“I think people should be upset about this,” Mysk said. “This isn’t Google. people opt for iPhone because they think these kinds of things aren’t going to happen. Apple doesn’t have the right to keep an eye on you.”

https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-privacy-dsid-analytics-personal-data-test-1849807619

The suit additionally alleges Apple is able to track user activity across its various apps because the data analytics it collects share user ID numbers. It also cites a situation where a user's private information is shared, claiming the Apple Stocks app, for example, "shares a user's private information relating to a user's investment activities or preferences. It shares with Apple which stock the user is following or viewing. Apple even collects time-stamps on when the user is viewing certain stocks and engaging with the Stocks app." The complaint continues: "In addition, Apple collects the news articles that users see within their mobile device."

https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/10/apple_wiretap_lawsuit/

Independent journalists have exposed the reality of a partnership between “big tech” companies and government censorship.

We must demand an end to it.

@Jeffrey_Peterson | @jptchat | jeff.pro

Another essential concept a sysadmin must know

https://linuxhandbook.com/watch-logs-real-time/

We must say NO! to Digital ID’s.

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Me:
Question...
If Microsoft 11 embeds their AI in Windows, I expect that the AI could easily be programmed to snoop around my home or office network. That's a reasonable assumption isn't it? I figured they are already doing this, but with AI they can do it easier.

JP’s Technology Chat:
yes it’s a valid assumption, and the embedding is already taking place.

Me:
So, if you have Windows you already have a virus in your network. The Windows virus. A firewall can't stop it and anti-virus software won't stop it.

JP’s Technology Chat:
This has been the message of the Jeff.pro channel since day one, for the past two years.
Those who heard the message are already in a better place, themselves and their families.
Those who have not, are, literally every day, being set up for even more problems in the near future.

Me:
It's not as hard as people think. I did the switch gradually.
Started with setting up an inexpensive desktop with linux and an old pixel phone with linux.
Used those for basic things at first such as a browser (Brave) and email (Thunderbird).
Over time I slowly moved over everything else.
Now I use Libre Office instead of Microsoft Office,
A Synology DS220+ for my cloud server instead of dropbox, youtube music, and other "cloud" services
My own email on my own domain for my own website hosted on my own VPS that I manage instead of gmail
And a bunch of other things

A little at a time.

The biggest hurdle I am finding for people is the first one... just getting started. Once you get started you can progress a little at a time. But you can't progress until you start.

II really like the 2012- 2017 vintage Dell’s …… easy to install Linux on them…(to-date I’ve had none of the video or wifi problems …. knock on wood) 1. open them up and blow the dust out. 2. while you have them open upgrade the Ram Memory and the drive to SSD …. (then I like to take my “hilldawg-smashing-hammer to the old drive) this really impresses the friends who I get he old laptops from when I hand it back to them after they watch me work it over …... 3. load up Linux …… engage UFW, show them how to “sudo apt update and sudo apt upgrade” take them on a little tour and insight into the software 4. turn them loose …… when they ask how much, I tell them …. replace the cost of Ram n SSD ….. for my next convert

What's cool about most new Linux distros is you don't even need to "sudo apt" anything! updating the various applications you use on the device is as easy as clicking a few buttons now. This is the game changer that has brought so many new users into the fold I believe and what will help bring millions more over.

We are facing a vicious environment in our country like never before. Our freedoms are under attack everywhere we turn.

Are you going to let Bill Gates and his friends at Microsoft vacuum up all of your pictures, files and personal information from your computers and spy on all of your conversations for another year?

Or are you going to finally say “no more” to big tech abuses and learn a better way to do your computing? Linux is Digital Freedom!

Start your Linux journey in our forums: https://forums.jeff.pro

Happy Birthday to the Linux Operating System!

The Linux kernel has reached the age of 32!

It was initially introduced by Linus Torvalds three decades ago. Just imagine a world without Linux. We would find ourselves confined within the closed-source Apple/Microsoft binaries, lacking the Free and Open Source, completely transparent alternative Operating Systen that Linux provides for our computers.

Our digital world would be considerably less private, free, and secure, without Linux.

If you’re one of the several hundred learners in the Linux for Beginners class run by this channel, your invitations for tomorrow’s Weekend Linux Workshop are being sent out to your e-mail now!

This week, for those of you who have already discovered Linux, you've already found a better way to do your computing completely away from 'big tech' and you've seen why it is so important. Now that you're onboard, what if there was an even better way to use Linux? We show you how!

Then, learn firsthand why if we value the principles of our American constitution, we must say “no more" to relentless monitoring and surveillance done by our own computers made to work against us by Windows 11.

In a complicated world, learn how easy it can be to take back complete control of your computers and achieve Digital Freedom, with Linux, a complete replacement for the "big tech" Microsoft Windows on your computers!

See you online tomorrow @ 5:00pm Eastern!

As time goes on and technology keeps getting more invasive, you’re going to be so glad you put in the time and effort to switch your computers to Linux!

Stay connected on your terms, not theirs.

Bryant 4000C disk drive (1965), quite large. 52” tall, weighed 3,500 pounds.

Stored 200 megabytes, a ton of storage for that time.

Thanks to Ken Shirif for the image.

and 80’s kids, and 70’s… 🤣

“portable computer”, mid 1990’s. 😂

WATCH: Censorship of the internet.

The Media Minister states ‘bodies’ will decide what you will and will not know. Judging ‘misinformation’ as it suits them.

“You can’t answer a simple question, when you are literally regulating truth itself”

PRAYER

Loving Father, our hearts overflow with gratitude for Your faithfulness. As we look back in our lives, we see how You carried, protected and sustained us each step of the way.

We pray as this new week dawns, lift our weary souls from cares that weigh heavy. Fill our hearts instead with Your comfort. Guide our eyes up to Your face of hope eternal, away from crowds and troubles around us. Breathe courage within us fresh to walk on unwavering, seeing with Your sight and serving as You call us to serve. Awaken in us again the trust that you'll lead us through, as each day and each step of our lives brings us nearer to Your kingdom.

Forgive us our sins, O Lord, when we have strayed from Your perfect will. Wash us clean in the redeeming blood of Christ, and make us whole.

As Your children made new in Christ, who by grace has made a way for us, we lift our prayer to You in the power and assurance of His name. In Him alone is our hope; by Him alone we are saved. Hear us now as we rejoice in our Savior, praying confidently in the precious name of Jesus.

Amen.

Learn a little about how to take back control of your technology, one day at a time, by making this channel a part of your daily reading list here on Telegram.

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Oh, look. Who’s this, and what exactly is he saying?

Thanks to Dr David Cartland for this video. Not sure where he got it but seems pretty accurate.

Learning to break away from the emerging government/'big tech' technocracy is one of the most important, healthy things you can do for yourself, now and for your digital future. Linux is Digital Freedom!

As Jeff.pro nears its second anniversary on Telegram, watch this channel for details about what’s next.

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