The following tutorial is how you can setup an encrypted hard drive to work with Nextcloudpi. Please note that there are a few steps you will have to perform every time your pi goes down because the drive will require decrypting. Basic understanding of the command line will be required for this so if you don’t have these skills locate…
Tag: privacy
Stop Fighting Apple-Just Force this Disclosure on buyers!
I’m super bored reading these kind of stories. I’ve been free from such software and hardware for many years so at this point it’s just boring. However, I do have a solution instead of trying to sue them for monopolizing or overcharging: just force a really simple, plain language disclosure document before the sale of any Apple Inc device. Here…
How to Eat a Digital Elephant One Bite at a Time
I can’t believe I didn’t blog this before but let’s put my regrets aside. So, you have come to realize that everyone who knows how technology works was right – it’s all spying on you. And, well, you don’t like it but – you don’t know where to start. You feel overwhelmed. Many people have these kind of feelings I’m…
Ubuntu: The Relationship Between Freedom and Quality in The Software World
Unlike previous blog posts, I’m going to start this one with two exciting tables to get you thinking. In the first table, I increased freedom and in the second table, I decreased it so that we could look at the effect, if any, on other items. Sorry, they are just image screenshots: Someone sent me over this article written by…
The Future of Ham Radio: Freedom
This article on the ARRL website summarizes quite well the situation with ham radio – and radio in general. Although it is exciting to be part of a club of radio enthusiasts around the world, one must question whether the licensing system on its own is a hindrance both to freedom and innovation. The basic debate has these two sides:…
Reasons to Switch to Ubuntu Phone
Someone I know sent me this positive article about the ubuntu phone. I read it and it was nice, and probably one of the best ‘tech-focused’ articles, but as a few friends and I discussed after reading it, it’s missing some of the most important reasons why one would switch. Here are my list of reasons why one should switch:…
Google’s Tentacles Stretch Further: Verify Your Identity
I had an old ‘smart phone’ lying around and I thought about reconnecting it for one single purpose for our business. It would not phone, it would not text, it would not even go to a website and search. It’s only job would be to take a photo, and upload the photo to our private cloud storage. Of course, I…
Pokemon Go Away!
Pokemon Go Away Forever. I didn’t even like the original Pokemon playing cards. After all, the short form is ‘pocket monster’ and why on earth would I want my kids to have a monster in their pockets, let alone in their room or in my house? The great part about Pokemon Go is that I have never seen it with…
One of the Best Summary Articles About Privacy
I have a great group of people around me. Thoughtful people. Thought-provoking people. People who rub me the wrong way and who challenge me to grow and think critically. These fine people send me articles that they read and most of them are good. But once in a while, one of these articles stops me in my tracks and when…
Do All Tech Writers Suffer from Fear and Creative Paralysis?
Today I was reading a recent article on Forbes website by a supposed ‘contributor’ named Federico Guerrini. Forbes, as you may know, is a popular place for people to go to try to get ‘informed’. His article followed perfectly a kind of template that these ‘tech writers’ for popular media use when discussing Ubuntu. The format, and you may have…