<p dir="ltr">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.<br>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 21, 2015, 5:41 PM null <<a href="mailto:tclug@freakzilla.com">tclug@freakzilla.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Wed, 21 Jan 2015, Wendell Bell wrote:<br>
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> Even when I worked for a Fortune 100 company, most files on the C drives,<br>
> not backed up on a network drive, did not survive either an equipment or an<br>
> operating system upgrade. The IS people said they would migrate stuff, but<br>
> then it wouldn't work etc. etc.<br>
<br>
<br>
That is absolutely insane, and I really would like to think that's<br>
isolated to a very small number of companies. I've worked for... I have no<br>
idea what Fortune Number companies, but definitely gigantic ones. Most<br>
people, and we're talking hundreds of thousands, their computers were set<br>
up to AUTOMATICALLY save everything to the network. Most (i.e., regular)<br>
users could not change this, or install/uninstall software, or really have<br>
any control over their computers.<br>
<br>
The situation you describe would be 100% unacceptable. In fact, I don't<br>
see how any large company could function that way.<br>
<br>
> And Sprint brings over hardly anything when you upgrade phones.<br>
<br>
That one I hear you on. Phones, especially the way we use them in the US,<br>
are terrible about controlling your own data. That definitely doesn't seem<br>
to be something most people care about, and most people don't save<br>
important stuff on their phone. And it's all turning into Cloud Storage<br>
now, anyway.<br>
<br>
> I know they always say to back up your files, but when they aren't<br>
> reclaimable when needed...<br>
<br>
Again, no offence meant, but stuff like backing up files and verifying<br>
that your backup is accessible should be a basic computer-use skill.<br>
Sadly, most people (and I am DEFINITELY generalising here) don't have<br>
those skills - no backups, no idea about security/privacy settings, etc.<br>
<br>
Then again, a while ago I came up with a lesson plan for teaching people<br>
how to keep their data safe, and guard their privacy. I got a couple of<br>
places to actually offer the class at a community education type thing...<br>
and zero people registered. Zero. And this was right when that whole big<br>
Celebrity Phone Hack thing happened.<br>
<br>
People just don't care.<br>
<br>
/rant<br>
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