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Microsoft says Windows 11 is getting less rubbish but we are skeptical, vehicles with alcohol interlocks won’t start because the manufacturer’s server is down, and whether you should virtualise a router or a NAS.



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Five‑Year Storage Design with OpenZFS: Media Refresh, Rebalancing, and Hardware Independence



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Our commitment to Windows quality

Microsoft fixes broken Windows update days after vowing fewer broken updates

Cyberattack on vehicle breathalyzer company leaves drivers stranded across the US



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The US government is drumming up fear about foreign routers, a pretty serious supply chain attack might be state-sponsored, and the safety of filesystems inside VMs.



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The Real Cost of Technology Dependence: Building Independence with Open-Source Storage



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US bans any new consumer-grade routers not made in America

National Security Determination on the Threat Posed by Routers Produced by Foreign Countries (pdf)

1K+ cloud environments infected following Trivy supply chain attack

Self-propagating malware poisons open source software and wipes Iran-based machines



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Why passkeys aren’t the right solution to everything, Allan tells us why he loves his new Lithium Iron Phosphate UPS, Btrfs vs ZFS on root, and restricting Internet access for IoT devices on your network.



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Designing OpenZFS Storage for Independence



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Please, please, please stop using passkeys for encrypting user data

Allan’s new Anker SOLIX C1000 Gen 2 Portable Power Station



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Microsoft Authenticator will delete Entra credentials on phones that aren’t running stock ROMs, Jim’s nightmare experience trying to get a user back into their MS account, tracking vehicles via tire pressure monitors, using a ZFS pool in a degraded state, and keeping cold ZFS storage dataset snapshots in sync.



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ZFS Fast Dedup for Proxmox



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Microsoft Authenticator to nuke Entra creds on rooted and jailbroken phones

Jailbreak/root detection in Microsoft Authenticator

Jim Microsoft MFA rant

Vehicle Tire Pressure Sensors Enable Silent Tracking



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An exciting new cold storage technology seems to be getting closer, Nvidia seemingly wants a slice of the laptop hardware action, why you (and your users) should definitely not use LLMs to “generate” passwords , and whistleblowing when sensitive customer data isn’t being taken seriously.



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ARC and L2ARC Sizing on Proxmox



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Data stored in glass could last over 10,000 years, Microsoft says

Nvidia plans a Windows PC SoC, setting up direct competition with Qualcomm, Intel, and AMD

Vibe Password Generation: Predictable by Design



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