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What Google should do to prevent malware sites in their ads, why you might want to avoid using multiple profiles on Android devices, a speculative execution vulnerability in Apple Silicon, and the pros and cons of TP-Link Omada and Ubiquiti Unifi.

 

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Clever malvertising attack uses Punycode to look like KeePass’s official website

pixel 6 can’t access storage with multiple profiles after updating to android 14

Hackers can force iOS and macOS browsers to divulge passwords and much more

 

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We were asked about the pros and cons of TP-Link Omada and Ubiquiti Unifi.

 

 

 

 

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The nuances of copyrighting AI-generated art, getting the best speeds with Samba, and building an SSD-only NAS.

 

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Opinion: The Copyright Office is making a mistake on AI-generated art

 

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We were asked about building an SSD-only NAS.

 

 

 

 

Kolide

Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure, it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Watch the demo today to see how it works at kolide.com/25a

 

 

 

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Why enabling password autofill isn’t a great idea, Jim’s adventures in network repair, and setting up a home router/WiFi hotspot.

 

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Don’t use autofill on your password manager

 

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Adventures in network repair

 

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We were asked about hardware for a home router/Wi-Fi hotspot.

 

 

 

 

HelloFresh

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A network breach teaches us all a valuable lesson about threat models, Allan and Jim’s TV setups, and picking the right external storage solution.

 

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How Google Authenticator made one company’s network breach much, much worse

Amolith’s wiki page about passwords

 

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Allan’s TV remote control

 

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We were asked about picking the right external storage solution.

 

 

 

 

Kolide

Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure, it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Watch the demo today to see how it works at kolide.com/25a

 

 

 

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Google and Apple do a bad job of disclosing a pretty serious vulnerability, why hard drives aren’t physically bigger, and setting up a distributed backup system with a group of friends.

 

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Submit your ideas or articles – OpenSource.net

Incomplete disclosures by Apple and Google create “huge blindspot” for 0-day hunters

Google quietly corrects previously submitted disclosure for critical webp 0-day

 

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We were asked about setting up a distributed backup system with a group of friends.

 

 

 

 

Kolide

Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure, it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Watch the demo today to see how it works at kolide.com/25a

 

 

 

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The future of archive storage using lasers and ceramics, self-hosting an Internet archive, more on Windows 11 Home, and setting up storage inside VMs.

 

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Jim and Allan host Klara’s latest Webinar: OpenZFS Data Replication

 

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Cerabyte roadmaps ceramic nano-memory storage

 

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Archivy

ArchiveBox

 

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Unity causes a stink with its new pricing model, running out of disk space causes a very expensive problem, how one-off promotional domains can come back to bite you, and picking the hardware and software for a router.

 

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Unity has changed its pricing model, and game developers are pissed off

Unity rushes to clarify price increase plan, as game developers fume

unity_to_godot_converter: An experimental converter from Unity to Godot game engines

Toyota outage caused by servers running out of storage

Lidl recalls Paw Patrol snacks after website on packaging displayed porn

 

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We were asked about picking the hardware and software for a router.

 

 

 

 

 

HelloFresh

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Kolide

Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure, it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Watch the demo today to see how it works at kolide.com/25a

 

 

 

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The user experience on fresh installations of Windows and Edge is terrible and we get to the bottom of why. Unfortunately the reason isn’t exclusive to Microsoft’s offerings – it’s a pattern that we’ve seen from numerous companies, even Mozilla. Plus why it’s a bad idea to power your server on and off regularly.

 

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Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron

Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Windows 11 to get people to ditch Google

 

 

 

 

 

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Dropbox once again proves that there is no such thing as “unlimited” anything, Intel isn’t going to support WiFi 7 on Windows 10 (but it doesn’t really matter), managing ssh keys, setting up data storage for containers, and more on IPMI for Raspberry Pis.

 

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Dropbox limits ‘all the storage you need’ unlimited plan, blames abusive users

Intel doesn’t plan to support Wi-Fi 7 on Windows 10

Wi-Fi 7 is Coming: Here’s What You Need to Know

 

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Turing Pi

 

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We were asked about managing ssh keys, and setting up data storage for containers.

 

 

 

 

Kolide

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CNET’s SEO attempts once again show that nothing lasts forever, why the reports of the death of the mechanical hard drive are greatly exaggerated, and home-made IPMI on the cheap.

 

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The Internet is not forever after all: CNET deletes old articles to game Google

Coughlin: SSDs will not kill disk drives

Samsung Announces 256TB SSDs and Unveils Peta-Byte Scale PBSSDs