Darkassassin07
@Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca
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- Comment on Syncthing alternatives 4 days ago:
FolderSync selectively syncs files/folders from my phone back to my server via ssh. Some folders are on a schedule, some monitor for changes and sync immediately; most are just one-way, some are two-way (files added to the server will sync back to the phone as well as uploading data to the server). There’s even one that automatically drops files into paperless-ngx’ consume folder for automatic document importing.
From there BorgBackup makes a daily backup of the data, keeping historical backups for years with absolutely incredible efficiency. I currently have 21 backups of about ~550gb each. Borg stores this in 447gb of total disc space.
- Comment on YSK how to unclog a toilet 1 week ago:
That’s another option. Sometimes there is no valve immediately beside the toilet, sometimes it’s crusty af and won’t turn or seal. This can be quicker.
- Comment on If I donate my testicles as a donor for whatever reason, and they have a child, is that child mine? 1 week ago:
Genetically, yes technically.
Legally and Morally, no; and you’d be a complete asshole for trying to insert yourself into the childs life in any way. You gave up that ‘right’ when you donated your sperm/testicles.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
That’s why we gave them minecraft.
- Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing 4 weeks ago:
Can’t say I disagree.
- Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing 4 weeks ago:
Yeah; Emby was originally called MediaBrowser and was a free open source project. ‘MediaBrowsers’ developers decided to move to a closed source paid model to establish some more consistent income and support the dedicated developers they have. Thus Emby was born.
Some users were really unhappy with this decision and forked MediaBrowsers last release to create Jellyfin. Their development has been quite a bit slower, but they’ve made some significant strides in recent years. It’s a more and more attractive option.
One of my biggest reasons for sticking with Emby (besides already having a lifetime premier license) is the dedicated clients available on more platforms. Xbone is my primary streaming device, besides android: Emby has a dedicated xbox client you can install, where as Jellyfin you’ve gotta use the web browser.
- Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing 4 weeks ago:
In the case of plex, it’s not 100% selfhosted. There’s a dependence on plexs public infrastructure for user management/authentication. They also help bypass NAT by proxying connections through their servers so you don’t have to setup port forwarding and can even easily escape double NAT situations.
I can understand paying for that convenience, but cost keeps rising while previously free features continue to get locked behind paywalls.
Tbh, having users required to authenticate with plex.tv was enough for me to look elsewhere. The biggest reason to self host for me is to remove dependency on public services.
- Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing 4 weeks ago:
I got the same email.
I haven’t had plex installed for over 7 years, and I’ve NEVER used the shared libraries feature.
We noticed that you’ve accessed libraries from friends and family in the past
They’ve apparently noticed activity that’s never occurred.
- Comment on Suggestion request: Self-hosted app for shared directories like google drive 4 weeks ago:
I would just setup a user account like the share you’re describing. There’s a setting to prevent the user from changing their password.
Just pass out those credentials to anyone you want to collaborate with; they don’t need their own individual accounts.
- Comment on Suggestion request: Self-hosted app for shared directories like google drive 4 weeks ago:
I use filebrowser.org for this.
Nice lightweight filebrowsing/sharing with user management. Users can have their own dedicated directories, or share.
You can also creat share links that allow anyone with the link to view/download files. Optionally password protected.
- Comment on Totally understandable have a nice day 4 weeks ago:
Sometimes I wish people were that direct, lol. At least I’m not guessing.
- Comment on Fully self-hosted password manager options 4 weeks ago:
Most of my web services are behind my vpn, but there are a couple I expose publicly for friends/family to use. Things like emby, ombi, and some generic file sharing with file browser.
One of these has a long custom path setup in nginx which, instead of proxying to the named service, will instead ask for http basic auth credentials. Use the correct host+path, then provide the correct user+pass, and you’ll be served an openvpn configuration file which includes an encrypted private key. Decrypt that and you’ve got backdoor vpn access.
- Comment on Fully self-hosted password manager options 4 weeks ago:
I keep vaultwarden behind a vpn so it’s not exposed directly to the net. You don’t need a constant connection to the server; that’s only needed to add/change vault items.
This does require some planning though; it’s easy to lock yourself out of your accounts when you’re away, if you don’t incorporate a backdoor of some kind to let yourself in in an emergency. (lost your device while away from home for example)
My normal vpn connection requires a private key and a password that’s stored in my vault to decrypt it. I’ve setup a method for retrieving a backup set of keys using a series of usernames, emails, passwords, and undocumented paths (these are the only passwords I actually memorize); allowing me to reach vaultwarden where I can retrieve my vault with the data needed to login to everything else properly.
- Comment on Fully self-hosted password manager options 5 weeks ago:
Thank you! You gave me the hint I needed.
I didn’t know there was a quick setting button (the buttons in the notification tray) and have been struggling to find the accessibility options people have mentioned.
That button in the tray seems so much more reliable. Thanks again!
- Comment on Fully self-hosted password manager options 5 weeks ago:
I tried. I couldn’t get it to work again, so wanted to look at other options alongside looking for help/solutions.
But just as it decided to stop working, despite my efforts; it’s suddenly started working again.
Sigh…
- Comment on Fully self-hosted password manager options 5 weeks ago:
Vaultwarden is just a self-hosted server for Bitwardens clients. It’s Bitwardens android client I’ve been having issues with.
- Comment on Fully self-hosted password manager options 5 weeks ago:
That’s an interesting option. It’s the Bitwarden app I’ve been having issues with; though I’m not sure how much of that is Bitwardens fault vs Android itself.
I’ll give that a look, thanks :)
- Submitted 5 weeks ago to selfhosted@lemmy.world | 49 comments
- Comment on Sharing Jellyfin 5 weeks ago:
I’m so tired of seeing this overblown reaction to ancient non-news.
Yes, there are some minor vulnerabilities in Jellyfin; but they really really aren’t concerning.
Unauthenticated, a random person could potentially (with some prior knowledge of this specific issue, and some significant effort randomly generating media UUIDS to tryout) retrieve/playback some media unauthorized. THATS IT. That’s the ONLY real concern. And it’s one you could mitigate with a fail2ban filter if you were that worried about it.
The other ‘issues’ here, are the potential for your already authenticated users to attack each others settings. Who do you share your server with that you’re concerned about them attacking each other???
Put this to bed and stop fussing over it. It’s genuinely not worth your time or attention. Exposing Jellyfin to the net is fine.
Dev comment on the situation: (4 days ago) github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/issues/5415#issuecom…
- Comment on WhatsApp now lets you block people from exporting your entire chat history 5 weeks ago:
Just what people need; a false sense of security…
You don’t need an export button to save copies of a chat. Even if screenshots are blocked and you’re not running an OS that lets you bypass that, you can always take photos/video of the screen when all else fails.
Once you’ve sent data, it is no longer in your control. Messages, emails, posts, files, replies, encrypted end-to-end chat applications, all of it: Don’t send it if you don’t want someone somewhere to keep a copy. Maybe they did, maybe they didn’t; it’s no longer in your control once it has left your device.
- Comment on Applying 'extreme heat' to lithium-ion batteries reportedly restores their capacity, and I think it's the sustainable tech breakthrough of 2025 5 weeks ago:
Que dumbasses tossing their iphones in the toaster oven in 3… 2…
- Comment on Can I self host a VPN that sneakies through the China firewall? 5 weeks ago:
Where in the world did you get that idea?
VPNs serve three functions:
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add a layer of encryption so your local network operator and ISP can’t inspect your traffic, its contents and its true destination. (this is what OP is looking for)
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make it appear to the service you are connecting to, that you are connecting from a different location than where you actually are. (for example make Netflix think you’re in a different region to show you different content)
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provide secure access to private services that are not exposed directly to the Internet. IE securely connecting devices on seprate LAN networks together over the Internet via an encrypted tunnel. This is a VPNs true purpose and how they are primarily used in Professional/Comercial settings. (pretty much every corporation you’ve ever interacted with runs a VPN that connects its stores/warehouses/offices together)
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- Comment on finally got static IP from a new ISP 1 month ago:
I really don’t like the idea of every device automatically having a publicly reachable IP.
There’s certainly situations where that would be nice; but I’m quite fond of most equipment and services being behind a router and it’s firewall, requiring explicit configuration to be exposed to the open net.
Nobody outside my home network ever needs access to my toaster… (btw, why tf is my toaster wifi enabled…?)
- Comment on finally got static IP from a new ISP 1 month ago:
My ISP blocks the ports needed for mail hosting :/
Pretty sure I’d have to go through them to get the rdns PTR records pointed at my domain too. PITA
- Comment on YouTube Music wants me to verify my age. 1 month ago:
- Comment on How to forward real IP from Caddy server? 1 month ago:
Actually it looks like Caddy is supposed to set those automatically (I’m used to Nginx which doesn’t).
You’ll have to look at why the upstream isn’t accepting them then. I’m not familiar with that particular app.
- Comment on How to forward real IP from Caddy server? 1 month ago:
X-Forwarded-For
And
X-Real-IP
- Comment on Android phones will soon reboot if they’re locked for a few days 1 month ago:
Rebooting just seems like a very roundabout, slow and inefficient way to get back to that initial state you describe.
It’s exactly what the reboot process is designed to do; return you to that fully encrypted pre-boot state. There would be no purpose to implementing a second method that does the exact same thing.
- Comment on Android phones will soon reboot if they’re locked for a few days 1 month ago:
Much of the data on your phone, including critical information that’s required to run the operating system and make the device function, is fully encrypted when the device is off/rebooted.
While in this locked down state, nothing can run. You don’t receive notifications, applications can’t run in the background, even just accessing the device yourself is slow as you have to wait for the whole system to decrypt and start up.
When you unlock the device for the first time; much of that data is decrypted so that it can be used, and the keys required to unlock the rest of the data get stored in memory where they can be quickly accessed and used. This also makes the device more vulnerable to attacks.
There’s always a trade off between convenience and security. The more secure a system, the less convenient it is to use.
- Comment on Am I going crazy, or has people's spelling gotten awful lately? 1 month ago:
I make a ton of stupid spelling mistakes just because of typing on mobile 99% of the time. For some reason I CONSTANTLY miss the keys I’m looking for, or manage to press them in the wrong order somehow; swapping Ns with Ms, T with Y, R>T, B>N, inserting spaces too early, doubling up characters.
If i nevsr look up and jus tkeep typing, I end of with a garbled mess just liek this sentence is.
This can get much worse if I use the next word suggestions. I’ll spot the suggestion I want, but continue to press the next letter; this changes what’s being suggested, or just moves it to a different position (centered vs the two options to the side) but I still press where I first saw it which is now a totally different suggestion…
Lots and lots and lots of proof-reading. And I STILL fuck it up.
