This week in Privacy News, ACLU demands to know the extent of facial recognition data that several agencies have on border crossings, Google strips location out of hangouts, Access Now demands a transparency report from Zoom, and iOS leaks clipboard data to random apps! Also, there are many privacy concerns with a large company running transactions for several MTA services. #FacialID #Google #iOS All Articles: https://switchedtolinux.com/mta-smartphone-privacy-bungles/ ----------- Support Switched to Linux! ? Merch: https://shop.switchedtolinux.com ? Amazon: http://tlm.li/amazon ? Support: https://switchedtolinux.com/support ? Affiliates: https://switchedtolinux.com/affiliates ? Multichannel Support: https://thinklifemedia.com ? Patreon: /TomM ----------- Social Media: ? Twitter: @switchedtolinux ? Gab: @switchedtolinux ? Minds: @switchedtolinux Reddit: /r/switchedtolinux Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@switchedtolinux ----------- We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moW8ojUz6bY

Today we talk about where our world is at ten years after Edward Snowden revealed the global government scandal to spy on everyone. #snowden #privacy #bigdata ----------- Support Switched to Linux! ? locals: https://switchedtolinux.locals.com ? Merch: https://shop.switchedtolinux.com ? Amazon: http://tlm.li/amazon ? Support: https://switchedtolinux.com/support ? Affiliates: https://switchedtolinux.com/support/affiliates ? Multichannel Support: https://thinklifemedia.com ? https://patreon.com/tomm ? https://subscribestar.com/switchedtolinux ----------- Social Media: ? Twitter: @switchedtolinux ? Gab: @switchedtolinux ? Minds: @switchedtolinux Reddit: /r/switchedtolinux Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@switchedtolinux ----------- We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgytstKkr-o

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I found a program I want to use with my publishing group, but they are only currently shipping a Windows and a Mac version. Here I talk about the challenges with running this application and walking through some of my trouble shooting. Hopefully this will help you to install necessary Windows programs on Linux. #Wine #PublisherRocket #Linux Publishing Group: https://owicpub.com PublisherRocket: https://publisherrocket.com/ Steps: sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 wget -qO - https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key | sudo apt-key add - sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ disco main' sudo apt update sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-staging sudo apt install winetricks I then adding the .net45 framework and the program was able to run. ----------- Support Switched to Linux! ? Merch: https://shop.switchedtolinux.com ? Amazon: http://tlm.li/amazon ? Support: https://switchedtolinux.com/support ? Affiliates: https://switchedtolinux.com/affiliates ? Multichannel Support: https://thinklifemedia.com ? Patreon: /TomM ----------- Social Media: ? Twitter: @switchedtolinux ? Gab: @switchedtolinux ? Minds: @switchedtolinux Reddit: /r/switchedtolinux Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@switchedtolinux ----------- We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAXCUulDn6M