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Google is getting paid to advertise malware sites, Comcast’s false map data, more on private TLDs, why we don’t use Btrfs, and getting notifications for your monitoring.

 

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Klara Sysadmin Series: How to catch a bitcoin miner

 

News/discussion

Until further notice, think twice before using Google to download software

Comcast gave false map data to FCC—and didn’t admit it until Ars got involved

 

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We were asked about getting notifications for your monitoring.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kolide

Kolide can help you nail third party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Learn more at kolide.com/25a

 

Tailscale

Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. Go to tailscale.com and try it for free on up to 20 devices.

 

 

 

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Microsoft and Google seem to think that chatbots are the future of search, the problem of filtering spam, and organising data with backups in mind.

 

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Klara Live Webinar, Feb 23rd: Deploying a Successful Performance Audit

 

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Bing is having bizarre emotional breakdowns and there’s a subreddit with examples

Alphabet stock price drops after Google Bard launch blunder

Microsoft classifies own emails as junk

 

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We were asked about organising data with backups in mind.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A “smart” lighting system goes wrong, mitigating a DNS attack, an unsatisfying update about Eufy cameras, why Jim and Allan won’t be active on Mastodon any time soon, and how we set up servers in a few minutes.

 

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Klara Live Webinar, Feb 23rd: Deploying a Successful Performance Audit

 

News/discussion

US school runs lights 24/7/365: The smart lights have been broken since 2021

This is why your DNS queries now have random capitalization

Anker finally comes clean about its Eufy security cameras

 

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We were asked about how we set up servers in a few minutes.

 

 

 

 

 

Tailscale

Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. Go to tailscale.com and try it for free on up to 20 devices.

 

Kolide

Kolide can help you nail third party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3Xfbsct

 

 

 

 

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Yet another reason to disable voicemail, why so many recent Macs end up as scrap, and setting up a mail server.

 

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Auditing for Storage Performance

 

News

WhatsApp accounts takeover

Perfectly Good MacBooks From 2020 Are Being Sold for Scrap Because of Activation Lock

 

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We were asked about setting up a mail server.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Why you should still use a VPN with public WiFi, who the new Xeons are aimed at, follow-up on trying to be your own bank, and separating legacy WiFi devices from modern ones.

 

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OpenZFS: Data Security vs Integrity

 

News/discussion

Why Public Wi-Fi is a Lot Safer Than You Think

Years late and 36 cores short of AMD, who are Intel’s 4th-gen Xeons even for?

 

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We were asked about separating legacy WiFi devices from modern ones.

 

 

 

 

 

Tailscale

Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. Go to tailscale.com and try it for free on up to 20 devices.

 

Kolide

Kolide can help you nail third party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3Xfbsct

 

 

 

 

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A recent outage that grounded thousands of planes, correcting ZFS misreporting, the problem of fake SSDs on Amazon, and IP schemes vs internal DNS.

 

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FreeBSD vs Linux: Package Management

 

News

FAA outage that grounded flights blamed on old tech and damaged database file

The Future of ZFS on Ubuntu Desktop is Not Looking Good

ZFSBootMenu

Why the Heck Is Amazon Selling These Fake 16 Terabyte Portable SSD Drives?

 

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We were asked about IP schemes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Two recent examples of backups not being properly tested, why the term “edge” is meaningless, we try not to laugh at the Bitcoin dev who lost all his magic beans, and directory services for mixed environments.

 

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Klara’s best articles from 2022

 

News/discussion

Eir says thousands of customer emails irretrievably deleted in error

Eir users offered free lifetime subscriptions after up to 20 years of emails deleted in error – The Irish Times

EA says it can’t recover 60% of players’ corrupted Madden franchise save files

It’s time to retire ‘edge’ from our IT vocabulary

Bitcoin Core developer loses all his BTC

 

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We were asked about directory services for mixed environments.

 

 

 

 

 

Kolide

Kolide is a fleet visibility solution for Mac, Windows, and Linux that can help you securely scale your business. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3HB8xUv

 

Tailscale

Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. Go to tailscale.com and try it for free on up to 20 devices.

up to 20 devices.

 

 

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LastPass vaults are leaked, ChatGPT is coming to Bing, live migrations, and SSD vs spinning disk power usage.

 

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Klara is looking for sysadmins with ZFS experience, join Allan’s team

 

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LastPass – Notice of Recent Security Incident

The LastPass disclosure of leaked password vaults is being torn apart by security experts

Microsoft to challenge Google by integrating ChatGPT with Bing search

 

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We were asked about live migrations, and SSD vs spinning disk power usage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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It’s the last episode of the year so we look back at a couple of 2022 trends: the explosion of AI/ML, and big social media changes. Plus a quick-fire ZFS FAQ.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Buying and renting features in Intel hardware that you’ve already bought, killer robots, a huge nuclear fusion breakthrough, and the pros and cons of parallel rsync jobs.

 

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OpenZFS: Choosing between FreeBSD and Linux

 

News/discussion

Intel On Demand Driver Ready To Activate Your Licensed CPU Features With Linux 6.2

Intel On Demand

VICTORY! San Francisco Bans Killer Robots…For Now

Nuclear fusion power research passes milestone with ‘fusion ignition’

 

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We were asked about running parallel rsync jobs

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