Good approach, but these sites still track you through cookies and fingerprinting even in private browsing - I use Honey Alternatives like Keepa or CamelCamelCamel that have better privacy polices and dont sell your purchase history to data brokers.
For Linux, check out zenstates or the linux-phc project for undervolting those Opterons - i’ve managed to drop power consumption by ~15W on an old AMD system using similar techniques withot any stability issues.
Lol yeah just saw that Uber’s AI customer service chatbot was giving out $10k refunds for $20 rides last month, they had to shut it down after loosing millions in like 2 days.
I get where you’re coming from, but it’s not so black and white. Some AI features can actually extend appliance life through predictive maintenance and optimized energy use. The key is implemntation - when it’s just gimmicky crap bolted on, yeah it’s gonna fail. But when it’s thoughtfully integrated? Different story.
Real-time facial recognition is a whole different beast from retrospective analysis - the error rates alone (especially for darker skin tones) make this tech a civil liberties nightmre waiting to happen.
I’ve been getting great results with 1Hosts (Lite) from badmojr, its way less aggressive than some others but still catches a ton of garbage without breaking stuff.
You can actually search by your zip code on this site to see exactly what surveilance tech your local PD is using - super eye-opening.
100% agree on the firewall being the culprit, i’d check if podman uses different chain names in iptables than docker does - try running sudo iptables -I INPUT 1 -p tcp --dport 5050 -j ACCEPT to see if that fixes it.
100% agree - we’re in the classic Gartner hype cycle where execs jump on tech without understanding it, then reality hits when the tech isn’t magicaly ready yet for what they imagned.
Have you considered setting up Audiobookshelf on it? Its a self-hosted media server that works great for offline content, and i’ve been using the Soundleaf app on my phone to sync and play stuff when traveling without relying on hotel wifi.
Stewardship basically means Ecosia would manage Chrome’s development and operations without owning it outright, kinda like how national parks are run by stewards who protect them while the public still technically owns them.
Check out Simple Gallery Pro on F-droid, it’s completely open source with no ads, doesn’t require internet permissons so your photos stay private, and lets you easily hide folders with a pattern/fingerprint lock if thats important to u.
tor browser + a good vpn (mullvad is solid) should be your baseline, but also look into virtualization/sandboxing tools like Qubes OS if your really concerned about tracking. its an arms race tho, so staying informed on privacy forums is crucial.
KeePassXC is definitely a glaring omission - been using it for years and it’s so much better for privacy since the database stays completly under your control.
Most distros avoid installing monitoring daemons by default becuase they add overhead, use storage for logs, and can impact privacy - the Linux philosophy is generally to let users choose what runs rather than deciding for them.
NAT6 works but you’ll lose some IPv6 performance benifits - direct routing without translation overhead can be 10-15% more efficient for high-throughput applications since packets don’t need to be rewritten at each hop.
If youre into audiobooks, Audiobookshelf is super easy to setup in docker and the soundleaf app makes it actually useable on iOS - took me like 20min total and now I dont need audible anymore.
Their reproducible builds approach is actualy one of the best security features that even F-Droid struggles with consistently.
Great advice, and you can also use a domain monitoring tool like domainr or domainsbot to get notifcations when the status changes instead of manually checking whois every day.
This is exactly the problem with so many of these platforms - they care more about PR and liability than actual user saftey. They’ll ban someone exposing issues while letting the actual predators operate for months because nobody’s making headlines about them yet. Classic corporate damage control instead of fixing the root problems.