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How do you convince people to stop using unethical technology like generative AI?
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Why you might not want your Windows encryption keys to be backed up to Microsoft, some Bluetooth devices are vulnerable to snooping and tracking, a lesson in the need for backups, and the best practices and stack for setting up a mail server.
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Klara’s Expert Perspective on OpenZFS in 2026 and What to Expect Next
Modern VDI on Proxmox: ZFS Reliability and GPU Acceleration at Lower Cost
News/discussion
Microsoft Gave FBI Keys To Unlock Encrypted Data, Exposing Major Privacy Flaw
How to encrypt your PC’s disk without giving the keys to Microsoft
WhisperPair: Hijacking Bluetooth Accessories Using Google Fast Pair
When two years of academic work vanished with a single click
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We were asked about the best practices and stack for setting up a mail server.
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Wikipedia is 25 years old and has found a good way to deal with the AI scraping problem, the Python Software Foundation funds the security work they had planned, curl’s bug bounty program is ending, Raspberry Pi has new underwhelming hardware, and European AWS hasn’t won Félim over. Plus a reminder about the upcoming OggCamp event, and a call for participation.
News
Wikipedia celebrates 25 years of knowledge at its best (and does deals with more AI companies)
Wikipedia volunteers spent years cataloging AI tells. Now there’s a plugin to avoid them
Anthropic invests $1.5 million in the Python Software Foundation and open source security
The end of the curl bug-bounty
Introducing the Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2: Generative AI on Raspberry Pi 5
Raspberry Pi Flash Drive available now from $30: a high-quality essential accessory
AWS flips switch on Euro cloud as customers fret about digital sovereignty
OggCamp 2026
OggCamp crew lead Andy Piper tells us about the upcoming unconference.
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Software complexity is a complex topic, so we dig into it.
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Shane is worried about backups for his janky Kubernetes homelab. The rest of us advise him on exactly what to back up, how to go about picking an offsite backup location and setting it up, how best to back up databases, and more.
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The last method to activate Windows without the Internet has gone away, malware that tricks users with a fake blue screen of death, and recovering from bad RAM with ZFS.
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Understanding ZFS Scrubs and Data Integrity
News/discussion
Windows activation by phone is seemingly dead
How Fake BSODs and Trusted Build Tools Are Used to Construct a Malware Infection
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We were asked about recovering from bad RAM with ZFS.
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We cover your feedback including follow-up on old tablets as clocks, Firefox alternatives, and moving off Gmail. Plus building synths in Rust, FOSS isometric diagrams, a powerful network analysis tool for Android, and some cool ambient music in discoveries.
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We follow up on episode 104 from September last year when we promised to tackle some Linux projects including moving to Immich and Jellyfin, learning about Docker Compose and Python, and ditching Synology.
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Cisco network gear fell over when it shouldn’t have, yet another security flaw is found in Microsoft Copilot, the US military is letting Grok into all its networks, and managing LVM snapshots.
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Unwrapping ZFS: Gifts from the Open Source Community
A New Year, A New ZFS: What 2.4 Brings to the Table
News
Cisco routers knocked out due to Cloudflare DNS change
Reprompt: The Single-Click Microsoft Copilot Attack that Silently Steals Your Personal Data
Musk’s AI tool Grok will be integrated into Pentagon networks, Hegseth says
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We were asked about managing LVM snapshots.
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The normal things we’ve never done. With Andy and Kevin from Linux Dev Time.
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