Just got home from DC23. It was a crazy ride. The 4 days of mind blowing talks, experiences, and workshops was huge! I will be writing more about it now that I am back to the land of solid network connections.
Also Kali 2.0 will come out tomorrow afternoon EST. I am super excited to test this out and will be putting this on my blog as I do. Next post I will be placing something I wrote a few months ago about getting my Lenovo Yoga 2 13 with Kali installed. The post was to get 3 different OS onto the laptop, but I will be moving to solely Linux from here on out.
After spending the week playing with Windows 10 on the laptop, pre Defcon felt like a good time to reinstall an OS, I took the fresh install with me and spent time playing with it. I found a few things.
1. The privacy settings make it a no go at any price.
2. Even after removing "Install Candy Crush Saga" from my machine it has made a reappearance twice now. This also is a no go.
3. General issues with audio settings with the 3 USB headphones I have.
4. The OS itself is quick and slick. It will appeal to the masses. We need to let our friends and family know that the upgrade cannot happen. We cannot allow Microsoft to get away with this. Privacy is key, whether or not you believe you have something to hide. The excuse "Well I have nothing to hide" is no longer acceptable. We need to take a stand. Because what today you have nothing to hide who knows what will be made illegal next year, or if it will cause issues for us down the line.
We need to demand action.
We need to stand up.
We need to rise.
It is the information age, yet many of those making decisions now have little to no understanding of what that means. We get senators asking for us to "create front doors" to encryption. It should be a requirement, a right, a need, for us to keep our data private. Just because I lock my front door does not make me a criminal. Well encryption is just our information front door. GET OFF MY LAWN.
I want to thank all of you reading this. We are taking our first steps. We are starting to wake up. It is time. It is OUR time.
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