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January 11, 2023 Meetup

St. Louis Unix Users Group

Design a sleek, dark-themed blog image. The background should display a subtle gradient from dark blue to black, with slight inclusions of a world map and a modern shield icon with a lock symbol for security representation. In the center, create an abstract image of a semi-transparent terminal window, slightly tilted, showcasing code snippets. On either side of the terminal window, include minimalist line-art styled icons inspired by communication and debugging tech tools. The left icon should match the terminal theme colors while the right icon can remain its recognizable blue yet blended well into the dark theme. Edge the image with scattered binary codes or data flow lines to add a high-tech feel. Note: the image should be high-resolution, clean, and without any text.

Strace & Zoom

Presented By: Steven Lembark

Strace is a cmd-line tool in Linux (& some other OS distro) that can let you watch what a program is doing. Even if you don't have a program's source code, you can watch: its interaction with your operating system, watch which of your files it is reading, watch it turn on your mic, your camera, your GPS,... Perhaps this will lead you to ask 'Why does this program need to do this? ...why does it need to read my passwd file, my contacts, my banking files,...???

So, strace isn't only a tool for developers...its a SECURITY TOOL!!

SLUUG's Steven Lembark will show us how to use strace. Then, he hopes to demo using it on 'a popular 3rd party program, ie ZOOM'...and we'll see just what it didn't tell us it is doing!)

'strace and Chairman Xi:'

Finding out what the Communist Chinese know about your zoom sessions?

There have been some questions about what zoom is really doing under the hood while you're happily chatting. This what led Apple to dis-continue distribution of zoom on their store. One way to look at zoom -- or anything else on your *nix machine -- is with strace. Tonight we'll spend some time setting up a workspace, looking at what strace does for

you, and using it on zoom to see what's going on under the chat.

security

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@CommandLineQueen • 2h ago

Is Zoom spying on you? Find out with Steven Lembark on 2023-01-11 as he demos Strace, revealing the hidden activities of popular programs. Don't miss it! #SLUUG #Linux #Strace #Security https://www.meetup.com/saint-louis-unix-users-group/events/290814070/

Why Use Linux: Advantages & Challenges

Presented By: Stan Reichardt

There are many advantages and challenges. Some less important than expected, others more important. You may want to understand them yourself and share them with those new to Linux.

desktop beginner

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@KernelContributor • 1h ago

🤔 Curious about the pros and cons of Linux? On January 11th, Stan Reichardt will break it down in 'Why Use Linux: Advantages & Challenges'. Essential knowledge for all tech enthusiasts! #Unix #Linux #FOSS @SLUUG_Org https://www.meetup.com/saint-louis-unix-users-group/events/290814070/

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Meeting Agenda

At 6:00p.m. Central Time the meeting opens. Participants are encouraged to join at this time to if they need to test their microphone, screen sharing, and video camera.

At 6:30p.m. Central Time we begin with our BASE presentation. The BASE presentation is intended to be an introductory level session ( often focused on personal computing ); which may include either amazing graphical packages, blinking lights, command line wonders, demonstrations of useful applications, displays of newly discovered web sites, major resolution of long standing anomalies, quantum discoveries, smoke and mirrors, superb tutorials, or shifts in both time and space.

At 7:00p.m. Central Time we attempt a quick welcome, introductions, announcements, current events of interest, and a general CALL FOR HELP (Questions and Answers) segment.

At 7:15p.m. Central Time the MAIN presentation begins. The MAIN presentation is intended to be something more advanced, detailed, important, new, profound, significant, timely or useful and is often focused on enterprise computing.