Late Night Linux Family All Episodes

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Late Night Linux Family All Episodes

Show Notes

In a world where photos can no longer be trusted, Jim argues that we should move to a default distrust model where images are signed at every stage of the process of creation. We get into some of the potential issues. Plus how to ensure continuity for your clients in the event of your demise, and setting up a system to demonstrate ZFS replication capabilities.

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Piss up at The Shipwrights Arms (just next to London Bridge station) on Saturday 5th September from 5pm until late

Discussion

Google Earth risked ruin with retracted AI tool for making fake satellite pics

Apple is working on a way to authenticate that a photo came from an iPhone camera

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