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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hi, Jude.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Is he able to log in without intervention on your part? Or do you have to initiate some type of action (like LogMeIn) for him to make this connection?
If it’s the former, most people wouldn’t be comfortable with that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Cheers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> plug [mailto:plug-bounces@plug.org.au]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jude Cullity<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, April 22, 2017 23:18<br>
<b>To:</b> plug@plug.org.au<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [plug] Q about my new computer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Hi, I joined up at the start of the year because I wnted to buy a new computer and set up with Linux.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Now that the Govt's meta-data retention scheme has just kicked off, I am interested in how to protect my privacy.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The guy I bought my computer off, offered me a 3 month free phone help with my new Linux system. He said that if I had trouble, he could log onto my machine remotely and see what I was doing so he could help trouble shoot. Does this constitute
a backdoor? How can I disable it?<o:p></o:p></p>
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