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I have 10Gbit and hunted that whale. But I didn’t build my own router. Electricity is $0.51 Kw/h. Ouch.

First, 10Gbit hardware is more available now than years ago, so you have more options. I started off with the router my ISP gave me. It worked, but it was 1Gbit. Not going to do for me. Plus, basic function was paywalled. Booooo! Snagged a broken Asus router and got it working great.

With IDS/IPS enabled, I get about 3.5Gbps. There is newer router tech today that looks interesting with fewer bottlenecks that would have been nice years ago, but not worth the upgrade right now.

My desktop hits about 2Gbps downloading Steam games/updates, but my partners desktop lags behind with SATA SSD storage. Definitely need NVME with that speed.

I will say my experience with 10Gbit Ethernet cards is not positive. I have a lot of intermittent disconnections and there are a lot of bugs vs 1Gbit switches. They do not like sharing with 2.5Gbit devices. I keep my server on 1Gbit connections. It’s plenty fast for my needs though.

I sort of do this because I own my domain. I generally pick an annual keyword email filters can lock on, followed by an identifier with whom I’m contacting.

It’s easy to trace if addressed get breached, especially unreported breaches, and add to a burn list if they get spammed.

Also, if I have no intention of responding I give fake info or if I need that rare password reset link I know when to look in the spam.

Yeah, using my domain is it’s self a bit trackable, but enough friends and family use it I figure poisoned data is sweet justice.

Fun fact, but for some reason old fake accounts have boomed in popularity; like data brokers with bad information bounce verifications off each other, linked it to some poor sap in another state, and snowballed into an actual profile. I’m going to use that identity as an alt profile for something someday.

Ha! You think you can scare me with a haircut?

I second this. It’s an amazing utility for video encoding.

Used it for converting class projects back in the day. The queue feature saved my arse back when prores to HEVC conversions took days.

Weeeelllllll… Yeah I guess you have a good point. If something did happen, finger pointing starts.

Gestures at wires

But it’s right there! I need a 1-day OSHA permit just to yank crap out!

I kinda want one of these. I could load it up with my collection. It’d be awesome. I can imagine my SO’s blood boiling already at the sight of “more useless junk”!

And what do you need an electrician for? Turn off power, open a panel, and disconnect the wires. Snip snip. Frankly, I’m surprised a dedicated switch/breaker for a 3rd party kiosk isn’t mandatory.

If only I had the space …

If I recall you still can through ADB, but it’s a pain and they started locking that down too. Ad blocking VPN (at least the one I tried) didn’t work.

There was a big update about a year ago that very clearly sent the message “this device will show what we want you to see.”

While based on Google TV, they lock down the OS, control the app store, and force their apps. You’re in their walled garden and it’s a pain to break out in any meaningful way.

No thanks. It’s all about data harvesting and ads now.

There was a time it was a neat product, but Amazon tech isn’t entering our household anymore.

A % of customers won’t return an incorrect product so an accidental sale is still a sale. It sucks, but statistically benefits the company.

I get tricked now and then too by products that ended up not matching my search. So annoying.

Totally right. Forgot what community I was in.

Don’t most? Even Fitbit does that for ages. You can select what apps to receive notifications from.

First of all, the ISP controls cable modem firmware. They have all the settings and manage the device. You don’t get much control there.

As for your question, I’d say no, for 2 reasons. First, designing that capability is expensive and modems are built for cheap reliability. Second, any hardware to spy is more useful installed in a data center accessible to their user base. There is not much point installing unnecessary tech to one endpoint.

As for router, they are beefier CPU-wise. AT&T has in the past prevented users from changing DNS settings and that could lead to lots of tasty data. Deep packet inspection is becoming more prevalent in home routers as is integration with other technologies. (EERO devices for example).

Make sure to fire up a VPN or something when you need.

The user may not be aware they have this tracking technology on their phone. The toolkit may be some app developer integrating a 3rd party library for analytics. Banking apps, loyalty apps, phone companies, games, utilities… they all can rely on 3rd parties for proximity services.

In fact, I was going to mention an app, Exodus, that can reveal these trackers and in scanning my phone, I found 2!. The first is home assistant, which is understandable, but the second is a Health app my doctor office uses! Man, that irks me!

Uhhh that exact technology has been in use for years. Your phone broadcasts/receivers a beacon at regular intervals while Bluetooth is on. Anyone can pick it up if they are looking.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/14/opinion/bluetooth-wireless-tracking-privacy.html

The process is so streamlined companies bragged your advertising profile is updated before you check out.

The Next Major Version of Bluetooth Might Help Advertisers Track Your Smartphone Faster

FIFY

Let’s not pretend this feature didn’t trickle down the data harvesting dog-hydrant to us peons solely for our benefit.

Straight up, Firefox isn’t search, so that’s never going to be competitive. Changing from Google is easy though. That aside though …

Comparing Firefox to Chrome is a little complicated as it comes default on pretty much all Android phones. Yes, we can change, but it’s still installed and running services in the background if I recall. I really hope the move away from useful extensions takes a toll on chrome and brings users over to Firefox.

Million dollar salaries are excessive IMHO and rarely justified. I’m with you on that.

Some things Mozilla does, and doesn’t do, have been instrumental in not only bringing awareness, but security for the web and triggering dialogue. That openness is important and not something Google has been known for.

Google may be covering their butt funding Firefox, but an Internet without Firefox may look much different today.

“Who am I?”

“Why am I here?”

“When I’m done rolling up this booger, should I eat it or throw it out the window?”

Linky

I sort of already do. It’s called dreaming about driving a car.

I think these folks forgot that random dreams play an important role in information processing. I’d rather not mess with that too much.

Ha! Yes! Even today USB 5 volts is pretty sweet for low power stuff. USB PD re-complicates things, but it’s not user dependent so that’s a plus.

And you need a loooot of copper to prevent voltage drop especially when a grid of 100 houses 1/2 mile long draw 20-80 amps each. The math starts adding up real quick.