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The ROKU Channel
https://therokuchannel.roku.com/

What is The Roku Channel?
https://support.roku.com/article/115012374788-what-is-the-roku-channel-

Create a Roku account without a credit card
Just skip the last page where it asks for a credit card.
https://my.roku.com/signup/nocc
 
Acronis – True Image 2019, Disk Director 12 and more
https://www.acronis.com/en-us/

User Group Relations – Gene Barlow
http://ugr7.com/

Acronis True Image 2019 Help
https://www.acronis.com/en-us/support/documentation/ATI2019/#35899.html

Acronis True Image 2019 Forum
https://forum.acronis.com/forum/acronis-true-image-discussions/acronis-true-image-2019-forum

What is an Acronis Survival Kit?
https://www.acronis.com/en-us/support/documentation/ATI2019/#41690.html
 
61639: Acronis True Image 2019: How to create Acronis Survival Kit
https://kb.acronis.com/content/61639

draw.io provides FREE, high quality diagramming software for Chrome OS, Linux macOS and Windows.
https://about.draw.io/integrations/#integrations_offline

27 Interesting Facts About Linux
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/08/interesting-facts-about-linux

Ubuntu Mate 18.04.1 LTS
https://ubuntu-mate.org/

What is Ubuntu MATE?
https://ubuntu-mate.org/what-is-ubuntu-mate/

Linux Mint 19
https://www.linuxmint.com/
 
Linux Mint Installation Guide
https://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/


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General Discussion / Router Backup and Update Settings
« on: August 03, 2018, 08:29:08 PM »
I have attached screen captures on how to update and backup a Netgear Nighthawk R7000 router. Other Netgear models and brands may be similar.

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General Discussion / Alan Raul – August 5, 2018 Meeting Notes
« on: August 03, 2018, 08:03:30 PM »
Google made the Titan Key to toughen up your online security
https://www.cnet.com/news/google-made-the-titan-key-to-toughen-up-your-online-security/

Google pledges to foil phishing attacks with new Titan Security Key
https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-pledges-to-foil-phishing-attacks-with-new-titan-security-key/

Google Product Forums
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!home

5 ways to protect your privacy while using Amazon products and services
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/07/27/5-obscure-settings-amazon-update-your-privacy/827840002/

The Race to a Trillion
https://www.aboveavalon.com/notes/2018/7/11/the-race-to-a-trillion
 
How to create a bootable USB drive for Windows 10
https://mspoweruser.com/how-to-create-a-bootable-usb-drive-for-windows-10/

Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy way
https://rufus.akeo.ie/

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I have been looking for the cost of 1 TB SSD's to drop. I have been using 1 TB Toshiba spinning HDD's for many years for off-site backup. They don't get much use so I didn't need to go with high-quality Samsung SSD. The spinning HDD's were getting painfully slow when you are use to SSD's.

I was looking at:
Inland 1TB 3D NAND SATA III 6Gb/s 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive  from MicroCenter for $159.99.
http://www.microcenter.com/product/508183/1TB_3D_NAND_SATA_III_6Gb-s_25_Internal_Solid_State_Drive

Until this deal showed up on the Amazon Prime Day 2018:
SanDisk SSD PLUS 1TB Solid State Drive - SDSSDA-1T00-G26 from Amazon for $149.99.
It's interesting to note that these SanDisk SSD's were first available on Amazon on June 11, 2018.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07D998212/

So I pulled the trigger and ordered 2. Now my off-site backups should take a fraction of time.

UPDATE: I had previously checked B&H and they were priced higher than Amazon. They now have dropped the price to match Amazon but without having to pay the sales tax.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1415978-REG/sandisk_sdssda_1t00_g26_1tb_ssd_plus.html



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General Discussion / New Club Projector
« on: July 07, 2018, 08:30:15 AM »
After the projector failure at the last meeting, the Board of Directors has decided to purchase a new projector. The old projector had lasted 11 years. Independently, Ralph and Alan came up with the same suggested Optoma projector for the club to purchase.

The new club projector is a Optoma HD143X 1080p 3000 Lumens Projector.
https://www.optoma.com/us/product/hd143x/

http://www.projectorcentral.com/Optoma-HD143X-projector-review.htm

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1381053-REG/optoma_technology_hd143x_uhd60_3000_lumen_hdr_uhd.html



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General Discussion / Alan Raul – July 1, 2018 Meeting Notes
« on: June 25, 2018, 11:10:00 AM »
O&O ShutUp10 – a FREE standalone antispy tool for Windows 10
https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10

Windows 10 how-to: Ed Bott's free tech support and troubleshooting guide - A curated list of the best sites for support information about Windows 10.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/free-how-to-help-windows-10-ed-botts-tech-support-troubleshooting-guide/

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General Discussion / Rufus exe is infected - UPDATED
« on: June 23, 2018, 11:38:08 AM »
The SLOLUG group uses Rufus to create Linux bootable USB flash drives. Rufus can also be used to create a Windows install USB. The latest version of Rufus 3.1 activates Windows 10 Defender that the exe contains a Trojan:Win32/Plutruption!ARXep

I have tried downloading directly from the official Rufus website in addition to the portableapps web site both with identical results.

In the mean time I have retrieved an older version of Rufus which still works.

It would be appreciated if anyone can verify my findings.

Thanks

http://rufus.akeo.ie/

https://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/rufus-portable

From the Rufus website:

IMPORTANT: Once again, as was the case with the 3.0 release, Windows Defender (with definition update 1.269.1834.0) is erroneously reporting that Rufus 3.1 may contain Trojan:Win32/Plutruption!ARXep. We have reported this to Microsoft yet again and we expect them to clear this false positive very soon. In the meantime, you are invited to re-download Rufus 3.1, as we have put a temporary new version online that shouldn't trigger the antivirus.

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Microsoft is now more valuable than Alphabet — by about $10 billion
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/29/microsoft-passes-alphabet-by-market-cap.html

Apple made more profit in three months than Amazon has generated during its lifetime
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/11/apple-made-more-profit-in-three-months-than-amazon-has-generated-during-its-lifetime.html

Apple WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference - The event will include a first-day keynote where Apple will introduce upcoming software and new hardware.
https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/

Amazon Echo secretly records couple's conversation... and then sends it on to a contact
https://betanews.com/2018/05/25/amazon-echo-alexa-secret-recording/
https://betanews.com/2018/05/29/check-and-delete-alexa-recordings/

Windows 10 April 2018 Update: Problems knock users but adoption still soars to 50%
https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-april-2018-update-problems-knock-users-but-adoption-still-soars-to-50-percent/
 
Is Your Router Vulnerable to VPNFilter Malware?
https://www.pcmag.com/news/361431/is-your-router-vulnerable-to-vpnfilter-malware

Hackers infect 500,000 consumer routers all over the world with malware
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/05/hackers-infect-500000-consumer-routers-all-over-the-world-with-malware/

How to Protect Your Router from the Latest Malware Attack
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-protect-your-router-from-the-latest-malware-atta-1826280946

Salesforce Tower is now San Francisco's tallest building
http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/23/technology/salesforce-tower/index.html
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=salesforce+san+francisco+tower&ia=images&iax=images
http://www.salesforcetower.com/

GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy for all individuals within the European Union…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation



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General Discussion / Best Buy Hit by [24]7.ai Data Breach
« on: May 07, 2018, 11:27:17 AM »
This is a follow-up from Sunday's SLO Bytes meeting.

The incident began on Sept. 26, and was discovered and contained on Oct. 12, 2017.

Best Buy Statement on [24]7.ai Cyber Incident
https://corporate.bestbuy.com/best-buy-statement-247-ai-cyber-incident

Updates on [24]7.ai Cyber Incident
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/privacy-policy/247-ai-cyber-incident/pcmcat1522954594900.c?id=pcmcat1522954594900

More information on the web
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Best+Buy+Hit+by+%5B24%5D7.ai+Data+Breach&ia=web


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General Discussion / Alan Raul – May 6, 2018 Meeting Notes
« on: May 03, 2018, 11:37:54 AM »
Announcing 1.1.1.1: the fastest, privacy-first consumer DNS service
https://blog.cloudflare.com/announcing-1111/
 
Private Internet Access Review
https://thebestvpn.com/reviews/private-internet-access/
 
Detailed VPN Comparison Chart
https://thatoneprivacysite.net/vpn-comparison-chart/

DuckDuckGo - We’re setting the new standard of trust online, empowering people to take control of their information.
https://duckduckgo.com/
https://start.duckduckgo.com/

Bangs allow you to search on thousands of sites, directly.
https://start.duckduckgo.com/bang
 
Terms of Service – Didn’t Read
https://tosdr.org/

Privacy - When discussing privacy, the argument "I have nothing to hide" keeps coming up. This can be debunked with two main arguments: you don't KNOW what you have to hide; and you SHOULD have something to hide. But there is a third point: it isn't ABOUT having something to hide - privacy is a basic human need.
https://www.linuxfestnorthwest.org/conferences/lfnw18/program/proposals/55
 
Macrium Reflect 7 Review - Excellent free imaging software
https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/macrium-reflect-7.html
 
eM Client - is a full featured e-mail client with a modern and easy to use interface. eM Client also offers calendar, tasks, contacts and chat. eM Client supports Gmail, Exchange, iCloud and Outlook.
http://www.emclient.com/

Windows 10 help
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/products/windows?os=windows-10
 
4K Download - Free and useful applications for PC, macOS and Linux
https://www.4kdownload.com/
 
APCUG Videos
https://www.youtube.com/user/APCUGVideos/videos

Tech Disaster Preparedness, Toby Scott
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEUOztVbCzA

Two Factor Authentication, Ron Brown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0JlECpR4lQ

New PUSH Articles Available
http://slobytes.org/smf/index.php?PHPSESSID=mh6t21rcncnalg77h75n0osmi3&topic=157.0

Is it time to start a death data document? by Jerry Heaton, Central Kentucky Computer Society (Approx. 525 words). Do you have a death data document for your children or digital executor for when it's needed? Jerry's article has a lot of good information.
http://www.slobytes.org/push/0518/Is%20it%20time%20to%20start%20a%20death%20data%20document%20-%20Heaton.doc

Jerry Heaton's actual document, Death Data Document, is available at http://www.slobytes.org/push/0518/death-data-document.doc

Your Last Best Gift; http://www.slobytes.org/newsletter/your-last-best-gift.docx, offers a form for creating another Death Data Document.  This resource was mentioned at the May 6th 2018 SLO Bytes General Session

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1.1.1.1 - What You Need to Know by Thio Joe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiWs9n4fhys

You would use 1.1.1.1 for your DNS numbers vs. your ISP's default DNS numbers or...

OpenDNS
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

Google
8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4

https://blog.cloudflare.com/announcing-1111/

GRC's DNS Nameserver Performance Benchmark
https://www.grc.com/dns/benchmark.htm



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General Discussion / More VPN Info...
« on: April 07, 2018, 10:00:42 AM »

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General Discussion / Chrome Is Scanning Files on Your Computer...
« on: April 02, 2018, 10:57:39 PM »
Chrome Is Scanning Files on Your Computer, and People Are Freaking Out

Some cybersecurity experts and regular users were surprised to learn about a Chrome tool that scans Windows computers for malware. But there’s no reason to freak out about it.

I found this article to be quite interesting. I wonder if this is true with portable Chrome which I use on occasion?

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wj7x9w/google-chrome-scans-files-on-your-windows-computer-chrome-cleanup-tool


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