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Microsoft restored an account including files that it initially claimed wasn’t possible, Apple might lock down phones if people don’t keep up their lease payments, ZFS scrubs shouldn’t be painful, and accessing another network from a locked-down work machine.



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ZFS vs Ceph: Do You Actually Need Ceph?



News/discussion

Microsoft restores player’s 25-year-old account following widespread backlash

iOS 27 code suggests Apple could restrict leased devices after missed payments

If Scrubs Hurt, Your ZFS Design Is Broken



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We were asked about accessing another network from a locked-down work machine.



Teleport Community

Apache Guacamole®

Linux After Dark – Episode 120

















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Google wants you to use a selfie video for account recovery, LG will stop apps turning their smart TVs into residential proxy nodes, we disagree about how serious OpenAI’s agent hacking Hugging Face is, FreeBSD removes the last bits of GPL software and suffers an embarrassing git flub , and backing up to an encrypted NAS without ZFS.



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News/discussion

Introducing selfie for sign-in: a new, easy way to access your Google Account

LG to Ban Residential Proxies from Smart TV Apps

OpenAI says its AI agent broke out of testing sandbox to hack Hugging Face

FreeBSD 16 Retires The Last Of Its GPL Code From Its Base System

Ports Repository Freeze



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A new HTTP caching standard looks promising but might struggle to get adopted, a terrible space mirror idea is actually happening, cars will spy on us all, and picking a VPN for use with an IP that doesn’t change very often.



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News/discussion

HTTP gets a QUERY method so complex searches can stop pretending to be POST

FCC grants approval for sun-reflecting space mirror that’s been widely criticized by astronomers

Feels like all of us need to pay way more attention to the new rules affecting EU and US folk, requiring all new cars to include a driver monitoring camera aimed at your face



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Microsoft really wants your Windows settings data, secure boot has been useless for a decade, our thoughts on (the idea of) Incus and IncusOS, and configuring ZFS for a Lightning Memory Mapped Database.



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Jails, Not Containers: FreeBSD Isolation Done Right



News/discussion

Microsoft flips Windows Backup to on by default unless you’re in the EU

Microsoft’s Secure Boot has been broken for a decade and no one noticed until now

IncusOS

Incus



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Follow-up on rebooting to update, portable power stations, glass storage, and objective news sources. Plus whether to use one ZFS pool per vdev, or just one large pool.



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Native inotify in FreeBSD



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Anker SOLIX EV Charger Adapter (For F3000, J1722 only)

EcoFlow EV Charger to Portable Power Station Adaptor (SAE J1772 to 5P8 Port, 50A)

WattCycle First-to-Market: WattLINK – EcoFlow Delta 2/3 Series PPS E





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We were asked about whether to use one ZFS pool per vdev, or just one large pool.

















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