This week Chinese hackers penetrated 8 US cell phone providers. They used the backdoor the US Government asked them to put in to perform the atack. With Chinese hackers potentially still in US networks, the FBI is advising the public to adopt encryption - the same technology the FBI has long demonized.
-- During The Show --
00:51 VoxelLibre Ansible Playbook
Kids wanted Luanti (https://www.luanti.org/) Server and VoxelLibre (https://github.com/VoxeLibre/VoxeLibre)
Minetest changed and broke automation
Flatpak and Snap
Obtaining Snap version
Steve's Solution
Potential for problems
13:52 Steam Lan Transfer Speed - Charlie
No experience with LAN transfer speed limit
Look inside of Steam
Check for router/switch/bad cable
Check for a system bottle necks
17:21 Internet Phone System - Jon
Steve's IP phone system attempt
Altispeed got out of doing phones
Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah)
FreePBX (https://www.freepbx.org/)
Unix Surplus (https://unixsurplus.com/)
Grandstream GRP2612W (https://www.amazon.com/Grandstream-GRP2612W-Carrier-Grade-Phone-WiFi/dp/B07X1V3CCN)
YeaLink or Fanvil
Check Ebay for sip phones
Cisco SPA Series
Cisco 7975
proceed with caution
programmed with TFTP
Ploycom VVX series
asks for lots of information
fill all fields, except password, with the the extension
32:32 News Wire
Thunderbird Turns 20 - thunderbird.net (https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/12/celebrating-20-years-of-thunderbird/)
GNU Shepherd 1.0.0 - gnu.org (https://www.gnu.org/software/shepherd/news/2024/12/the-shepherd-1.0.0-released/)
QT Creator 15 - qt.io (https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-15-released)
OBS Studio 31 - obsproject.com (https://obsproject.com/osx_update/notes_stable.html)
Gnome 47.2 - discourse.gnome.org (https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-47-2-released/25506)
Nvidia 565.77 Driver - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-565.77-Linux-Driver)
Linux 6.11 & 4.19 EOL - kernel.org (https://www.kernel.org)
Linux 6.12 LTS - slashdot.org (https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/12/09/0125219/linux-kernel-612-confirmed-as-lts-will-be-supported-for-multiple-years#:~:text=Linux%20kernel%206.12%20joins%20the,the%20end%20of%20December%202026)
EasyOS 6.5 - distrowatch.com (https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12304)
Austrumi 5.0 - zicos.com (https://en.zicos.com/download/i31956738-12-05-AUSTRUMI-500.html)
Nitrus 3.8 - nxos.org (https://nxos.org/changelog/release-announcement-nitrux-3-8-0/)
Alpine Linux 3.21 - aplinelinux.org (https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.21.0-released.html)
openSUSE Leap Micro 6.1 - opensuse.org (https://news.opensuse.org/2024/12/06/leap-micro-released/)
FOSDEM - opensource.org (https://opensource.org/events/fosdem-2025)
Linux Foundation Summit - opensource.org (https://opensource.org/events/the-linux-foundation-member-summit)
TUM ReAM250 - 3dprintingindustry.com (https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/build-your-own-metal-3d-printer-with-the-new-open-source-ream250-project-234965/)
OLMo 2 - infoq.com (https://www.infoq.com/news/2024/12/olmo-2-ai2/)
Concerns About Chinese AI - techcrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/03/huggingface-ceo-has-concerns-about-chinese-open-source-ai-models/)
Llama 3.3 - venturebeat.com (https://venturebeat.com/ai/meta-launches-open-source-llama-3-3-shrinking-powerful-bigger-model-into-smaller-size/)
34:00 FBI Advises Adopting E2EE
8 US Telcoms hacked Salt Typhoon
Meta data and sms accessed
FBI has said for years encryption is bad
Law enforcement has found ways around encryption
Salt Typhoon used the government back doors
Over history many people back track
Level of embarrassment
Steve's thoughts on the effects
Pragmatic approach to mobile
Encrypted communication
Network effect and framing the conversation
Do you have a favorite E2EE platform?
If you come across proof Salt Typhoon is China write in!
PCMag (https://www.pcmag.com/news/fbi-urges-americans-to-use-encryption-after-complaining-about-it-for-years)
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