Take Control of Your Tech Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/take-control-of-your-tech A weekly podcast from Will Smith about making your technology work for you. Find out more and support the show at https://takecontrol.content.town ©️ 2026, Content.Town 68a9d001-a690-595e-82df-15260939cccc no Support this podcast The One We Do For Apple en Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:37:24 -0700 Thu, 29 Oct 2026 22:07:06 -0700 https://takecontrol.content.town https://img.transistorcdn.com/8rtDP6tRs-lgNRYM2Wy4LraAA95ndDXCr2KfNSCIyc4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mODk5/ZTcxNDY5NzQyZWNk/NmEwNzlhM2Q3OThi/Y2RhYy5qcGc.jpg Take Control of Your Tech https://takecontrol.content.town episodic Will Smith A weekly podcast from Will Smith about making your technology work for you. Find out more and support the show at https://takecontrol.content.town A weekly podcast from Will Smith about making your technology work for you. technology, linux, enshittification, de-google, de-googling, Will Smith No No Welcome to Take Control of Your Tech 1 1 Welcome to Take Control of Your Tech full 9a6a1bed-c2a5-4456-9d19-52d66bf5d7ff https://takecontrol.content.town/episodes/episode-0001/ Welcome to the first episode of Take Control of Your Tech! On this episode, Will explains why this show exists, shares what you need to know about the eMudra and PHP security issues that happened last week (and how to secure your devices) and answers listener questions!

This week's show is sponsored by Fastmail. If you want a great email provider that can help you take control of your inbox, give you single-use Masked Emails for questionable account signups, and make adding new email aliases for your domain collection a breeze, give Fastmail a try. 

  • Ars Technica has had great coverage of the eMudhra cert story and the PHP vulnerability. 
  • There's also a Plex vulnerability which I wasn't aware of when I recorderd this. 
  • The command I used to extend my Fedora Server's root drive is sudo lvextend --resizefs --extents +50%FREE /dev/mapper/<volume name>
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  • (00:00) - Cold Open
  • (01:13) - Intro - What Is Take Control?
  • (14:09) - Ad Break
  • (15:23) - The News - eMudhra Cert Vulnerability
  • (20:49) - News - PHP Remote Code Exploit
  • (24:57) - Linux Talk - Transitioning to Noctalia v5
  • (35:34) - Ad Break
  • (36:30) - Turning a Broken Laptop Into a Home Server
  • (44:47) - Listener Questions!
  • (01:02:11) - Wrap Up - Support the Show!
★ Support this podcast ★ ]]> Welcome to the first episode of Take Control of Your Tech! On this episode, Will explains why this show exists, shares what you need to know about the eMudra and PHP security issues that happened last week (and how to secure your devices) and answers listener questions!

This week's show is sponsored by Fastmail. If you want a great email provider that can help you take control of your inbox, give you single-use Masked Emails for questionable account signups, and make adding new email aliases for your domain collection a breeze, give Fastmail a try. 

  • Ars Technica has had great coverage of the eMudhra cert story and the PHP vulnerability. 
  • There's also a Plex vulnerability which I wasn't aware of when I recorderd this. 
  • The command I used to extend my Fedora Server's root drive is sudo lvextend --resizefs --extents +50%FREE /dev/mapper/<volume name>
  • (00:00) - Start
  • (00:00) - Cold Open
  • (01:13) - Intro - What Is Take Control?
  • (14:09) - Ad Break
  • (15:23) - The News - eMudhra Cert Vulnerability
  • (20:49) - News - PHP Remote Code Exploit
  • (24:57) - Linux Talk - Transitioning to Noctalia v5
  • (35:34) - Ad Break
  • (36:30) - Turning a Broken Laptop Into a Home Server
  • (44:47) - Listener Questions!
  • (01:02:11) - Wrap Up - Support the Show!
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This week's show is sponsored by Fastmail. If you want a great email provider that can help you take control of your inbox, give you single-use Masked Emails for questionable account signups, and make adding new email aliases for your domain collection a breeze, give Fastmail a try. 

  • Ars Technica has had great coverage of the eMudhra cert story and the PHP vulnerability. 
  • There's also a Plex vulnerability which I wasn't aware of when I recorderd this. 
  • The command I used to extend my Fedora Server's root drive is sudo lvextend --resizefs --extents +50%FREE /dev/mapper/<volume name>
  • (00:00) - Start
  • (00:00) - Cold Open
  • (01:13) - Intro - What Is Take Control?
  • (14:09) - Ad Break
  • (15:23) - The News - eMudhra Cert Vulnerability
  • (20:49) - News - PHP Remote Code Exploit
  • (24:57) - Linux Talk - Transitioning to Noctalia v5
  • (35:34) - Ad Break
  • (36:30) - Turning a Broken Laptop Into a Home Server
  • (44:47) - Listener Questions!
  • (01:02:11) - Wrap Up - Support the Show!
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