You leave your fingerprints on everything you touch. Fingerprints should never be used as the only authentication factor for anything important.

Any IoT type devices should be on their own network where internet access is by whitelist only. They should only have access to what they need to function and nothing more. Ideally, they should all be used with self hosted services so internet access is not needed.

I use global addresses for everything. ULA is the equivalent of the private networks like 10.0.0.0/8 on IPv4. It doesn’t need a static IP. ULA will work without any internet connection. If you run an IPv6 only network, it would be a good idea to set up ULA so you can access your local devices if the internet goes down.

I only use SLAAC on my network because DHCPv6 is not well supported. My router does use DHCPv6 to get a prefix from the ISP though.

On Android, enable private DNS and set it to dns.adguard-dns.com.

I probably used a couple of those on some of my old sites.

Mobile games usually aren’t controllable with a keyboard and mouse. Being able to run them doesn’t do much good if you can’t control them. Most of the games aren’t even worth playing. They are infested with micro transactions, which are much worse than ads.

Bluray drives have been working great in Linux for a long time. You can use xorriso or growisofs to burn disks from the CLI.

Just keep in mind that burned disks are not reliable for long term storage. Cheap disks burned at high speed can degrade within a few years.

The router running OpenWRT will usually be a lot less power hungry than a mini PC, ethernet switch and access point.

It looks like the fix is just disabling the algif_aead kernel module. That prevented the proof of concept script from working on everything I tested it on. Hopefully they will get some kernel updates out soon.

You must have gotten lucky. The USB C port on my laptop no longer works for data and it will stop charging if the cable gets bumped. I’ve always been very careful with it. I never plug the charger in unless the laptop is sitting on a desk.

I’ve had a few mini and micro B connectors fail, but those are easy to replace as long as they haven’t been ripped off the board.

You need someone with a good hot air rework station and preheater. The full function USB C connectors have a second row of pins under the connector. They can’t be replaced with just a soldering iron.

They need to require the USB C ports to be user replaceable.

I use a mini PC with a wireless keyboard and mouse. There are also remote controls for media PCs if you don’t want to use a keyboard and mouse.

Hurricane Electric provides free IPv6 tunnels. They will give you a /48 if you request it. I used them for several years before I got native IPv6. It does require a public IPv4 address, so it won’t work with CGNAT.

Now you can just buy a CH341 dongle and clip it onto the BIOS flash chip if you need to unbrick the motherboard. It’s easy as long as the motherboard uses an SOIC or DIP flash chip.

Does it remove every trace of shorts like the browser addons do?

Not for what I need. Some of them have an electron program, but that’s just chrome bundled with a web app.

It’s about time. I hate having to use another browser so I can use a few web apps that need to connect to serial devices.

They will be very expensive and they don’t even supply enough power to run a digital watch.

That idle power consumption doesn’t seem right. That’s less than a Raspberry Pi.