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NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is warning of world in which no phone is safe from state-sponsored hackers. A new version of Plasma Mobile is out, and Valve has released a portable gaming device, running Arch with KDE!

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00:30 What Noah uses - Jon

Software

• Distro - Kubuntu/Fedora

• DE - KDE Plasma

• Terminator/Konsole

• Thunderbird

• Fastmail (Work)

• Proton Mail (Personal)

• VLC/MPV

• MakeMKV/Brasero

• QMMP MP3 Player

• KeepassXC (Personal)

• Bitwarden (Public)

• Virtual Box/KVM Libvirt

• Audacity

• Zoom/Jitsi

• Sublime Text (Work)/EncryptPad/Joplin/VIM/Kate

• Gimp (Images)/Inkscape (Graphic Design)

• Element/Nheko/SchildiChat (The turtle one)

• Okular

• Install Method - Flatpak, AppImage, Snap

Phone

• Work - Galaxy S10/iPhone

• Personal - Nexus 6P with LineageOS

• Personal Disconnected device - Sony Xperia SailfishOS

• GPD Pocket on order

• Play Device - Pinephone

In the Backpack)

• Dual Type-C charger RavPower)

• Apple Type-C charger

• 2TB External Drive

• Small tool kit

• Screw drivers

• wirecutters

• Flash drives

• Portable Battery Pack

• Netgear Nighthawk Mobile Broadband

• Noise Canceling Headphones Sony WH1000xm4)

• Emergency Kit

• Backup Phone (S7)

• Backup Wallet

Minimal Viable Battle Station

• Pelican 1620
• Docking station Lenovo Dock Affiliate)
• Portable Desk
• 27" 2K Display

21:15 Decentralized Tech - Jay

• Offline First)

• 0Data)

• Unhosted)

• Web3

• IPFS

22:45 ARP vs MAC Tables - Octavio

• MAC Tables

• Built by "MAC Learning"

• Snooped

• Used by switches to prevent HUB behavior

• Used for switching

• ARP tables

• Built with ARP protocal

• Used for routing

26:45 Pick of the Week

Tauon Music Box)

• Drag n Drop file importing

• CUE sheet support

• MOD tracker

• Network Playback

• Flathub)

27:55 Make Good

SonoBus)

• High Quality, Low Latency, Peer-to-Peer Audio oever the internet
• AAC-LD/AAC-HE
• New commercial boxes use OPUS codec

31:30 Gadget of the Week

• Omega Charger)

• World's Smallest 100W & 200W USB-C Charger

• World's first 200W Gallium Nitride (GaN) charger

• Quick charge 4 devices simultaneously

• Estimated Shipping July 2021

34:00 Red Hat To expand Offerings

• ZDnet)

• Low cost/Free RHEL for education

• Conan Kudo Link)

• Open to Primary and Secondary Schools as well

38:20 Snowden Spyware / Mobile Phones Pegasus

• Pegasus Malware Made by the NSO Group

• Access to

• Photos

• Emails

• Records Calls

• Secretly Activate Microphones/Cameras

• WhatsApp Chat

• GPS Data

• Calendar

• Contacts

• Over 50,000 numbers suspected targets

• New "zero-click" attacks

• Tech advancing too fast for normal people to keep up

Courts have ruled FaceID/Fingerprints can be compelled

- Guardian)

- Jul 18th Guardian Article)

- Amnesty Article)

49:40 Plasma Mobile 21.07 Released

• Plasma Mobile Post)

• Join the Matrix room - #plasmamobile:matrix.org

52:55 Steam Deck

• Steam Handheld

• 4 core, 8 threads AMD APU

• 64GB, 256GB, 512GB

• $399-$649

• Runs SteamOS (Arch+KDE+Big Picture Mode)

• Goal: Get every Windows Game working before launch

• Tech Radar)

• IGN)

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