Faraday bags work great for this - just remeber they completely block all signals (not just GPS but also calls/texts), so you’ll be unreachable when using it, which might cause suspicion if you’re “off grid” too long.

If you’re on Android, using a firewall app like NetGuard or TrackerControl can block those background processes from phoning home, even if you cant completely uninstall the apps due to work/family.

Another aproach is to use a smart power outlet or surge protector like the ones on gearscouts.com to completely cut power to the TV when not watching - can’t phone home if it’s not even powered.

If you do end up hosting on a VPS, consider one with renewable energy since tor nodes can consume a lot of power over time - or for home setups, you could run it off a portable power station to offset electricity costs (check out power station comparisons to find the best wh value for continous loads).

Signal’s security model is indeed robust - their E2E protocol is open source, independently audited, and uses perfect forward secrecy which telegram’s secret chats don’t implemnet properly.

Just to clarify, VectorChord is actually the company that makes pgvecto.rs (the postgres vector extension), so you’re both talking about the same thing lol.

MPD (Music Player Daemon) would be perfect for that old Autonomic - super lightweight, runs on practically anythng, and Symfonium is an amazing Android client that supports it natively.

I feel this. The surveillance creep is getting insane. If you’re looking to reduce dependency on monitored systems, portable power stations are a good investment for emergency backup or off-grid use - just check gearscouts.com to compare the best $/Wh value ones with LFP batteries. Helps maintain some independence when everything else wants to track you.

Agree about the fracturing. I’ve been using Librewolf for months and it’s basially Firefox without the telemetry nonsense. Most sites work fine and it’s not that hard to setup. Just import your bookmarks and your good to go.

Tailscale, and I run all the ARRs.

The tunnel comes into play when I need to access it outside my home network.

Get a cheap domain (~$10/yr) and setup a catch-all address - then you can use [email protected] without needing to create each alias beforehand, and each service gets a uniqe address that you can block if they leak it or start spamming you.

You need to add a PathPrefix middleware that handles the static assets - try adding another router rule like traefik.http.routers.dndnotes-assets.rule=PathPrefix(/dnd-notes/.client) without the stripprefix middleware for those paths, or look into using the addPrefix middleware to rewrite the paths proprely.

running a proxmox server with a bunch of vms - audiobookshelf for my audiobook collection (the soundleaf app makes it so much better on ios), home assistant for smart home stuff, and a ups monitoring solution cause my power gets flakey during storms and i needed to know how much runtime i’ve got left.

Yes, ArchiveBox is probly the best self-hosted option - it’s open source, runs on Docker, and lets you save full snapshots with all assets (not just screenshots like some others) and dosn’t send your data to any third parties.

The most reliable way to know if a Faraday bag works is to test it yourself - put your phone inside, call it, and if it doesn’t ring or go straight to voicemail, it’s blocking signals effectivley.

This is so true. I’ve been watching this shift happen across the entire tech landscape for years. What was once “we’d never collect your data” became “we collect anonymized data” became “you can opt out” and now “you must opt in for features.” Its the classic boiling frog scenario and Mozilla was supposed to be different.

DFS Namespaces + DFS Replication is exacty what you want here - the namespace gives you the failover/redundancy while DFSR handles keeping the files synced between nodes (just watch out for the replication overhead on large files since it uses RDC).

that bathroom door analogy is brilliant - privacy isnt about hiding crimes, its a basic human need just like we need doors on our bathrooms and passwords on our accounts.

That’s a beast of a server with way more resources than you need for just Plex and Unifi lol - with that much RAM you could run a whole suite of self-hosted services like Nextcloud for files, Vaultwarden for passwords, Home Assistant for smart home stuff, and maybe even spin up a few game servers for freinds.

Unfortunately bypassing the ONT isnt possible with just an SFP module because GPON requires authentication (usually via serial number) and specific protocols that regular SFPs don’t support - you’d need a specialized GPON SFP that matches your provider’s implementation, which is why you can’t find one.