Privacy and ownership

This is a much appreciated overhaul

I’ve been in a similar situation looking for a NAS setup that would work for me, and with my current limited knowledge. I settled on the HomePiNAS. It’s a custom PCB they make that mounts a CM5, up to 6 drives, 2.5G NIC, and x2 m.2 slots all in a 3D printable case they can ship for you too. Put on Open Media Vault or whatever else you want and it’s good to go. I was interested because it’s not a complicated setup, allows for AI chips to be added or whatever else you want to use, has a 2.5G nic, and is low power.

https://www.bee-link.com/products/beelink-me-mini-n150

I have no experience with this. Just sharing so you have more ideas to think about

Futo gave them a micro-grant this month

Be prepared for your router to not work until you figure out how to set stuff up. So hopefully this isn’t your only router. I converted a router to OpenWRT and my knowledge of networking was super basic. It was very confusing but I did get it working in a few days. However, I couldn’t get some things working like a VPN or updating without wiping all my settings. OpenWRT is router firmware, not NAS software. You’ll need to run something like CasaOS, OpenMediaVault, TrueNAS, etc for that.

This website is a great starting point for router configurations: https://routersecurity.org/#StartHere

Thank you. That’s incredibly insightful. When I get the cash I’ll setup a PiHole

Fair

That’s a good point

Why would someone pick PiHole over say a customized NextDNS on your router?

This is really neat. I’ll be trying it out for sure

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don’t know why it can’t just say that Gaza’s condition is that of an unambiguous genocide in progress.

Maybe because the Guardian is like just about every other legacy news agency that has been sold out and publishes things to fit an agenda

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I disagree. NATO kept pushing military equipment closer and closer to Russia when that went against the initial agreement years back.

It’s a proxy war so the US military industrial complex and politicians can make more money. It’s unfortunate two countries are fighting but it’s not the problem of the US people. Also you can’t fix other’s problems if you (the USA) have too many problems of your own that need attending to first. I would not compare this to WWII, and hopefully it doesn’t turn into a nuclear WWIII because of the US antagonizations.