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I'm just informed enough about IT security to know that I really know very very little about it. That said, I probably know ten times as much as do 99% of people. I'm an expert in my field, and while I've been a jack of all trades on many fronts, today's threats to privacy and IT security require expert knowledge to combat.
I do not have time.
- For example, I hear that Microsoft added updates to Win7/8 that threaten my family's privacy...yet I have not yet gone and removed the offending updates. I moved myself to Ubuntu/xfce, but my son is still using Win8. I'll get to it eventually.
- For example, java script is a security risk, and I have No-Script, turn off 3rd party cookies, etc, but invariably I have to turn it off for some website (i.e. to pay my bill), and eventually, I stop turning it back to full security.
- I installed Cyanogenmod and Fdroid on my phone. And for the most part its great..and I have very few apps with permissive permissions settings....but my wife is still using an iphone and ipad, with all sorts of apps...with ridiculous permission leaks..and that is a struggle.
The long winded point I have is that it is now just too damn much work to do it all right. I'm tired after a 10 hour workday. I've obviously taken more steps than most, but it is still leaky as hell...
I need a company/organization that I can reasonably trust to manage my information security/property, to manage my computers, manage my vpns, e.g., to isolate my web browser windows over multiple vpns, ... all of it, and it can't be GOOGLE. My data is my property, as long as I can hold it, so it needs to be a company/organization that built in privacy obligations (like lawyers and doctors supposedly do).
-Signed: A Frustrated Tired Old Nerd (with children)
[Ed's Comment: Does such a company exist? Is it even possible to provide such a service? Or have we just identified a niche in the market for some enterprising person to fill?]
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Gaaark on Tuesday October 06 2015, @01:02AM
I just installed firejail (on arch/antergos linux using yaourt).
Can any experts here tell me how to use an alias/or whatever, to make all programs i want (from the command line) use firejail:
as in typing 'firefox' will automatically enact "firejail firefox"?
Thanks for any help.
Install was easy: the hard part was figuring the command to use on arch/aur package, lol.
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(Score: 2, Informative) by linuxunlimited on Tuesday October 06 2015, @12:27PM
I've been using it for some time. The easiest way is to create a bash script with the same name as the executable and put the script in the path before the real executable. For firefox I have the script as /usr/local/bin/firefox:
$ cat /usr/local/bin/firefox
#!/bin/bash
firejail /usr/bin/firefox
Every time you call firefox, the script will run and it will redirect you to the real firefox.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday October 06 2015, @03:06PM
Thanks, linuxunlimited. Works like a charm... now i just have to set it up for other things! :)
Wow... just wanted to hit CTRL+o to save this, lol.
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