Well, after I get Ubuntu back up and running, I'll email you again. I am interested, and cybersecurity is a big part of why I use Ubuntu. On Wed, Jan 21, 2015, 5:41 PM null <tclug at freakzilla.com> wrote: > On Wed, 21 Jan 2015, Wendell Bell wrote: > > > Even when I worked for a Fortune 100 company, most files on the C drives, > > not backed up on a network drive, did not survive either an equipment or > an > > operating system upgrade. The IS people said they would migrate stuff, > but > > then it wouldn't work etc. etc. > > > That is absolutely insane, and I really would like to think that's > isolated to a very small number of companies. I've worked for... I have no > idea what Fortune Number companies, but definitely gigantic ones. Most > people, and we're talking hundreds of thousands, their computers were set > up to AUTOMATICALLY save everything to the network. Most (i.e., regular) > users could not change this, or install/uninstall software, or really have > any control over their computers. > > The situation you describe would be 100% unacceptable. In fact, I don't > see how any large company could function that way. > > > And Sprint brings over hardly anything when you upgrade phones. > > That one I hear you on. Phones, especially the way we use them in the US, > are terrible about controlling your own data. That definitely doesn't seem > to be something most people care about, and most people don't save > important stuff on their phone. And it's all turning into Cloud Storage > now, anyway. > > > I know they always say to back up your files, but when they aren't > > reclaimable when needed... > > Again, no offence meant, but stuff like backing up files and verifying > that your backup is accessible should be a basic computer-use skill. > Sadly, most people (and I am DEFINITELY generalising here) don't have > those skills - no backups, no idea about security/privacy settings, etc. > > Then again, a while ago I came up with a lesson plan for teaching people > how to keep their data safe, and guard their privacy. I got a couple of > places to actually offer the class at a community education type thing... > and zero people registered. Zero. And this was right when that whole big > Celebrity Phone Hack thing happened. > > People just don't care. > > /rant > > -- > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20150121/4ac9271d/attachment.html>