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And thus your dad can't install any software he just downloaded from some random website. And the GNOME sofware center is great in Debian Stretch (to be released though, sorry).
create scripts using zenity as a GUI for youtube-dl (and any other command you wish him to run)
Also, I would recommend uBlock to Adblockplus.
I was really hoping for a discussion on how to keep parents from watching videos about the healing properties of crystals and government chemtrail conspiracies... ...but to answer your question perhaps you can get your parents a Chromebook? I'm not sure what photo editing options exist on the platform, but hopefully it's an obscure enough platform to avoid the majority of malware.
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Maybe I'm being dumb, but couldn't you just lock down the level of user access on the machine? As another option, assuming you can use Linux, could go down the route of using Tails or another live distro: https://tails.boum.org/
Your not being dumb, but.... Locking down the machines is fine if you don't get any privilege exploits that take over the machine. Plus, this puts the machine in a known, good state every time we reboot or have a new user. Cannot use Linux (I would use PC-BSD given our BSD infrastructure).
but in that case deepfreeze isn't going to save you either.
privilege exploits = SYSTEM access = kernel mode access = ability to bypass deep freeze (by circumventing their IO driver)
1) Create a user account in Windows that is NOT an administrator account, that way they can't install things without an admin username and password. The PCs admin account should be password protected.
2) Enable the highest level of windows alerts (those "this program wants to make changes or modifications to this PC, cancel or allow" messages). Teach your parents to always click no/cancel/do not allow.
3) Ad blockers like uBlock. Remove shortcuts to, or uninstall Internet Explorer.
4) Use software like DeepFreeze http://www.faronics.com/products/deep-freeze/standard/ it restores the computer to a snapshot you saved every time you restart it. No matter what they mess up or install or screw up, it'll be fixed with a restart.
While I agree a chromebook won't get owned your parents will still likely get phished. I have no idea how to solve that.
http://blog.greggman.com/blog/getting-phished/
http://blog.greggman.com/blog/how_to_detect_e_mail_scams__ph...
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Your not being dumb, but.... Locking down the machines is fine if you don't get any privilege exploits that take over the machine. Plus, this puts the machine in a known, good state every time we reboot or have a new user. Cannot use Linux (I would use PC-BSD given our BSD infrastructure).
>Locking down the machines is fine if you don't get any privilege exploits that take over the machine but in that case deepfreeze isn't going to save you either. privilege exploits = SYSTEM access = kernel mode access = ability to bypass deep freeze (by circumventing their IO driver)
A virtual machine might be a solution, just leave it full screen for them when you leave home. I've given up trying to educate my parents best practice with pc's, it doesn't seem to work.
Honestly, it is when I am trying to teach my parents how to use computers do I realize how annoying computers are. I mean, some of the simplest things we take for granted are pretty dumb if you have to explain it to someone.
I think all the people recommending Chromebooks or Linux are entirely missing the point. Those are only viable alternatives within small niche uses for people who literally only use email and facebook. It's the 80/20 fallacy. 80% of the people only use 20% of the features, but for each person in that 80% they use a slightly different 20% subset. It's the same here. Most people only use a very small subset of the inte…
I think all the people recommending Chromebooks or Linux are entirely missing the point. Those are only viable alternatives within small niche uses for people who literally only use email and facebook. It's the 80/20 fallacy. 80% of the people only use 20% of the features, but for each person in that 80% they use a slightly different 20% subset. It's the same here. Most people only use a very small subset of the inte…