Is VPN not a built-in feature of the network stack on an iPhone? Do you need apps to connect to e.g. a wireguard server?

I have my AP connected with a trunk link and configured to offer different SSIDs for different VLANs. I connect IOT devices to the IOT WiFi, and home assistant can see them since the machine running it is connected to that VLAN as well. Apart from the initial setup, this feels like less of a hassle, as firewall rules are already set up for this VLAN (no connection to internet or other VLANs). If I had to manually make sure that every new IOT device I add is incapable of talking to the internet, I think I’d go mad.

Why should the update procedure for an application be handled by the application itself rather than a package manager? Let app devs focus on their app and repository maintainers on update manifests.

Employers demand to see your facebook account? That sounds illegal.

I didn’t think people still opened new user accounts on facebook

ssh is a protocol that is used to log in to a computer remotely. Servers are usually administrated not by plugging a keyboard and monitor into the server, but from another machine via ssh. You can configure ssh to allow login with the same username+password you would use locally, but it is common practice to only allow authentication with an ssh key.

ssh keys allow for much higher entropy like you suggested. They are also asymmetric, and the private key can be password-protected or stored on a smartcard.

Have you heard of ssh keys?

Yes, the sad reality is that Windows is not quite there yet for desktop usage

Imagine hosting a software on your own hardware and still choosing the one that makes you dependent on the whims of a corporation lmao

Yes. By ‘VPN technology’ I mean e.g. wireguard, openVPN, which are infeasible to ban since companies probably use the same software stack.

VPN technology will never be banned, as most companies rely on it heavily, e.g. for remote work. The only thing I could see is ISPs keeping a blacklist of known addresses of commercial VPN providers, but that seems like an uphill battle

Why not make it a felony to propose laws that are ruled to be “obviously unconstitutional”? A citizen can go to jail for even trying to break a regular law, so it seems reasonable to do the same for politicians who try to break one of the foundational laws

That’s how you know it’s valueable! I don’t want some crappy product they give away for free. \s

Are messaging apps really considered social media?

Seems fun, but is this case really gonna sit somewhere you actually see it? That seems awfully noisy when you add a few hard drives.

This is the internet, not America

I don’t know what these services do, but ignoring a GDPR deletion request could be costly (if the company is caught)

A router is not a network switch is not a wireless access point. Using the machine as a router works with one ethernet port.

I would still not recommend this approach, as your network will be unusable when this machine goes down.

Even if the device belongs to the school, installing spyware is still unethical

If you find an encrypted drive, it’s extremely unlikely you can recover anything from it. If there is no LUKS header, it’s pretty much impossible.