Episode 419: Ask Noah Show 419

This week Chinese hackers penetrated 8 US cell phone providers. They used the backdoor the US Government asked them to put in to perform the atack. With Chinese hackers potentially still in US networks, the FBI is advising the public to adopt encryption - the same technology the FBI has long demonized. -- During The Show -- 00:51 VoxelLibre Ansible Playbook Kids wanted Luanti (https://www.luanti.org/) Server and VoxelLibre (https://github.com/VoxeLibre/VoxeLibre) Minetest changed and broke automation Flatpak and Snap Obtaining Snap version Steve's Solution Potential for problems 13:52 Steam Lan Transfer Speed - Charlie No experience with LAN transfer speed limit Look inside of Steam Check for router/switch/bad cable Check for a system bottle necks 17:21 Internet Phone System - Jon Steve's IP phone system attempt Altispeed got out of doing phones Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) FreePBX (https://www.freepbx.org/) Unix Surplus (https://unixsurplus.com/) Grandstream GRP2612W (https://www.amazon.com/Grandstream-GRP2612W-Carrier-Grade-Phone-WiFi/dp/B07X1V3CCN) YeaLink or Fanvil Check Ebay for sip phones Cisco SPA Series Cisco 7975 proceed with caution programmed with TFTP Ploycom VVX series asks for lots of information fill all fields, except password, with the the extension 32:32 News Wire Thunderbird Turns 20 - thunderbird.net (https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/12/celebrating-20-years-of-thunderbird/) GNU Shepherd 1.0.0 - gnu.org (https://www.gnu.org/software/shepherd/news/2024/12/the-shepherd-1.0.0-released/) QT Creator 15 - qt.io (https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-15-released) OBS Studio 31 - obsproject.com (https://obsproject.com/osx_update/notes_stable.html) Gnome 47.2 - discourse.gnome.org (https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-47-2-released/25506) Nvidia 565.77 Driver - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-565.77-Linux-Driver) Linux 6.11 & 4.19 EOL - kernel.org (https://www.kernel.org) Linux 6.12 LTS - slashdot.org (https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/12/09/0125219/linux-kernel-612-confirmed-as-lts-will-be-supported-for-multiple-years#:~:text=Linux%20kernel%206.12%20joins%20the,the%20end%20of%20December%202026) EasyOS 6.5 - distrowatch.com (https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12304) Austrumi 5.0 - zicos.com (https://en.zicos.com/download/i31956738-12-05-AUSTRUMI-500.html) Nitrus 3.8 - nxos.org (https://nxos.org/changelog/release-announcement-nitrux-3-8-0/) Alpine Linux 3.21 - aplinelinux.org (https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.21.0-released.html) openSUSE Leap Micro 6.1 - opensuse.org (https://news.opensuse.org/2024/12/06/leap-micro-released/) FOSDEM - opensource.org (https://opensource.org/events/fosdem-2025) Linux Foundation Summit - opensource.org (https://opensource.org/events/the-linux-foundation-member-summit) TUM ReAM250 - 3dprintingindustry.com (https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/build-your-own-metal-3d-printer-with-the-new-open-source-ream250-project-234965/) OLMo 2 - infoq.com (https://www.infoq.com/news/2024/12/olmo-2-ai2/) Concerns About Chinese AI - techcrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/03/huggingface-ceo-has-concerns-about-chinese-open-source-ai-models/) Llama 3.3 - venturebeat.com (https://venturebeat.com/ai/meta-launches-open-source-llama-3-3-shrinking-powerful-bigger-model-into-smaller-size/) 34:00 FBI Advises Adopting E2EE 8 US Telcoms hacked Salt Typhoon Meta data and sms accessed FBI has said for years encryption is bad Law enforcement has found ways around encryption Salt Typhoon used the government back doors Over history many people back track Level of embarrassment Steve's thoughts on the effects Pragmatic approach to mobile Encrypted communication Network effect and framing the conversation Do you have a favorite E2EE platform? If you come across proof Salt Typhoon is China write in! PCMag (https://www.pcmag.com/news/fbi-urges-americans-to-use-encryption-after-complaining-about-it-for-years) -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard (http://podcast.asknoahshow.com/419) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix (https://element.linuxdelta.com/#/room/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard (http://www.asknoahshow.com) Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! 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