spaghettiwestern
@spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on hosting a VPN with a different ISP 2 days ago:
TMO has IPV6 implemented for mobile devices and has for years. There’s no way they only implemented IPV4 on a home/business service that uses the same network and the same towers.
- Comment on hosting a VPN with a different ISP 2 days ago:
Does their current equipment (and yours) support IPV6? If so CGNAT won’t be involved.
- Comment on Can't access Paperless-ngx via VPN 1 week ago:
Your WG network is a separate subnet. Add it to PAPERLESS_ALLOWED_HOSTS to allow access.
- Comment on What's the security situation when opening a jellyfin server up for casting? 1 week ago:
not that any of this is doable in the near future, since i’m behind cgnat and won’t get my colocated bounce server up until spring.
Doesn’t IPV6 allow direct external access even when cgnat is in use for IPV4?
- Comment on PSA: Don't use nextcloud's auto upload on the android app as a backup 1 week ago:
When I was running a mesh topology I often had the same issue. Switching to a star topology fixed pretty much everything.
- Comment on PSA: Don't use nextcloud's auto upload on the android app as a backup 1 week ago:
I’ve been using Syncthing and it’s been almost flawless but was going to switch to Nextcloud for everything. Looks like I’ll be sticking with Syncthing for the foreseeable future.
Thanks for posting this.
- Comment on Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offline 1 week ago:
Since I haven’t pulled it apart or tried to decrypt the ssl traffic so I have no idea whether it has “a microphone or something.” That’s the point.
- Comment on Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offline 1 week ago:
Ours has needed very little maintenance and has quickly become a necessity because it gets the floors much cleaner that we ever did. An unexpected consequence is that the whole house stays cleaner because we still spend some of the time and energy we were spending on sweeping on other cleaning tasks.
As much as the thing irritates me you’d have to pry it from my cold, dead hands.
- Comment on Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offline 1 week ago:
My robot vac will not operate when not connected to the Internet so it’s only allowed to communicate when actually in use. As soon as it returns to the charger the vacuum is immediately blocked via firewall.
Unfortunately the manufacturer has deliberately made this as inconvenient as possible. If communication is blocked for more than a few hours the vacuum loses all maps and will no longer load saved maps from the Tuya app. To use it the vac must be powered down and the app killed. Only then can a saved map be restored.
It’s too bad it’s so useful .
- Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offlinewww.tomshardware.com ↗Submitted 1 week ago to technology@lemmy.world | 75 comments
- Comment on Microsoft finally admits almost all major Windows 11 core features are broken 3 weeks ago:
The “Repair application?” was far more alarming to my visiting friend than an “No Internet connection.” would have been. It is astounding that any company would put out such complete shit.
- Comment on Microsoft finally admits almost all major Windows 11 core features are broken 3 weeks ago:
What kind of idiots create a program error saying “Outlook failed to load repair Application?” when the only problem is the wifi is disconnected?
- Comment on Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out 3 weeks ago:
Don’tBe Evil. - Comment on Breaking: Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions! 5 weeks ago:
Google: “Based on this feedback and our ongoing conversations with the community, we are building a new advanced flow that allows experienced users to accept the risks of installing software that isn’t verified.
I’ve been side loading apks since I bought my first Android phones and am much more concerned about malware included in the “safe” apps from Google’s Play store. Google’s quality control is shit.
- Comment on FFmpeg to Google: Fund Us or Stop Sending Bugs 5 weeks ago:
Many in the FFmpeg community argue, with reason, that it is unreasonable for a trillion-dollar corporation like Google, which heavily relies on FFmpeg in its products, to shift the workload of fixing vulnerabilities to unpaid volunteers.
Google may once have felt an obligation to support the open source software they rely on, but that day’s long gone. They have become nothing more than a skeleton of distilled capitalism, shedding the pretense of being of benefit to society along with their “Don’t be evil” motto.
Google’s behavior makes perfect sense with the understanding that every single move, no matter how small, is only about generating more revenue.
- Comment on Controversial startup's plan to 'sell sunlight' using giant mirrors in space would be 'catastrophic' and 'horrifying,' astronomers warn 1 month ago:
Reflect Orbit 2.0 Hacker Edition:
Move corporate HQ to Russia, place mirrors in orbit to block sunlight, then charge big $$$ to unblocked it. Profit.
- Comment on US Government Urges Total Ban of Our Most Popular Wi-Fi Router 1 month ago:
OpenWRT is a permanent solution for older TP-Link routers. Their newer routers are locked down and not supported by OpenWRT.
- Comment on Google pulls the plug on first and second gen Nest Thermostats 1 month ago:
Thanks for that write-up. I’ll continue to ignore the electric company’s marketing errors and remain blissfully disconnected.
- Comment on Google pulls the plug on first and second gen Nest Thermostats 1 month ago:
Samsung did something similar with one of their tablets when they remotely removed an app that provided an IR remote function - a primary reason for my purchase. Samsung’s support not so politely told me, “Too fucking bad.” when I objected.
Even though a replacement 3rd party app was less than $5 I haven’t purchased another Samsung consumer product or service in almost a decade.
- Comment on Google pulls the plug on first and second gen Nest Thermostats 1 month ago:
If you live in the U.S., you can also help by letting your representatives know about this. Here’s an ActionNetwork page that Fulu set up so that you can easily do so: actionnetwork.org/…/right-to-repair-reform-sectio…
Do you still have a representative government where you live? I have a Republican House rep and trying to get him to do anything consumer friendly is just masochism.
- Comment on Google pulls the plug on first and second gen Nest Thermostats 1 month ago:
That “Smart Energy” discount has shown up in mailings for the last few years and I’ve considered signing up despite my general dislike of allowing any company any more control of my life than they already have.
Why do you say they’re a trap? Did they change your thermostat settings far more than they claim or pull other BS you didn’t expect?
- Comment on Google pulls the plug on first and second gen Nest Thermostats 1 month ago:
Honeywell’s Z-wave thermostats don’t require Internet connectivity to function and control remotely. They do require something like Home Assistant for that remote control.
- Comment on Google pulls the plug on first and second gen Nest Thermostats 1 month ago:
With Google’s track record of jumping into a market and after they have millions of users shutting it down, I’m surprised they didn’t do this years ago.
How long before Honeywell does the same? The company spun off their residential services division (including thermostats) about 7 years ago and at first things were fine, but in the last couple of years the service has become increasingly unreliable. Their servers have gone down quite a few times and settings changes are sometimes delayed even when the servers are up.
Their Z-Wave thermostat is a nice upgrade without concerns about someone sitting in a corporate America e-suite deciding to pull the plug.
- Comment on Google pulls the plug on first and second gen Nest Thermostats 1 month ago:
As do smart thermostats that don’t rely on the continued goodwill of corporate America to function.
- Submitted 1 month ago to technology@lemmy.world | 138 comments
- Comment on Google flags Immich sites as dangerous 1 month ago:
Google Safe Browsing looks to be have been built without consideration for open-source or self-hosted software.
IMO this has nothing to do with user safety. The harder they make it to move away from their products by making using alternatives difficult, the more money they make. Even if this only adds a fraction of a fraction of a percent to their profit it’s something they will do. The old implied social contract of businesses providing value to the community as a whole in addition to making a profit is long gone.
- Comment on Windows 10 support has ended, but here's how to get an extra year for free 2 months ago:
The vast majority of people have already activated Windows with an email address. I have several friends who have done so and for them this cost nothing.
- Comment on Windows 10 support has ended, but here's how to get an extra year for free 2 months ago:
Not something I’m willing to do, but it’s not a problem for most users who entered their email address long ago.
- Comment on Windows 10 support has ended, but here's how to get an extra year for free 2 months ago:
How do you figure?
- Submitted 2 months ago to technology@lemmy.world | 56 comments