Martin: Paul Frields suggested to split this article in two, so your suggestion is far enough. I also think is a bit too long. And needs images indeed.
Cheers, Sylvia On 23 August 2016 at 11:16, Sylvia Sánchez <lailah...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello! > > Are you sure it's not so easy to install programmes from a third party > repository or a website? I don't think so. I have Telegram and another > thing that is just clicking on it and runs. I just downloaded them from a > website. And adding a third party repository like Russian Fedora or Google > is just downloading a RPM from somewhere and install it. It's not even > needed a console anymore, Gnome Software or Yumex does it for you, it's > just entering your admin password. > About passwords, it DOES help. Your thieves are specialised ones, kind of > hackers, but most of them just steal something of value to resell, the > farther they can go is erasing everything to install some illegal Windows. > And even that is too much, most of time they just make up and excuse and > trade the device. Buyers can do whatever they want afterwards. So maybe > you loss everything, but at least you didn't give away your personal stuff. > About app permissions... Do you use any social media? Did it ever > happened to you that a website asks you to use your > email/FB/Twitter/whatever account and then oh! surprise! it starts doing > strange stuff once you granted it? No? It happened to me until I learned > to read the small letters below whenever a website or webapp requests > permissions. And it happens over and over to many people all over the > world because most of them DON'T read the little letters. And even that, > some webs or webapps misbehave anyway. > > About the web chapter, your suggestions are perfect, thanks for pointing > me out. I'll add them. > > > > Cheers and thanks, > Sylvia > > On 23 August 2016 at 10:45, Martin Stransky <stran...@redhat.com> wrote: > >> On 08/23/2016 09:54 AM, Sylvia Sánchez wrote: >> >>> Hello everybody! >>> >>> Here's the link to the draft, I think is almost ready but if anyone has >>> an >>> idea to add, feel free to do so. Besides that, it needs some format and >>> images, and probably some edition too? >>> >>> https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=14015&preview_id=14015 >>> >>> Looking forward to know your thoughts. >>> >> >> Some remarks: >> >> Points 1-3 seems to be related to mobile phones (Android?). We don't have >> any app permissions on Fedora/Linux. >> >> Point 4 - 8 - password does no help you by any mean. If someone stole >> your laptop it can be booted to runlevel 0 - rescue mode and you don't need >> any password then. You can read all data. Only thing which helps you it's >> home dir (or whole drive) encryption, which is also mandatory for all >> laptops owned by various companies. >> >> Point 10 - if you have skills to install third party code on linux you >> probably know what you're doing. It's no so easy as on Windows. >> >> "While surfing the world wide web…" chapter >> - those tips may help you, but there are far more important ones: >> >> 1. Always have your browser up-to date, use the latest one >> 2. Don't install extensions from unknown sources, use official store. >> 3. Don't visit suspicious web sites (warez, p0rn, etc...) because those >> usually contain malware/trojans. If you need to do so, use browser private >> mode and/or sandboxed browser. >> >> I'd also shorten the article/tips to increase readability. >> >> ma. >> >> >>> Cheers, >>> Sylvia >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Fedora Marketing mailing list >>> marketing@lists.fedoraproject.org >>> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/marketing@lists. >>> fedoraproject.org >>> >>> -- >> Fedora Marketing mailing list >> marketing@lists.fedoraproject.org >> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/marketing@lists. >> fedoraproject.org > > >
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