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Re: Business Essentials

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Post by rsync »

kylehotchkiss wrote: post #8

There’s a few headlines talking about backups - does apple finally have a cloud based time machine replacement? I’d be so excited to see that as a general consumer too.

"There’s a few headlines talking about backups - does apple finally have a cloud based time machine replacement?"

Apple doesn't, but we do.

You simply do a "dumb" 1:1 mirror to an rsync.net account with 'rsync', which you already have.

Then you set up an arbitrary snapshot schedule in your account. rsync.net will then create, and rotate, immutable snapshots of your dataset. [1]

The only difference is that our ZFS snapshots are bit-wise efficient whereas the time machine snapshots are still (I think) file-wise efficient ... which is to say they are less efficient.

We used to advertise this ... the notion that you could clone your time machine config to rsync.net ... but we came to the conclusion that there's a pretty insular hackers-on-osx bubble and, in reality, 99% of mac users don't drop to the command line for any reason.

Which is too bad ...

[1] https://twitter.com/rsyncnet/status/1453044746213990405

Re: Business Essentials

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Post by anonAndOn »

mlyle wrote: post #101
_fat_santa wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When I think back to when I was a kid, getting around school internet filters and helping my friends remove parental controls from their devices, I can't help but think the Streisand Effect was hard at work in my brain. The adults was determined that I wouldn't see a thing so I was determined to see it because what could they be hiding? Now approaching the age where the thought of having a family and kids is on my mi…

What do you think schools should do? I teach at a school (K-12), and there's definitely circumvention of technical controls at the high school level. But I can't help but think we're a whole better off because of the filtering.

DNS filtering (pi-hole is great here), scheduled vLAN time of use shutoffs (no after school shenanigans), obvious blacklists and ip request logging + pop-up warning are probably good enough for 95% of kids.

Re: Business Essentials

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Post by mschuster91 »

supernovae wrote: post #74

I wish they had a better MDM for kids... All I want to do is ensure that NextDNS is installed/forced and that they can't remove it. Somehow, if you block store, block adding apps and block removing apps and hide the icons, kids still figure out how to remove the damn thing and the only thing you can do to block it is set a 1 minute time limit (why can't you set 0 minutes? wtf apple?) and hope they don't stay up until…

If your kids are intelligent enough to bypass locks... give it up. Seriously.

Better, prepare them for the worst of what they will experience on the Internet: violence, pornography, abuse of all kind, and guide them in their use of the Internet. Place yourself as the person your kids can come for help instead of the person they have to be afraid of. That is an incredibly easy and common thing for groomers to exploit.

Re: Business Essentials

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Post by drcongo »

zitterbewegung wrote: post #93
supernovae wrote: post #74

I wish they had a better MDM for kids... All I want to do is ensure that NextDNS is installed/forced and that they can't remove it. Somehow, if you block store, block adding apps and block removing apps and hide the icons, kids still figure out how to remove the damn thing and the only thing you can do to block it is set a 1 minute time limit (why can't you set 0 minutes? wtf apple?) and hope they don't stay up until…

All you are doing is teaching your kids to hack into their own device (speaking from experence) . Try a different strategy than attempting to lock down a device . When your are dealing with an individual who has a large payout if they succeed in getting around security and a long amount of time to circumvent it’s an extremely lost cause. Instead you should limit the amount of time for device access or even just take…

The ScreenTime feature for family members on iOS is an absolute car-crash. Not only is it almost impossible to find (it's not in Settings -> ScreenTime), but I'm endlessly impressed with the ways around it my daughter is able to find. I've recently noticed that she can use WhatsApp without limits just by launching it from the share sheet in Photos.

Re: Business Essentials

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Post by mschuster91 »

TakuYam wrote: post #89
hda111 wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The newer MacBooks have easy repairable battery and connectors.

True but how often is the battery the issue in an enterprise environment? In my experience devices are seldom in circulation long enough that they require a battery swap. Port damage and clumsy or messy employees are far more likely to cause issues.

> In my experience devices are seldom in circulation long enough that they require a battery swap.

MacBooks can easily last four to six years in a corporate environment - and heavy load on the battery drastically impact it in two years.

Re: Business Essentials

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Post by jwineinger »

zitterbewegung wrote: post #93
supernovae wrote: post #74

I wish they had a better MDM for kids... All I want to do is ensure that NextDNS is installed/forced and that they can't remove it. Somehow, if you block store, block adding apps and block removing apps and hide the icons, kids still figure out how to remove the damn thing and the only thing you can do to block it is set a 1 minute time limit (why can't you set 0 minutes? wtf apple?) and hope they don't stay up until…

All you are doing is teaching your kids to hack into their own device (speaking from experence) . Try a different strategy than attempting to lock down a device . When your are dealing with an individual who has a large payout if they succeed in getting around security and a long amount of time to circumvent it’s an extremely lost cause. Instead you should limit the amount of time for device access or even just take…

Training them for a career in tech/security ;) Parent is playing the career long game.

Re: Business Essentials

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Post by curt15 »

zitterbewegung wrote: post #93
supernovae wrote: post #74

I wish they had a better MDM for kids... All I want to do is ensure that NextDNS is installed/forced and that they can't remove it. Somehow, if you block store, block adding apps and block removing apps and hide the icons, kids still figure out how to remove the damn thing and the only thing you can do to block it is set a 1 minute time limit (why can't you set 0 minutes? wtf apple?) and hope they don't stay up until…

All you are doing is teaching your kids to hack into their own device (speaking from experence) . Try a different strategy than attempting to lock down a device . When your are dealing with an individual who has a large payout if they succeed in getting around security and a long amount of time to circumvent it’s an extremely lost cause. Instead you should limit the amount of time for device access or even just take…

>All you are doing is teaching your kids to hack into their own device (speaking from experence)

That doesn't seem like a bad skill to foster.

Re: Business Essentials

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Post by thih9 »

Slightly off topic, check out the HTML code next to the "Onsite repairs" box; the formatting uses strikethrough, but there is a hidden element with "Not" text before each crossed out line. I assume this is for accessibility or copy-paste compatibility; as a result the raw text still reads:

> Onsite repairs: Not someday Not next week Not soon ASAP.

I find this kind of attention to detail very cool.

(Too bad "ASAP" is not very specific either and can mean "someday", "next week", or "soon" too...)

Re: Business Essentials

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Post by foobarian »

zitterbewegung wrote: post #93
supernovae wrote: post #74

I wish they had a better MDM for kids... All I want to do is ensure that NextDNS is installed/forced and that they can't remove it. Somehow, if you block store, block adding apps and block removing apps and hide the icons, kids still figure out how to remove the damn thing and the only thing you can do to block it is set a 1 minute time limit (why can't you set 0 minutes? wtf apple?) and hope they don't stay up until…

All you are doing is teaching your kids to hack into their own device (speaking from experence) . Try a different strategy than attempting to lock down a device . When your are dealing with an individual who has a large payout if they succeed in getting around security and a long amount of time to circumvent it’s an extremely lost cause. Instead you should limit the amount of time for device access or even just take…

> All you are doing is teaching your kids to hack into their own device

Ha! Lock down everything and casually leave a printout on the kitchen table titled "How to bypass home network security" with a bunch of Python exercises that lead up to disabling the filters. Presto, now they know Python :-)

Re: Business Essentials

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Post by ryanianian »

thealistra wrote: post #99
ryanianian wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The "at your own peril" strategy is effective for some. Or go the panopticon route: "I have software on the router that can see everything you do, but I don't usually look at it."

This sounds like fueling anxiety in the kids that they are being watched. Doesn’t sound okay

> kids that they are being watched

They already are though. Usually by tech companies without the kid's best interests at heart.

Tailor it to the kid. Certain amounts of anxiety in developing minors around surveillance seem healthy, especially given the risks associated with unfettered access to the dangerous fire-hose that is the internet which itself has tracking at every corner.

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