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    2FA got a reaction from Taf the Ghost in New accusations against NordVPN   
    I only use a VPN so my ISP doesn't see my linux iso torrents. Also, your mention of no security from these isn't the most accurate. There is a lot of unencrypted parts of network traffic that can give a lot of information, for example DNS, which if you're on a public wireless network could potentially be an issue, especially with rogue APs which aren't as uncommon as one may think. I think you're conflating security with privacy, they're related but not exchangeable terms. I use the Google Fi VPN on my phone because it's transparent and encrypts those packets on public networks for me (not the same VPN I mentioned in my first sentence). I get where you're coming from but you're trying to speak absolutely when the topic is in fact not absolute.
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    2FA got a reaction from Taf the Ghost in New accusations against NordVPN   
    A lot of VPN providers accept cryptocurrency which you don't have to obtain through an exchange. Simply pay someone random with cash without exchanging personal information and there is effectively no trail. That's the decentralized part of cryptocurrencies that public exchanges make people forget about. Hell, Mullvad VPN accepts cash payments through mail (which by the way does not require a return address). They also claim to point their logs to /dev/null (which is a data blackhole for those that aren't familiar with *nix OSes).
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    2FA got a reaction from Mihle in Best Way to store Movies?   
    So one remuxed 1080p BluRay movie. Free cloud with that kind of capacity isn't really relevant. Free cloud isn't really relevant at all. Wasabi or Backblaze B2 are going to be the cheapest for meaningful amounts of backup storage.
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    2FA got a reaction from GDRRiley in Google Stadia in desperate need of promised "negative latency" mode   
    The ArsTechnica review didn't have issues with latency on Ethernet, only on WiFI. Another point of potential delay is packet inspection done by firewalls. I don't know how aggressive the source's corporate firewall is but that could potentially be a cause.
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    2FA got a reaction from Castdeath97 in Google Stadia in desperate need of promised "negative latency" mode   
    The ArsTechnica review didn't have issues with latency on Ethernet, only on WiFI. Another point of potential delay is packet inspection done by firewalls. I don't know how aggressive the source's corporate firewall is but that could potentially be a cause.
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    2FA got a reaction from TopHatProductions115 in HomeLab/HomeDatacentre and PowerUsers of the Forum   
    Thinking of moving my server onto Fedora Server (I like up to date packages) with ZFS mirror vdevs, most management done via Cockpit. Also considering the merits of running OpnSense (or IPFire) for my hardware on the network, and whether to virtualize it or buy a PCEngines box for it.
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    2FA got a reaction from Ben17 in Google Stadia in desperate need of promised "negative latency" mode   
    The ArsTechnica review didn't have issues with latency on Ethernet, only on WiFI. Another point of potential delay is packet inspection done by firewalls. I don't know how aggressive the source's corporate firewall is but that could potentially be a cause.
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    2FA got a reaction from slippers_ in Google Stadia in desperate need of promised "negative latency" mode   
    The ArsTechnica review didn't have issues with latency on Ethernet, only on WiFI. Another point of potential delay is packet inspection done by firewalls. I don't know how aggressive the source's corporate firewall is but that could potentially be a cause.
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    2FA got a reaction from PeterT in Google Stadia in desperate need of promised "negative latency" mode   
    The ArsTechnica review didn't have issues with latency on Ethernet, only on WiFI. Another point of potential delay is packet inspection done by firewalls. I don't know how aggressive the source's corporate firewall is but that could potentially be a cause.
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    2FA got a reaction from kelvinhall05 in Google Stadia in desperate need of promised "negative latency" mode   
    The ArsTechnica review didn't have issues with latency on Ethernet, only on WiFI. Another point of potential delay is packet inspection done by firewalls. I don't know how aggressive the source's corporate firewall is but that could potentially be a cause.
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    2FA got a reaction from TechyBen in Google Stadia in desperate need of promised "negative latency" mode   
    The ArsTechnica review didn't have issues with latency on Ethernet, only on WiFI. Another point of potential delay is packet inspection done by firewalls. I don't know how aggressive the source's corporate firewall is but that could potentially be a cause.
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    2FA got a reaction from Taf the Ghost in Google Stadia in desperate need of promised "negative latency" mode   
    The ArsTechnica review didn't have issues with latency on Ethernet, only on WiFI. Another point of potential delay is packet inspection done by firewalls. I don't know how aggressive the source's corporate firewall is but that could potentially be a cause.
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    2FA got a reaction from BTGbullseye in RX 5700 XT not detected   
    Yes it needs both at minimum.
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    2FA got a reaction from Windows7ge in ZFS in Unraid?   
    I'm going to have to correct myself, it's based on Slackware, not Debian so no apt. You can install Slackware packages by putting them in /boot/extra so that they are installed on next boot, and use installpkg for current session, or of course compile it yourself. It really isn't that flexible, hence why I called Wendel's ZFS implementation janky. It's a turnkey solution.
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    2FA got a reaction from Windows7ge in ZFS in Unraid?   
    unRAID is just Debian Slackware based so you technically can use ZFS but it's janky as hell. Wendell just set up a NAS for GamersNexus using this setup. TLDW You need at least two drives for the unRAID official array to use Docker/VMs, and can then use ZFS for the rest of your drives using the standard ZFS commands. Kind of a pointless setup if you ask me except for the turnkey aspect of the Community Applications plugin.
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    2FA got a reaction from Bananasplit_00 in Admins Angry at Attempted Anarchy - Microsoft planning to give Office 365 users ability to bypass their admins and buy their own addons   
    It's not employees buying O365 for personal use or whatever, it's employees buying Office licenses for tools, without approval, to add to their company provided suite. It's called shadow IT and it's a pain in the ass when users circumvent official policy.
     
     
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    2FA reacted to Catsrules in [Solved] Desktop Use Raid 1 HDD Question   
    Both Blacks or Red drives will work. Red drives are designed for RAID but I don't' see a reson why blacks won't work. Personaly I would go with Reds and they are cheaper but Blacks will give you a longer warranty and usually are slightly faster then the reds
     
    Just stay away from any power saving or eco friendly drives. For example the WD Green drives were horrible raid drives because they would power down when not in use and the raid would freak out. But software RAID is a little bit more forgiving.
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    2FA got a reaction from dalekphalm in Admins Angry at Attempted Anarchy - Microsoft planning to give Office 365 users ability to bypass their admins and buy their own addons   
    How am I supposed to listen to their needs if they don't make the need known and just go ahead and buy the license themselves? No offense, but you're incredibly naive as to what it takes to properly run and secure a corporate network. Your line of thinking is how services that are mission critical exist for years without IT knowing and then causing a huge issue down the road.
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    2FA got a reaction from dalekphalm in Admins Angry at Attempted Anarchy - Microsoft planning to give Office 365 users ability to bypass their admins and buy their own addons   
    It's not employees buying O365 for personal use or whatever, it's employees buying Office licenses for tools, without approval, to add to their company provided suite. It's called shadow IT and it's a pain in the ass when users circumvent official policy.
     
     
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    2FA got a reaction from DankDipstick in IP Apocalypse - RIPE confirms available IPv4 addresses will run out in November   
    Nah, they'll just start double NATing everyone and everything possible whilst pretending they fixed the issue.
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    2FA reacted to leadeater in Admins Angry at Attempted Anarchy - Microsoft planning to give Office 365 users ability to bypass their admins and buy their own addons   
    It's Office 365, much of it in the backend is actually SharePoint (even OneDrive is just a SharePoint document library in essence) and is delivered by web presence. Microsoft Office Suite and Microsoft Office 365 Suite can connect to Microsoft Office 365 services but these are not actually the same thing. Both are just Office Application Suite under different license scheme and are not part of the Office 365 service. For example you do not need to install an on prem Microsoft Exchange Server to use Microsoft Office 365 email services, just like you don't need to install anything to use Microsoft PowerBI (you can).
     
    They aren't already installed, there is nothing to install to start using many of the Office 365 services. I mean you don't say Google search engine is already installed do you?
     
    Company credit card or personal credit card a user can still purchase a PowerBI license, connect to a confidential information source which can be as simple as an Excel spreadsheet and publish what ever fancy thing/graph/table whatever to people that shouldn't have access to the information within the company or even outside the company and you'd be very hard pressed to know that has been done.
     
    That's why Office 365 administrators care, because there actually is data security issues with these tools, administrators aren't just being obstructive and annoying they are exercising due diligence for the area they are responsible and accountable for. Who do you think will end up with the blame if an Office 365 tool causes a data breach? The user that did it or the 'IT expert' who's job it is to prevent it from happening.
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    2FA got a reaction from EarthWormJM2 in Admins Angry at Attempted Anarchy - Microsoft planning to give Office 365 users ability to bypass their admins and buy their own addons   
    It's not employees buying O365 for personal use or whatever, it's employees buying Office licenses for tools, without approval, to add to their company provided suite. It's called shadow IT and it's a pain in the ass when users circumvent official policy.
     
     
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    2FA got a reaction from Unhelpful in Admins Angry at Attempted Anarchy - Microsoft planning to give Office 365 users ability to bypass their admins and buy their own addons   
    It's not employees buying O365 for personal use or whatever, it's employees buying Office licenses for tools, without approval, to add to their company provided suite. It's called shadow IT and it's a pain in the ass when users circumvent official policy.
     
     
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    2FA reacted to MichaelWd in Admins Angry at Attempted Anarchy - Microsoft planning to give Office 365 users ability to bypass their admins and buy their own addons   
    In a large organisation, these payments are likely to be authorised locally, so it is company money spent on IT but not accounted for in the IT budget. So it is not properly being accounted for. Also the license will almost certainly be lost when the local user moves on. And for support, the IT staff may have agreed SLAs with each area to support on "Microsoft applications" or something and would therefore be caught supporting this, even if they did not authorise (and therefore no training on it).
     
    It just doesn't really fit in with a large company's IT policy. At all.
     
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    2FA got a reaction from MichaelWd in Admins Angry at Attempted Anarchy - Microsoft planning to give Office 365 users ability to bypass their admins and buy their own addons   
    It's not employees buying O365 for personal use or whatever, it's employees buying Office licenses for tools, without approval, to add to their company provided suite. It's called shadow IT and it's a pain in the ass when users circumvent official policy.
     
     
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