i'm just a regular guy who didn't pursue a career in technology but has been using it for decades. i'm currently in the process of learning and re-learning everything i can about the technology i've neglected over the past several years. i eventually see myself learning python, but that will take some time.
feel free to check out https://walderf.github.io/things/, a replacement for https://github.com/walderf/stuff/oldREADME.md, to see things such as articles and links, pertaining to, but not limited to, computers, the internet, security, and some privacy-rlated things that just might make you go: "woah. holy sheet!" see below.
there are also some things regarding the general administration, configuration, and hardening of (mainly *nix-related) OSes. plus, there is a (slowly) growing list of nifty commandline (CLI) things, that either contain their own unique function(s), enhance existing functions, or straight-up replace some more commonly-used tools/utilities.
i am also sharing some of my system and application configuration files, or dotfiles, in walderf/dotfiles.
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allow me to reiterate the importance of this topic.
the resources, (articles and links), i have assembled contain quite detailed, descriptive information on various, (*FREE* and open-source, of course!), methods aimed to protect you online.
what's better than no-catch, direct links to easy-to-follow, straight-forward resources that range from "quick-and-easy-to-implement" all the way to "hardcore AF"?? the best part is, once up-and-running, many of the "services" mentioned require little to no interaction by the end-user as they actively protect.
these things can and absolutely *will* benefit *any* and *every* level of internet-connected computer user.
not convinced? please read this article. as you're reading, consider all of the implications. then, even if you, yourself, feel like you're already good 'n protected. or, perhaps, you just flat out refuse to direct your attention to such matters, read the title of this article and surmise to *act dutifully*. your assigned duty is to, as casually or as fear-based-paranoia-ridden-franticly as you deem fit, *please* pass this information along! to friends! relatives! co-workers! strangers?? aliens.
this simple action, if you will, is for the greater good of humanity. a humanity present not only today, but, and with significantly more importance, tomorrow. humanity's future. our future. *the* future. ( <--- not a joke or even close to a "truth-stretch" :| ) :)
-walderf
:)