Episode 223: Arrested over Encryption

A federal grand jury today returned an indictment against the Chief Executive Officer and an associate of the Canada-based firm Sky Global on charges that they knowingly and intentionally participated in a criminal enterprise that facilitated the transnational importation and distribution of narcotics through the sale and service of encrypted communications devices. System 76 has a new professional desktop, the Linux Foundation has a new open source signing tool that could make secure software supply chains universal. -- During The Show -- 00:30 LumoSQL - Dan Youtube Link 1 (https://youtu.be/CMJ0OMYtIGk) Youtube Link 2 (Https://LumoSQL.org/src/lumosql) Youtube Link 3 (https://youtu.be/uyyqtPA5sS4) 02:00 Listener Responds to SSH Questions - Roger man ssh_config Cyberciti Article (https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/create-ssh-config-file-on-linux-unix/) 03:00 Off Site Backup suggestion? - Alex Rsync Snapshots Bluray Archive Disks (https://www.amazon.com/Archival-Verbatim-M-Disc-Inkjet-Printable/dp/B01B99WWXI/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=bluray+disc+archival&qid=1615939316&sr=8-3) ZFS/BTRFS Send/Receive Tarsnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/) Cryptomator (https://cryptomator.org/) 13:00 Pick of the Week Plasma Leakguard (https://gitlab.com/es20490446e/plasma-leakguard) Auto-restarts KDE Plasma if it is taking an abnormal amount of memory 16:00 Gadget of the Week Opensource.com Article (https://opensource.com/article/21/3/router-raspberry-pi) Raspberry PI router + Modem Requirements Raspberry Pi Power Cable Computer (Preferably running Linux) MicroSD Card (16GB or larger) Ethernet cable LTE Modem SIM Card Default IP 192.168.1.1 modemmanager to configure modems 20:55 Sigstore Software signing through block chain From the Linux Foundation Functional but considered to be beta software Tech Republic Article (https://www.techrepublic.com/article/a-new-linux-foundation-open-source-signing-tool-could-make-secure-software-supply-chains-universal/) 27:00 System76 Thelio Mira System76 Blog Post (https://blog.system76.com/post/645377652119797760/things-we-love-about-the-new-thelio-mira#) Hand crafted in the USA 4th Gen AMD Ryzen CPUs PCIe 4.0 NVMe storage Up to 128GB RAM Unique Cooling system 31:40 India Planning Cypto Currency ban ArsTechnica Article (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/03/report-indian-government-is-planning-outright-ban-on-cryptocurrency/) India is planning to introduce legislation banning crypto currency Legislation would give crypto currency owners six months to liquidate 35:00 KDE Elisa Grows Up Article Link (https://pointieststick.com/2021/03/12/this-week-in-kde-elisa-grows-up/) Music Player Now supports AAC files Pinephone experience is better than Zebra devices in use today 41:50 Sky Global ArsTechnica Article (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/03/sale-of-encrypted-phones-to-drug-traffickers-violated-rico-us-alleges/) US uses RICO warrants to charge SkyGlobal Executives US alleges SkyGlobal knowingly sold devices with strong encryption to drug dealers 47:00 Google Incognito Mode Lawsuit Bloomberg Article (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-13/google-must-face-suit-over-snooping-on-incognito-browsing) ArsTechnica Article (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/03/judge-rules-5-billion-google-chrome-incognito-mode-lawsuit-can-go-forward/) 5 Billion Dollar Lawsuit 52:15 Fedora Workstation 34 Gnome Blog Post (https://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2021/03/15/what-to-look-for-fedora-workstation-34/) NVidia driver catches up with wayland Headless Display support (Thank You Jonas Ådahl) Full Pipewire support Red Hat is getting into the automotive space, Watch for related job posts 54:00 Call to Action SELF will be virtual this year! 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