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Articles about system administration and other technical miscellany.

Apple Scans Your Local Image Files Without Consent (2023-01-15, 3rd party)

mediaanalysisd hashes each file and sends the hash back home to make sure you don’t possess “illicit” content. What is “illicit”? Supposedly only CSAM right now, but that can change quickly. Don’t trust your family jewels to proprietary operating systems.

UEFI boot: how does that actually work, then? (2014-01, 3rd party)

A very detailed down-to-earth exposition on UEFI and how to use it with Linux.

UEFI: some tips and tricks

It has been 15 years since the PC industry has forced UEFI upon us, and we are now entering the so-called “plateau of productivity”.