I’m mainly on Linux for over 20 years (still have one Windows Box for VR and some games, hopefully I can migrate this to Linux with the next hardware iteration). I was on Suse, Debian, Mandrake, Gentoo, Ubuntu, QubesOS (which does not self-identify as Linux-distribution) with Fedora+Debian Qubes. I never had those installed on my main machine, but also worked a lot with kali, grml, knoppix, dsl, centos, Redhat and certainly a bunch of others.

The absolute best for me, as working in it security and with different customers, is QubesOS. Sadly my current laptop is so badly supported by QubesOS that it burns 6h battery in 25 minutes and sleep/suspent does not work at all, so I’m currently on Ubuntu (which I hate for their move to snap and being Ubuntu in general)

I was taught that Pluto is a planet. How could they have been so wrong???

having a support subscription, means being entitled to support… you were entitled ask the time.

I guess it’s just different business models - it’s cheaper to always pay in contrary to only pay when you actually need support…

subscribed

as I’m just playing chess, I assume hardware is of no importance 😃

maybe I’m just used to the practices in my field if business. if you don’t pay for your enterprise firewall support, and then want to update, you’d have to back pay the missed months at least…

I’d not be surprised if they stopped allowing this, as it clearly is a loophole… guess it depends on how many people do this.

see, that’s the difference between us. I’m an absolute gamer with 14.000 played games on my phone . I’ll check the hardware requirement of [li]chess and will consider 😃

that’s perfectly fine of course, and I did not evaluate OPs phone, the price or anything beyond the subscription model as such.

actually makes me reconsider my phone choices… I’m currently on pixel, but hardly use any features besides ‘good camera’ and a bunch of apps that might require Google (banking mainly)

but it’s easy to calculate and compare with other offers. it does not stop working without subscription, which is the case with many other subscription models. actually I think it’s reasonable, as it also provides an incentive to continue supporting old models to the company and properly reflects the economic facts surrounding the product.

like, if you buy Samsung or whatever, this cost is also part of the price. if you lose or brick your phone, you still paid for updates you’ll never have the chance to install.

but of course it’s important info one should be aware of when buying this phone

Now I need the video with Tim Walz to get my share of the joy!

and it’s wrong, too. it’s not pornography, it’s rape.

you certainly can. the vote is secret and he’d not be allowed to demand/buy a specific vote. which he is doing, but adding some layer of obfuscation

I’m not active on linked in, but 0 posts and 3500 followers rose my suspicions

I mean… like everything this comes in many levels… go on the main road with your car, cameras will catch you. sign in with your public transport card when boarding the bus… these are obvious. use a cab, pay cash. ride a bike, change cities, change states, change countreis… depends on your threat model I guess :D

if your travel with burner and normal phone for one hour, both switched on, cell tower registrations are in sync and both are easily linked. if your switch on your burner only occasionally at random locations, but your real phone is/was there at the same time they are linkable.

to use a burner:

• never switch on at home
• leave main phone at home, switched on
• travel a reasonable distance before switching the burner on
• don’t travel with people who know you and who carry a phone
• sim & phone mustn’t be bought/topped-up in a traceable way
• cover cameras at all times (there are 0click exploits available to three letter agencies)
• don’t travel in a traceable way

it’s possible, but certainly not trivial.

also: depends on the power of your adversary, as always the personal threat model is relevant. using a burner to cheat on your spouse is not the same as using one when plotting to steal the nuclear codes.

it’s rather easy to link a burner phone to you if you don’t know exactly what you are doing. no need for a phone, don’t take any risk.

this 100% plays a big role! friends of mine have a USA trip booked & paid for like 3 month now… they won’t cancel - but they sure as hell would not book a new one.

I was just checking used car prices in germany, and Tesla is well within the trend - maybe it just takes a bit longer to show on the statistics. I would be embarrassed to be seen in a Swasticar. Sadly I own a Tesla Powerwall, but it’s easier to keep this secret :D

Hi Boris!