GeoIP restricting is a brilliant idea I never thought of. I have been getting a few people trying to sign up on one of my other services and they’re all from Asia somewhere.

I’ll try setting this up.

Yeah, this is too much for my needs. My main goal is to be able to send pictures to people via a link.

Neighbors and family and stuff - less tech savvy folk.

I didn’t know about this! Thanks dude

I’ve already got wireguard set up and that’s how I access it. I would like the ability to share stuff with people though

Debian with docker compose or podman.

Immich/PhotoPrism/whatever you use for image backup. Cloud providers are snooping through your shit.

Plex/Jellyfin for streaming

Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, SABnzbd, qBittorrent to support the streaming service(s)

Ah I see. That’s a bummer

https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/#nokia

Who said anything about Microsoft

I’m seriously considering buying a Nokia smart phone to use with LineageOS. I’m a big fan of shitty android phones anyway.

I’ve found that most generic store brand ice creams are high quality. Double check the label to make sure it actually says “ice cream” and not “frozen dairy dessert” or something. Ice cream is a regulated term and requires a minimum percentage of buttermilk to be called such.

I saw someone in NSUs the other day and I felt like something was wrong with their uniform. I couldn’t put my finger on it.

He just didn’t have any ribbons. No pistol qual, no national defense.

Left middle is a freebie for global war on terrorism national defense. it’s given to anyone who enlisted from like 2008 to just last year served during wartime. Also known as the McDonald’s.

The dude is credible.

Edit: yeah I got the name wrong but it’s a generic “you served during this time” type ribbon

Not for longevity. Oracle can shut it off in a blink for no reason

THC won’t show up on a panel.

Be honest with your doctors. Worst case scenario you get a little patient education about stuff you already know like “Smoking is bad, regardless of what your smoking.” Best case scenario, mostly for opiate or meth users, they know what medications would be contraindicated.

I know a VPS is a simple thing in theory but sometimes it’s a lot for a beginner.

A VPS paired with Docker may also unintentionally expose something not meant for the outside world due to it ignoring iptables and ufw

That’s why I said this:

Or, they could just buy info from a data broker and obtain a massive amount of information about someone.

They don’t need warrants for location data if it’s bought from a company that sells that data.

Whether or not it’s admissible in court is another question, though.

(I am not an expert, just a hobby self-hoster)

Think of how police obtain information about people. They usually do an investigation involving questioning and warrants to receive records and put together a case. They must obtain consent from someone or get a warrant from a judge to search records.

Or, they could just buy info from a data broker and obtain a massive amount of information about someone.

Imagine if every company has this info and can tie it in to your daily life. Google probably has your data location history and can see exactly what routes you’ve taken lately. They can use that information, with timestamps, to estimate your speed. What if they sold it to your car insurance company, who then uses it to raise your rates because you are labeled as a speeder?

What if your purchase history is sold to your health insurance provider and they raise your deductible because most of your food purchases are at unhealthy fast food joints?

Now, with AI being shoved into every nook and cranny in the tech we use, AI can quickly get a profile on you if it is fed your chat history. Even your own voice is not safe if it can be accessed by AI. This can be used to emulate you - Interests, chats, knowledge, sound. People could use this to steal your identity or access accounts.

I set up Authentik for some of my services and it works.

The setup really threw me off but I powered through learning it. It’s a strange UI and process.

Basically you set it up with Nginx or Caddy or whatever reverse proxy you use. Your reverse proxy points to Authentik and Authentik takes that link and checks for authorization first. If not authorized, prompt login. If authorized, pass on to the subdomain or whatever it is.

To do all this, you’d need a domain.