Episode 290: Technology Complexity and The Solution - a podcast by Noah J. Chelliah

SELF 2022 is a wrap! It was a blast and now the countdown begins for SELF 2023. Has technology become so complicated that it's not approachable for many people or is there a solution? The best PDF editor for Linux, a self hosted, secure, private, cloud camera system. K9 mail becomes Thunderbird for Android, Element call enters beta 2, and KDE 5.25 is out!
-- During The Show --01:50 Jeremy H
SOGO (https://www.sogo.nu/)03:08 Keith S
* Linux BackBlaze Client?Local Encryption
GPGVeraCrypt (https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Home.html)
encfs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EncFS) and cryfs (https://www.cryfs.org/)TarSnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/)
Spider Oak (https://spideroak.com/)Encryption gets weaker over time
10:06 ZacSigning PDFs?
Okular (https://okular.kde.org/)PDF Studio (https://www.qoppa.com/pdfstudio/)
Pick of the WeekE2E Cloud Surveillance system using Raspberry Pis and Matrix
Backend (https://github.com/Open-Source-Videos/Matrix-surveillance-camera-controller)Front End (https://github.com/Open-Source-Videos/Matrix-surveillant-camera-security-web)
Prototype16:56 Gadget of the Week
ZimaBoard (https://www.zimaboard.com/)$119 USD
6W PowerOpenWrt and PFSense/OPNSense
Netgate SG1100Designed to be used as a personal server
Preinstalled with Casa OSPFSense Install Guide (https://www.martinrowan.co.uk/2022/05/installing-pfsense-2-6-on-zimaboard/)
20:00 Gov Buys Your DataEFF (https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/06/how-federal-government-buys-our-cell-phone-location-data)
Apps and Data BrokersFollow the money
3rd Party DoctrineCompanies are secretive about data collection and sale
Many apps are 'required' todayVenntel, subsidiary of Gravy Analytics
30:40 K9 Mail to Become Thunderbird for AndroidThunderbird (https://blog.thunderbird.net/2022/06/revealed-thunderbird-on-android-plans-k9/)
ArsTechnica (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/06/email-client-k-9-mail-will-become-thunderbird-for-android/)Had to be
Open SourceHave Power User features
Respect the userBlue Mail (https://bluemail.me/)
Contribute Here (https://mzla.link/k9-give)34:00 Element Call Beta 2
Matrix Blog (https://matrix.org/blog/posts)Everything is now E2E
Experimental Spatial Audio RenderingWalkie-Talkie Mode (PTT)
37:00 Mozilla Enables Firefox Total Cookie Protection by Default9 to 5 Linux (https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-enables-firefoxs-total-cookie-protection-privacy-feature-by-default-on-desktop)
Firefox is leaving Chrome and Edge in the dust!39:00 KDE Plasma 5.25 is Out!
[KDE Plasma Blog]https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.25.0/
New "Floating Mode" for panels (Dock)Tablet Mode
Improved inputKDE Neon (https://neon.kde.org/)
43:00 2022 SELF Wrap UpHuge Thank You to the entire team
People come on their own time and dimeFamily Friendly went well, more next year
Diverse level of skill setsWhere Technology is headed
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