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Governments around the world are trying to undermine end-to-end encryption. Are they going to get away with forcing in backdoors, and what does it mean for open source? Plus what we stubbornly refuse to use our computers and phones for.

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

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

Kolide

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We are all on board with the right to be forgotten but it can cause some tricky problems for open source projects – particularly small ones. Plus why we won’t stop going on about why we take such a dim view of crypto.

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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

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• Martin is creating a magical shell history with Atuin
• Alan is using Axiom to visualise a “data takeout” of a Mini EV
• Mark is going maximum Google with a previously owned Pixel 6a purchased via Mozillion, then de-googling with Simple Mobile Tools.

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The bits of Linux and open source software that we regret putting off trying, and what made us wait. From the security and complexity of containers to the hype of ZFS and WSL. Plus why we still haven’t embraced Nix.

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Why fully remote work is on the wane as Zoom drags employees back to the office and Bluejeans is shut down, the Sandisk SSDs that keep failing, and how and why you should use ECC RAM in your home server if you can.

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