Arstechnica offers some thoughts upon encrypted mail tools for people to use http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/06/encrypted-e-mail-how-much-annoyance-will-you-tolerate-to-keep-the-nsa-away/, but...
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Arstechnica offers some thoughts upon encrypted mail tools for people to use http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/06/encrypted-e-mail-how-much-annoyance-will-you-tolerate-to-keep-the-nsa-away/, but...
Plus sneak and peek and no knock warrants;);)
Tom_ZeCat,
Whatever form of encryption you use please make sure to use a long hard to guess pass phrase. Size and complexity do matter when it comes to encryption.
Tom_ZeCat,
You have covered most of your bases but please don't then spoil things by failing prey to a rather well crafted social engineering inspired phishing or spearphishing attack via your...
I would like to add that one should also consider what you are protecting and whom is after. I may well be wrong but not too many on this forum may be genuinely targeted or indeed penetrated by shady...
Pierre,
out of the box encryption is indeed a seductive idea but IIRC in some jurisdictions the act of encrypting data may well be against the law. I do believe that Ubuntu-Restricted-Extras...
Yep, TOR bundle & ixquick encrypted proxy search may make it harder for others to see exactly what you are doing but may well act as a red flag to others employed to sniff & sift through such data.
Looks like ixquick is attracting a flood of users https://www.ixquick.com/eng/press/pr-three-million.html as I expect other search engines offering similar safeguards are also attracting custom.
killa7,
To amplify upon the above point raised by HermanAB you might consider looking through "How Dozens of Companies Know You're Reading About Those NSA Leaks" to be found on the EFF.org site as...
"You might think that, I couldn't possibly comment" http://www.ubuntu.com/privacy-policy
Bruce Schneier has a longish posting with a good few other references on choosing passwords and pass phrases https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/06/a_really_good_a.html#comments, have a read,...
KushtyKushty,
I would suggest that Ghostery is not to be installed due to their practice of passing browsing habits on to advertisers...
Let others follow the bleeding edge and bleed, but, if you do not require such features I feel it is wiser to stay with an LTS. In time and LTS will incorporate all that was once bleeding edge...
Noticed this a while ago, good for stopping someone from attempting to use my long, strong & hard pass phrase but every now and again I have to slow down and move my lips as I type.
Just remember...
angrygamer,
The documentation offers a good idea as to the minimum system specification https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements, so give it a go
TNFrank,
I'm positive that some of the reported threats are false positives.
says it all.
Do financial transactions from a guest account as on shut down the guest account is wiped?
Something I was not familiar with until peeking at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StartOS & http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=startos, sorry I can not offer any help.
teacherjeff,
You mentioned a machine for work and I wondered if you may be travelling in or out of the US? If so then eff.org has a few pointers ...
teacherjeff,
Should do unless you forget anyone of them due to excitement of travel. So, will you be carrying plain / clear text versions of these passwords / phrases with you?
AdamTudor,
Have these five days of heated debate answered any of your queries to be found at the top of this thread?
no pc geek,
may I suggest you start with the SwitchingToUbuntu/FromWindows guide https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwitchingToUbuntu/FromWindows
followed by the 12.04 lts release notes...
I have a feeling that
Facebook users may well disagree with you on that. via http://newsroom.fb.com/Key-Facts.
https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=%20322332665300...
Would a 12.04 lts https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrecisePangolin/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuDesktop
via http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop be of any use?
Or if this gives problems then a 12.04 Lubuntu...
Is a http://meenee.me/ with support offered via http://meenee.me/support/ and via http://www.ubuntu.com/support?