If you upgrade or install Ubuntu to 18.04 the last and current LTS Version you have may asked yourself “what the hell is snap loop device?” Easy Snap was hidden built in to print MONEY, sure?? YES see manpage snap.. ” BUY A SNAP !!” .. its a new try to get money since Amazon Shop Link implementation.. like others from Appstores.. Howto get rid off? Removing of snapd with purge app Apps by deps.. # sudo apt-get remove snapd –purge Some may ask do i need snaps? No cause most packages still live at the debian apt repository Snap […]
Category: Linux News
Openwrt LEDE ath9k bugs fixed
If you use a TP Link Router like 3600, 4300 or a other brand with ATH9K Chipset you should upgrade to OPENWRT 18.06 with Kernel 4.9 Tested: OpenWrt 18.06.0 r7188-b0b5c64c22 / LuCI openwrt-18.06 branch (git-18.210.69179-6df9a57) – Atheros AR9344 rev 2 cause: more stable less load no ath9k Wifi Lookup on high transfers Same seen on other TP Link Routers like 841 Series, remark last Version 13 not supported Hope that the Freifunk Software will be updated fast! More Information go: https://openwrt.org/
WordPress Themes SEO Rating
If you use WordPress for a Blog and you think about a Theme Change for a new Look you should now some points: Check new Themes for available Updates Check new Theme for User Feedback Check new Theme how often its downloaded, if often used Search Engines can handle the code Check the new Theme some Weeks and control active the Ranking on Search Engines (like Webmaster Tools), cause bad readable Code is ranked down or broken internal links and bookmarks can forward robots into nirvana Check the new Theme on various Browsers, Opera, Chrome, Firefox, IE, Mobile Browsers and […]
Goodby Smartphones
Today iam going offline with any of my Smarthones for Testing. Why? all current Smartphones based on nonfree Hard and Software less patched Hackers can remote force install Trojans as Updates (especially Stores by gov order) non rooted devices are black boxes rooted Images or Tools as Workarounds are often not published in which way the System OS is broken down, Hackers don’t work nonprofit ! Linux Laptops usage is often easier and much safer, you have full control and can run security tools to monitor Apps for free do always call home at background can’t control active background jobs […]
WordPress Bug Backdoor delete Files
Current a Major Bug is published up to WordPress lastest Release 4.9.6! The real Nonsense is that the WordPress Core Team did know it since Nov. 2017 !! And changes NOTHING! More Details here reported and a public review here
Outlook 2016 unsharp Fonts on Laptop Screen
If you asked for help on a new Windows 10 Laptop with Outlook 2016 cause the displayed Fonts unsharp or unclear check Outlook Settings -> Advanced -> Display -> set “disable Hardware Acceleration” for the Video Card ! or check the Subpixel Rendering of windows 10 go: Search -> Clear Type Settings -> rerun all Dialogs -> select the best readable Window with Texts Remark: Can be a Linux Problem too! Seen on some OpenOffice Setups! Checkout if installed, the advanced Video Driver Software at System Settings or beside Clock Icons! (seen at ATI)
Health Status Data on Cloud Services
From the current News we hear that insurances offers humans to save the complete health status at a Cloud based App. This is by DEFAULT insecure! Smartphones get less OS Security Updates by Manufacter Users do NOT know to handle Updates Users can’t update Firmwares by default Apps most located at App Stores (Google, Apple) App Stores Analyse downloads and usage of Apps, with this getting personal Data to SELL!! No Health Insurance knows to securing Data Pools especially Clouds !! No one will help Humans if Cloud App Keys abused and Data stolen Humans can be forces to offer […]
Android Hidden Location Tracker
If you use a Android device google can track you via scanned and known wifi Networks without any connection! Android scans your area, shops, stores for public wifi networks, via LTE / GSM the OS verify the Data online at Google. As Result Google Maps sends you Popups to VOTE the last visited Places at Google Maps. That’s all WITHOUT GPS and WIFI connected only LTE/GSM ! Purge Google Account! (disconnect!) and disable all unwanted Google Apps especially Uploaders (Backups) then go Android Settings -> Wifi -> Advanced Wifi Settings! Disable the “local wifi scan” option switch at Android! Remark: […]
Social Media Giants Data Abuse
Today on Net News faces that Social Media Giants like facebook seems out of control, the new GDPR DSGVO won’t stop them printing gold by data abuse. Time to disconnect.. or replace your apps and Internet foot prints..
Openwrt dmesg human timestamp
To viel on busybox dmesg with human readable time for debug do: $vi /root/dmesg.sh insert: base=$(cut -d '.' -f1 /proc/uptime); seconds=$(date +%s); dmesg | sed 's/\]//;s/\[//;s/\([^.]\)\.\([^ ]*\)\(.*\)/\1\n\3/' | while read first; do read second; first=`date +"%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S" –date="@$(($seconds – $base + $first))"`; printf "[%s] %s\n" "$first" "$second"; done exit 0 run it sh dmesg.sh.. System Echo: … [16/03/2018 14:55:18] br-lan: port 3(wlan1) entered blocking state [16/03/2018 14:55:18] br-lan: port 3(wlan1) entered disabled state [16/03/2018 14:55:18] device wlan1 entered promiscuous mode [16/03/2018 14:55:18] br-lan: port 3(wlan1) entered blocking state [16/03/2018 14:55:18] br-lan: port 3(wlan1) entered forwarding state [16/03/2018 14:55:19] br-lan: port […]
Nextcloud Owncloud Calling Home
I did a deeper firewall test on my fresh installed OpenWRT Router and activated a “Ads Blacklist” after this my owncloud Share Login loops! Result: Seems that some IP’s of the “Update Check Tool” Servers, which is installed inside the PHP-Kit is blacklisted. So it seems the Code calls home! With this option its possible to count and collect IPs of Setups! Perhaps checkout unpatched Versions! I didn’t check deeper, but the behavior was clear without viewing the codes. After publish this Info via Twitter: REMARKS: No Company / Developer works for “free” After Setup of PHP-Kits do a […]
Android Browser Traffic Waste
If you use a Smartphone or Tablet be sure that the Browser like Firefox, Icecat Opera are not active at “minimize” mode, if the Website code uses a “auto” refresh code the Browser will endless load the sites on Background! This burns your Data Limit to zero.. Howto: Swipe unused apps to Top of Screen! Control by tapping onto the Square Button! Use Data Traffic Control Apps default addon tool of Huawei
BIG DATA COMPANYS ABUSE POWER
If have read the latest News about the Big Data Collector and his for FREE shared Browser, you see that the big data Company’s abuses their power to block Websites from their Buisiness. With the next upcoming Releases they prevent fast access to public News Sites or other Blogs and enforces the Website Owners to ACCEPT the NEW RULES. You see that most FREE Software IS NOT REALLY FREE Software, cause it’s a Tool to take CONTROL over the normal USERS! To PREVENT this POLITICS try to use ALTERNATE SOFTWARE like the ICECAT Browser, sometimes it’s more useful to have […]
Kernel Crashes 4.14 AMD64
Under heavy load the Debian Kernel 4.14-13 crashes on high memory load and let the CPU freeze. Not really funny so rollback to older version
WordPress App Bug Role
If you use the wordpress app to publish posts you must set the User Role from Author to Editor, if not you got errors to upload post updates!
Debian Apparmor Bug Kernel
Apparmor has a current bug with the Kernel 4.14 on Debian and seems Ubuntu too, it blocks MySQL and other services from clean run. Bug touches Network Stack of the Kernel