #scams #hacking Full Stream: https://youtube.com/live/nmJrQg8kfzo?feature=share https://rumble.com/v7fxm5s-tracking-flocks-of-people-weekly-news-roundup.html All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/tracking-flocks-of-people -...

People are defending AI by saying it can't possibly hurt us, but plenty of evidence shows that AI can indeed harm society in general and even specific people. #ai #scams #hacking Full Stream: https://youtube.com/live/nmJrQg8kfzo?feature=share All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/tracking-flocks-of-people ----------- Support Switched to Linux! 👥 locals: https://switchedtolinux.local...

Flock cameras were hacked and the data shows that these cameras are photographing people as well as cars. What are the greater dangers in systems like flock? #flock #alpr #surveillance Full Stream: https://youtube.com/live/nmJrQg8kfzo?feature=share https://rumble.com/v7fxm5s-tracking-flocks-of-people-weekly-news-roundup.html All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/news/tracking-flocks-of-people...