This week in the Weekly News Roundup, we look at the increasing surveillance state through the app stores including Google and Apple Services. Meanwhile, many EU organizations are ditching US cloud-based companies for their services.
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Windows 10 has reached end of life, but the push is doubling down on Microsoft accounts, but with those accounts, they are creating a surveillance system and uploading your documents to their servers.
#windows #facialrecognition #ai

00:00 - Intro
02:18 - Will Your Computer Stop Working?
05:40 - A Push to the Cloud
06:50 - Saving Docs to the Cloud
08:25 - Facial Recognition on OneDrive
13:15 - Real Solutions

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Today I look at the new release of PopOS with the Cosmic desktop in Beta.
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With the rise of Sora from OpenAI, convincing deepfakes are now possible. Sometimes these have been used for ragebait, others for putting words into people's mouths. With this technology, we can not trust even video evidence anymore.
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We look at the emerging police state and some legal minds trying to justify it. We want to talk about the issue and how to fight back for our privacy.
#policestate #surveillance #fourthamendment

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This week in the Weekly News Roundup, we look at the rising police state and then the death of video evidence through new AI models.
#weeklynewsroundup #policestate #videoevidence

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Today we talk about why Microsoft keeps cracking down on local accounts for windows setup. We look at a proposed alternative.
#windows #linux #localaccounts

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02:02 - Removing More Workarounds
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Today we look at the Google app developer verification program and the impact it will have on F-Droid. Is this about security or something else?
#android #fdroid #google

00:00 - My Early Phone Experience
06:15 - Google's Developer Verification
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18:00 - Criminals Gonna Criminal
21:17 - F-Droid Distribution Issues
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30:15 - Rights and Solutions

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Today we look at Linux Mint's new menu and other updates.
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The UK is introducing a digital ID they say is required to work. We talk about this as a precursor to the Mark of the Beast, and what that means.
#markofthebeast #digitalid #mastercard

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