Advanced Plus Security Lenny's 2021 intention: keep this setup for a year :-)

[Lenny_Fox]

@Gandalf_The_Grey "KSC free not a bad program"

@harlan4096 "not bad" is strange Dutch way of saying it is good

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

@Gandalf_The_Grey "KSC free not a bad program"

@harlan4096 "not bad" is strange Dutch way of saying it is good

Thanks for the translation

 

[harlan4096]

UAC to default or Always Notify?

 

[ForgottenSeer 89360]

@Gandalf_The_Grey "KSC free not a bad program"

@harlan4096 "not bad" is strange Dutch way of saying it is good

It’s used in other countries too

 

[oldschool]

Upside is that she applies safe hex now

I definitely read this wrong the first time.

 

[Lenny_Fox]

I definitely read this wrong the first time.

Would not your first thought use a different verb "practises safe ..."

 

[Lenny_Fox]

Just when I was so happy with the TP-Link AC4000 router we paid from incentives my girlfriend earned by following security awareness courses sponsored by her employer

https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/20_1222_data-security-business-advisory.pdf

Scroll to the chapter about People's Republic China National Intelligence Law of 2017

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Just when I was so happy with the TP-Link AC4000 router we paid from incentives my girlfriend earned by following security awareness courses sponsored by her employer

https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/20_1222_data-security-business-advisory.pdf

Scroll to the chapter about People's Republic China National Intelligence Law of 2017

So, you think your TP-Link router has a backdoor and is sending all your data to the Chinese government?
If so, they will be very bored by my constant visiting of Malware Tips...

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Lenny, what are you going to do now with that router?
I think it's nearly impossible to avoid buying something that has Chinese technology inside.
In the Netherlands the KPN Experia box is made by ZTE (Chinese), the latest version 12 by Sagemcom (French?), the Ziggo Connect Box by Arris (US) or Compal (Taiwanese) but you don't know what other technology they use in their network and where that modem is manufactured.

 

[Lenny_Fox]

Lenny, what are you going to do now with that router?
I think it's nearly impossible to avoid buying something that has Chinese technology inside.
In the Netherlands the KPN Experia box is made by ZTE (Chinese), the latest version 12 by Sagemcom (French?), the Ziggo Connect Box by Arris (US) or Compal (Taiwanese) but you don't know what other technology they use in their network and where that modem is manufactured.

Gandalf-san

I am going to keep using the router. I am not wearing a tin-foil hat. Beside that my budget does not allow throwing away stuff which works perfectly.

I work as part-time cook and part-time digital marketeer, due to Covid19 lockdown I the income as cook felt away, luckily I could work extra as digital marketeer (because some collegues had gotten Covid19). Downside of having two part-time jobs is that in Holland par-timers often get a "8 hour" contract, so when you have no work. you only get one day max compensation. Most people of marketing agency I work part-time for are recovered, so owner is reducing my working hours in January 2021 to just one day (the minimum he is obliged in my contract), because his clients are also lowering marketing budgets in 2021.

Luckily I helped the owner of the restaurant I worked for. During the second lockdown he decided to invest in his restaurant and is using the lockdown for a complete overhaul. The contractor he hired, saw me painting (I use my left hand as easily as my right hand) and asked whether I could work for him (because his painter is still recovering from the first Covid19 wave in the Netherlands). So I am going to work 4 days a week as a house painter next year for at least three months and probably half a year.

So I am thinking about changing my nick name at the forum to TAFNAL

Have a nice 'oudejaarsavond' and a 'gelukkig nieuwjaar'

/L

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Gandalf-san

I am going to keep using the router. I am not wearing a tin-foil hat. Beside that my budget does not allow throwing away stuff which works perfectly.

I work as part-time cook and part-time digital marketeer, due to Covid19 lockdown I the income as cook felt away, luckily I could work extra as digital marketeer (because some collegues had gotten Covid19). Downside of having two part-time jobs is that in Holland par-timers often get a "8 hour" contract, so when you have no work. you only get one day max compensation. Most people of marketing agency I work part-time for are recovered, so owner is reducing my working hours in January 2021 to just one day (the minimum he is obliged in my contract), because his clients are also lowering marketing budgets in 2021.

Luckily I helped the owner of the restaurant I worked for. During the second lockdown he decided to invest in his restaurant and is using the lockdown for a complete overhaul. The contractor he hired, saw me painting (I use my left hand as easily as my right hand) and asked whether I could work for him (because his painter is still recovering from the first Covid19 wave in the Netherlands). So I am going to work 4 days a week as a house painter next year for at least three months and probably half a year.

So I am thinking about changing my nick name at the forum to TAFNAL

Have a nice 'oudejaarsavond' and a 'gelukkig nieuwjaar'

/L

I knew you were not wearing a tin-foil hat, but I was surprised you linked that pdf and didn't see the purpose.

Tough times in this crisis. Good to hear that you that you found new work TAFNAL-san.

And I also wish you a nice 'oudejaarsavond' (new year's eve) and a 'gelukkig nieuwjaar' (happy new year)

 

[Lenny_Fox]

12-2-21 change

Added Neushield Data Sentinel Free and changed uMatrix for uBlock on Edge WDAG sandbox

Removed System and Admins from Quick Documents Backup Folder Access Control List, because most ransomware tries to elevate to maximum rights, which will prevent (when all defense fail) ransomware access to my quick documents backup folder. Using OneDrive personal fault to protect two documents folders (with tax and insurance stuff in it).

So my backup strategy
1. Yearly backup of tax and insurance folder to OneDrive personal vault
2. Six month manual backup of system image one month after every major Windows Update (I delay image backup always one month, just to be sure everything is okay)
3. Quarterly manual backup of all data to USB drive with Syncback of which one drive always is offline (I have two 2GB USB drives which I rotate USB drives always keeping one at my parents). The other USB drive is used as NAS for easy sharing and copying of images of my grirlfriend and I (so we have all images on Desktop + Laptop + NAS)
4. Monthly manual backup with Windows backup of documents on R drive on patch tuesday
5. Ad hoc (usually daily) backup with Syncback of to Quick Documents backup folder only on R-drive
6. Automated daily mirror with Neushield Data Sentinel of Quick Documents backup folder

P.S. I lost 5 kilogram just by working 4 days a week in the cold as a painter. Because 1 day online-marketing job had nothing I worked extra today in the freezing cold. Really hard work now because paint does not 'ooze' out nicely with temperatures below zero.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

So, we must call you Skinny_Fox now?

With windows backup you mean file history?
No problems with NeuShield Data Sentinel?
I had my backup size doubled and I'm still in contact with support to find the reason.

 

[Lenny_Fox]

@Gandalf_The_Grey

I only let Neushield mirror/guard my Documents Quick backup folder. What I noticed is that Neushield sets a restore point every day. Probably to revoke software changes to. No problems. My Windows data backup seems to write the backup as a concatenated file, which Neushield probably interprets as one file. To me it seems like expected behavior to double data storage size when the data is mirrored (as one file).

File based backup solutions like Syncback also don't play nice with seamless incremental backups (like Windows backup). When I add only one mail to my outlook PST file, to Syncback the pst file is chanhed and will backu it up fully. I expect Neushield handles the Windows backup similar.

I use Windows Backup, not file history (doing manual backups).

Backs up to

No Skinny Fox yet, still a can away from a six pack

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

In that case I think NeuShield can't work with file history, at least for me.
I use next to sync with OneDrive (Microsoft 365 account) file history as extra offline backup method for the three main laptops here in the house.
That all works fine for years with a 500GB external HDD, but with NeuShield I ran out of space and I can't use file history anymore with that external HDD.
After uninstalling NeuShield, deleting the old backup and making a new backup with file history everything works fine as before.

 

[Lenny_Fox]

Update: using NextDNS (website load lag is gone) added AdGuard's first party trackers (because excellent EU-US most prevalent ad&trackere 'only' covers third-party). Sort of best of worlds approach (Next DNS - Edge tracking on default - Kees1958 3rd-party - Adguard 1st-party).

When using Edge Application Guard with BulletVPN and (IP from Germany) I have Adguard CNAME tracker list enabled (with default VPN).

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

added AdGuard's first party trackers (because excellent EU-US most prevalent ad&trackere 'only' covers third-party)

Take a look at OISD list which I recommend in my guide

 

[Lenny_Fox]

Take a look at OISD list which I recommend in my guide

Can't find the post on how to add it to NextDNS. Link?

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

Can't find the post on how to add it to NextDNS. Link?

Sure: Tutorial - NextDNS: a DoH/ DoT guide

 

[Lenny_Fox]

Sure: Tutorial - NextDNS: a DoH/ DoT guide

yes, found that one, but could not find the post with oisd.nl

I don't see an option in NextDNS to add oisd.nl