Episode 265: Privacy Priorities

Sep 5, 2018 · 50m

Intel has disappointed the kernel community with its latest security disclosures but there’s still hope for a better future. That’s more than can be said for the state of privacy on Android, so we discuss some alternatives. Plus the latest community updates, a new timeline for the Librem 5, tempting new Chromebooks, and some top picks. Special Guests: Alan Pope and Eric Hendricks. Support LINUX Unplugged Links: Airplane Mode: A box designed to seduce you into digital disconnection LMDE 3 “Cindy” Cinnamon released! GNOME Tweaks 3.30 Purism Pushes Back The Librem 5 Progress update from the Librem 5 hardware department ZeroPhone: $50 open source smartphone Google won’t patch flaw in old versions of Android Android collecting 10 times more data than iOS, claims study $600 Chromebooks are a dangerous development for Microsoft Linux Kernel Developer Criticizes Intel's Meltdown Disclosure Linus Torvalds talks frankly about Intel security bugs | ZDNet Linux 4.19 lets you declare your trust in AMD, IBM and Intel Proven: An alternative to Twitter's verified accounts powered by Keybase rat: Compose shell commands to build interactive terminal applications tcpdump101.com: Build packet capture…

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