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I Turned ON All Ubuntu Telemetry.

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I  did something today that will make certain corners of the internet audibly gasp. I didn’t disable telemetry. I didn’t firewall it. I didn’t put on a tinfoil hat and boot into a Faraday cage. No. I installed every Ubuntu data-donation tool and opted in manually like a lunatic with intent. Yes. Telemetry. On. All of it. Step 1: Installing the “evil” telemetry tool First, I installed Ubuntu’s main data-donation package: sudo apt update sudo apt install ubuntu-report Then I looked at the data it collects: ubuntu-report And what did I see? CPU model GPU model RAM size Screen resolution Oh no. My computer… exists . Step 2: Opting in aggressively Not satisfied with a passive existence, I explicitly told Ubuntu: ubuntu-report -f send yes That’s right. Not “ask me later” . Not “maybe” . YES. SEND IT. Somewhere, a Canonical server blinked awake like: “Another one has chosen… participation.” Step 3: Package usage stats (aka “He installed VLC”) Next up:...
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Backup data from Android to an OpenSSH server

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Assuming you have created an openssh server on your windows 11 PC and you have root access , it's easy to backup your apps, call logs, messages, wallpapers and known wifi networks with swift backup for android


Head over to cloud sync and tap on SFTP 

Next you'll need to enter your credentials and the location on your PC

I've got my backup on D drive and the path is /D:

This creates the backup in the root of my D drive 

Once you've added your credentials, tap on connect


Conclusion

It might be useful to sync the backup folder to a cloud service to add an extra layer of assurance that you'll never lose your backup.





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