Which is frustrating as every single time the government wanted to expand surveillance on regular citizens, preventing this is always touted as the justification. Now we have all the surveillance and the monopolies are like ‘Nah, exploitation is profitable’.

Hard disagree - the point is a decade ago there wasn’t enough Linux market share for bad actors to target Linux. Proton is a compatibility layer, which while technically being a sandbox, it isn’t designed around security the way a browser sandbox is. It would not be hard for a virus embedded in a made-for-windows program to identify that it’s actually a proton sandbox, then deploy a Linux-specific payload (assuming the malware designer gave it some forethought for that situation). Heck - there’s plenty of viruses that do their work in scripting languages that don’t care what OS you’re running on.

I think that the pipeline they made for managing voice chat is a great framework - specifically how you can point it to either local systems, their cloud, or third party systems is awesome.

I also think that while they are the champions of home automaton, they are playing catch-up on the voice assistant side.

On the whole I believe they still want to achieve on-prem voice, but the tech to do that is still being baked, and they’re not a Google or an Amazon, so they don’t have the money to be first in line.

You do add important detail, but I’d make the counterpoint that if the corporation is bullying their least privileged users today, stealing their lunch money privacy, they’re not going to stop with only them. This is testing the waters for them.

Plus - it’s also messed up that they can fundamentally change the nature of the 501©(3) donated version and will likely try to claim a tax benefit as though it’s equivalent to a paid copy.

I suspect it’s in line with big tech policies to coddle end users instead of educating or trusting them. I assert (particularly since the introduction of the iPhone in 2007) that learned helplessness is built into the game plan.

Succinctly said for a complex topic. Seconded

Checking in at 23 hours - I count one comment to this effect, but even there the caveat is ‘but only if you do it wrong’

Too many people see life as a zero-sum game with a one-dimensional ranking. To them, success is defined as the number of people of people you’re better than. Worse, many people go by pass/fail,as in “they’re one of the good ones” (popular with bigots everywhere)

They’ll bend over in a jiffy.

Fair point. I think my eyes glossed over the part where they said they where taking a second look at docker (but caught the rest about rebuilding the OS in general). My sincere apologies 😓😅

Good call! 100% (at least for now 😅)

It should. I agree, but speaking as someone in the industry - usually it doesn’t. Just lines some rich guy’s pockets.

Not gonna argue that Jellyfin is technically superior, but I switched to Plex to stop others from giving/selling my viewing habits. Stopped using Plex when it leaked they were doing the same.

I used Plex for privacy reasons. I stopped using Plex for privacy reasons.

👌 ok!

Shhhhhhhhhhhhh. I want the newbs to feel accomplished when it only takes them 2 hours to figure it out. 😉

But seriously, you and I have it on reflex, but there’s merit to the notion that we also have our mise en place - we’ve read the manual, we’ve saved or memorized the script, already know our local equipment passwords, etc - all things we took the time to do before and now have at the ready.

Setting up ddns takes 15 minutes for a professional (mostly setting a 1-line script to reload a simple url every ten minutes)

and poking a hole in the firewall takes maybe half an hour (since every router puts the relevant page in a different spot)

And for this you think it’s reasonable to pay ~$25/year for the rest of your life? You’re not wrong in the sense that you’re welcome to choose your own values, but I … disagree with you on the value position.

At least give us the tech antichrist … EVERYONE STOP REGULATING AI - ROKO’S BASILISK WILL TORTURE A PERFECT VIRTUAL RECONSTRUCTION OF YOU!!!

🙄🙄🙄

They can but - if their current setup meets their needs - why? There ain’t nothing wrong with having a few simple spare laptops, each an isolated environment for a few simple home server tasks each.

Don’t get me wrong - I too advocate for docker, particularly on new builds, or as a relatively turnkey solution to get started for novice friends, but the best setup is the one that works, and they sound like they got theirs where they want it.

That is precisely one of the applications I had in mind - but presumably Amazon charges vendors for that access, and what I’m describing is passive on-circuit logic to seek a free channel home.

I didn’t want a reader to think they’re safe if they just opt out of sidewalk (and somehow convince all their neighbors to do the same)