Nope, I never let anything automatically withdraw money. Mistakes are made. And sure, you’ll get your money back from the accidental 10k that was pulled from your account…in 5 to 10 business days, until then you are broke and shit is bouncing.

Great

So lawyers get half right off the bat. Leaves 212 ish million.

This affected how many, let’s say 1 billion users. Your privacy is worth 25 cents.

Oh and let’s not forget google gets to keep that data it illegally collected.

Good. People don’t understand implications until it happens to them. Suddenly they don’t like this security features anymore because it became personal.

We need more people to experience that discomfort

I use a Pi running LibreElec…basically packages OSMC.

Plug it into a smart TV with HDMI and your tv remote can control the Pi OSMC Interface…no need for a separate remote…I was pleasantly surprised at that.

I knew someone who threw away a laptop because the screen broke.

They see junk

I see a new home server with built in ups, just rip off the screen.

Ya. I’m sorry for you.

Problem is, even if you delete the Images, Google has already scraped them for info on you and used your Google account and phone number to tie it all together to further its data aggregation profile on you.

Welcome to the fold.

Been running nextcloud for 8+ years. Love the auto upload and bookmark sharing apps.

The contacts and calendar apps support DAV…I use DAVx on android to sync contacts and calendar to nextcloud …haven’t sync’d to Google. Grab it from FDroid. I have an article on my web blob explaining how to do it.

Remember to backup your cloud data and secure your web portal or run over private vpn.

Oh and go find the php updater script…it’s a life saver.

It does. Or can just send the recorded message to your email as a .wav attachment.

I use this.

I have Ms VoIP as my provider. $1 month per line and 1 cent per min.

I have a grand stream sip adapter… Configured with my providers info and my creds. Phone can plug into it. Works just fine. Plus you can use any sip client to connect to the same line from mobile or PC.

Also, my old house had pots lines in every room. I took my grand stream and wired it into the house, not a phone. So I can plug regular phones into any of the original outlets and it works as it directly connected to the grand stream. I have 4 regular phones all running over original wires into the grandstream using sip

I did it for ya…good luck with your phd

It’s all about privacy.

I am amazed at services offered that run rampant in the home.

My ISP offers fiber. But only if you also sign up for managed wifi where they manage your internal net…no way

I got a quote for solar power…but they must use a 3rd party cloud to manage your power and it uses eth over electrical … If you use eth over electrical already, then it does whatever it wants in your home network …no way.

Cell phones? They all go into a guest wifi…not on my home network.

I want to add 1 thing…graphics drivers have come a long way. Nvidia is a good example where some diatros come pre loaded to support Nvidia…like popOS. Check your vid card for distro compatibility

Universal media server works for me. I run it headless on a small instance. Streams my movies and music just fine.

The yagi works well, very similar.

Sure. My ISP gave me this range for this exact reason.

I use port knock. Really helps against scans if you are the edge device.

If it’s public facing, how about dont turn on ssh to the public, open it to select ips or ranges. Use a non standard port, use a cert or even a radius with TOTP like privacyIdea. How about a port knocker to open the non standard port as well. Autoban to lock out source ips.

That’s just off the top of my head.

There’s a lot you can do to harden a host.

There’s a 40 year I.T. veteran here that still suffers imposter syndrome. It’s a real thing I’ve never been able to shake off

Pop Os is nice. I went and bought the same hardware that system76 uses and then loaded their popOs on it. Going on 4 years of use now, zero issues. Battery life is challenging… Solid laptop otherwise.

We are all in same boat. Ive gotten dozens upon dozens of letters from companies. Most even say, sorry we were hacked 8 months ago. Letting you know all your personal info was stolen.

I’m sure my social security number, work history, previous addresses, relatives, cars I owned, houses…probably how many times I shit per day also.

Just keep your credit permanently frozen until you need it. Keeps credit card offers from your mailbox also…