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Twitter are going to charge for bad 2 factor authentication, new alarming details about the recent LastPass breach, and setting up a DNS server in the cloud.   Plugs Support us on patreon Klara: ZFS Optimization Success Stories   News An update on two-factor authentication using SMS on Twitter LastPass says employee’s home computer was hacked and corporate vault taken   Free Consulting We were asked about setting up a DNS server in the cloud.         Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/25a and get started with $100 credit.   Kolide Kolide can help you nail third party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Learn more at kolide.com/25a           See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

Google is getting paid to advertise malware sites, Comcast’s false map data, more on private TLDs, why we don’t use Btrfs, and getting notifications for your monitoring.   Plugs Support us on patreon Klara Sysadmin Series: How to catch a bitcoin miner   News/discussion Until further notice, think twice before using Google to download software Comcast gave false map data to FCC—and didn’t admit it until Ars got involved   Free Consulting We were asked about getting notifications for your monitoring.           Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/25a and get started with $100 credit.   Kolide Kolide can help you nail third party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Learn more at kolide.com/25a   Tailscale Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. Go to tailscale.com and try it for free on up to 20 devices.         See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

Microsoft and Google seem to think that chatbots are the future of search, the problem of filtering spam, and organising data with backups in mind.   Plugs Support us on patreon Klara Live Webinar, Feb 23rd: Deploying a Successful Performance Audit   News Bing is having bizarre emotional breakdowns and there’s a subreddit with examples Alphabet stock price drops after Google Bard launch blunder Microsoft classifies own emails as junk   Free Consulting We were asked about organising data with backups in mind.         Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/25a and get started with $100 credit.             See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

A “smart” lighting system goes wrong, mitigating a DNS attack, an unsatisfying update about Eufy cameras, why Jim and Allan won’t be active on Mastodon any time soon, and how we set up servers in a few minutes.   Plugs Support us on patreon Klara Live Webinar, Feb 23rd: Deploying a Successful Performance Audit   News/discussion US school runs lights 24/7/365: The smart lights have been broken since 2021 This is why your DNS queries now have random capitalization Anker finally comes clean about its Eufy security cameras   Free Consulting We were asked about how we set up servers in a few minutes.         Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/25a and get started with $100 credit.   Tailscale Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. Go to tailscale.com and try it for free on up to 20 devices.   Kolide Kolide can help you nail third party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3Xfbsct           See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

Yet another reason to disable voicemail, why so many recent Macs end up as scrap, and setting up a mail server.   Plugs Support us on patreon Auditing for Storage Performance   News WhatsApp accounts takeover Perfectly Good MacBooks From 2020 Are Being Sold for Scrap Because of Activation Lock   Free Consulting We were asked about setting up a mail server.       Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/25a and get started with $100 credit.             See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

Why you should still use a VPN with public WiFi, who the new Xeons are aimed at, follow-up on trying to be your own bank, and separating legacy WiFi devices from modern ones.   Plugs Support us on patreon OpenZFS: Data Security vs Integrity   News/discussion Why Public Wi-Fi is a Lot Safer Than You Think Years late and 36 cores short of AMD, who are Intel’s 4th-gen Xeons even for?   Free Consulting We were asked about separating legacy WiFi devices from modern ones.         Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/25a and get started with $100 credit.   Tailscale Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. Go to tailscale.com and try it for free on up to 20 devices.   Kolide Kolide can help you nail third party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3Xfbsct           See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

A recent outage that grounded thousands of planes, correcting ZFS misreporting, the problem of fake SSDs on Amazon, and IP schemes vs internal DNS.   Plugs Support us on patreon FreeBSD vs Linux: Package Management   News FAA outage that grounded flights blamed on old tech and damaged database file The Future of ZFS on Ubuntu Desktop is Not Looking Good ZFSBootMenu Why the Heck Is Amazon Selling These Fake 16 Terabyte Portable SSD Drives?   Free Consulting We were asked about IP schemes.         Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/25a and get started with $100 credit.             See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

Two recent examples of backups not being properly tested, why the term “edge” is meaningless, we try not to laugh at the Bitcoin dev who lost all his magic beans, and directory services for mixed environments.   Plugs Support us on patreon Klara’s best articles from 2022   News/discussion Eir says thousands of customer emails irretrievably deleted in error Eir users offered free lifetime subscriptions after up to 20 years of emails deleted in error – The Irish Times EA says it can’t recover 60% of players’ corrupted Madden franchise save files It’s time to retire ‘edge’ from our IT vocabulary Bitcoin Core developer loses all his BTC   Free Consulting We were asked about directory services for mixed environments.         Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/25a and get started with $100 credit.   Kolide Kolide is a fleet visibility solution for Mac, Windows, and Linux that can help you securely scale your business. Learn more here: https://l.kolide.co/3HB8xUv   Tailscale Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. Go to tailscale.com and try it for free on up to 20 devices. up to 20 devices.       See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

LastPass vaults are leaked, ChatGPT is coming to Bing, live migrations, and SSD vs spinning disk power usage.   Plugs Support us on patreon Klara is looking for sysadmins with ZFS experience, join Allan’s team   News LastPass – Notice of Recent Security Incident The LastPass disclosure of leaked password vaults is being torn apart by security experts Microsoft to challenge Google by integrating ChatGPT with Bing search   Free Consulting We were asked about live migrations, and SSD vs spinning disk power usage.         Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/25a and get started with $100 credit.             See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

It’s the last episode of the year so we look back at a couple of 2022 trends: the explosion of AI/ML, and big social media changes. Plus a quick-fire ZFS FAQ.         Linode Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and more easily. Go to linode.com/25a and get started with $100 credit.             See our contact page for ways to get in touch.