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Privacy in Computing


Mon 05 July 2021

Microtargetting Through App Stores

Posted by fedops in Phone   

Google Changes the Rules, and that brings with it the end of the walled gardens.

A short news item on Late Night Linux episode 126 referencing this Public Security Announcement in r/privacytoolsIO on Reddit gave me a very rude awakening. It describes Google forcing application developers to hand over their package signing keys to Google so they can sign the packages on their behalf. This change was introduced along with the change from APK …

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Wed 05 December 2018

Podcasts and Elementary OS

Posted by fedops in Media   

Time for another installment. There's a rundown of some favorite Linux listening and a neat distro I took a look at, Elementary OS.

Podcasts

I like to use my daily commute time to listen to podcasts. Here's a quick rundown of the Linux and Security ones I quite enjoy:

Podcast Subject Matter
Linux Unplugged Weekly Linux Talk Show with no script, no limits, surprise guests and tons of opinion.
TechSnap Weekly Systems, Network, and Administration …

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