Why is online privacy so important?
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    jws_shadotak
    2d ago 100%

    (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.

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  • Airline airs ‘sexually explicit’ film on every screen – with no way to turn it off
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    jws_shadotak
    2w ago 25%

    There were kids on the flight.

    Edit: I'll elaborate, since I'm just being downvoted:

    Young kids emulate everything they see. They do not always think before they do something.

    Let a kid watch a sex scene and now you might be getting a call from school that your kid was taking his clothes off with another kid and playing "the airplane movie" game where they squish their genitals together.

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  • Having trouble with mouse software
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    jws_shadotak
    2w ago 100%

    If you decide to ditch Bazzite

    Forgot to mention, I switched to Nobara. I had some difficulties with your recommended to remove the hidpp module file altogether and saw the frustrations that I'd have with an immutable distro. So far, Nobara has been super smooth.

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  • Which monthly subscription service do you highly recommend and why?
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    jws_shadotak
    2w ago 96%

    A reputable VPN, preferably with port forwarding (I use AirVPN, $5/mo and I have no problems with it.)

    A Usenet provider and indexer (Newshosting is reasonable; nzbgeek offers a lifetime subscription)

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  • Any game with a forced stealth section needs to have it as a warning so you know not to buy crap.
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    jws_shadotak
    2w ago 100%

    I'd say the opposite:

    Any stealth game with a forced overt section should have a warning.

    Examples:
    Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Optional stealth game, but the boss battles just drop you in a room with the boss fully aware of you and that's the fight.

    Assassin's Creed: Odyssey - Optional stealth, except for the battles for power where you can flip control of an area. No stealth allowed.

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  • Having trouble with mouse software
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    jws_shadotak
    2w ago 100%

    Alright, I found a solution based on the last comment on that bug report!

    Scrolling applications in plasma task switcher with G903 Lightspeed (wireless mode) is so fast that is unusable, but sudo modprobe -r hid_logitech_hidpp fix this, are these bugs all related?

    Using that command turned every tiny scroll input into a full scroll. Pairing that with Solaar, disabling smooth scrolling, now everything works correctly!

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  • Having trouble with mouse software
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    jws_shadotak
    2w ago 100%

    Hell, this is worth a shot.

    I 'm already shopping around for a new distro because of this. Games are completely unplayable because of the scroll wheel. The tiniest movement will swap weapons, even if I'm not touching the wheel at all.

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  • Having trouble with mouse software
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    jws_shadotak
    2w ago 100%

    Still not working :/

    I looked at the boot parameters and the blacklist was not on there, so I typed it it and booted and it still didn't work.

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  • Authentication for external sevices
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    jws_shadotak
    2w ago 100%

    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.

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  • I just switched from Windows 10 to Bazzite with KDE 6. I have experience with linux before, but not as a main OS. I have a Logitech Performance MX. I used SetPoint on Windows to fine-tune things. For some reason, my scroll wheel acts differently in almost every program. Firefox is the only one that feels normal. My scroll wheel clicks as I scroll, and in Windows that would do 3 lines up or down. Nothing except Firefox follows the clicking, so all my scrolling is super fine-grained as if I were scrolling with a trachpad. I tried Solaar and that gave me an option to turn off smooth scrolling, but now I need to scroll 6 or more times to see any movement. Increasing sensitivity in KDE just means after 6 times of nothing, the next one is a huge leap. There's no middle ground it seems and I'm losing my mind trying to fix this. Is there anything else I can do?

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    I have a couple things set up: - [Authentik](https://docs.goauthentik.io/docs/installation/docker-compose) - [MeTube](https://github.com/alexta69/metube) - Nginx - ddns-updater The configuration: - DNS points to my IP - Nginx configured to point to Authentik for the metube subdomain - Authentik configured to point to the correct containers after authenticating What I'm experiencing: Upon initial login to Authentik, MeTube works correctly. Restarting or closing the browser causes MeTube to fail to connect to the server until I clear cookies and re-authenticate (see picture). Accessing MeTube by its port on the host IP works fine. All other services connect fine. Does anyone know what is causing this? *Related note - I've seen MeTube do this before when the container wasn't even running. I think it has something to do with how much info the container caches in the browser or something.*

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    Setup: Debian running podman. Containers and compose files are managed with Dockge. qBit and Gluetun are on a single compose file and all qBit traffic is routed through Gluetun. qBit seems to starts first before Gluetun is fully set up and qBit doesn't see the open port. Every time I start them together, I have to manually restart qBit again once Gluetun is ready. Once it's restarted, it shows as open and connected again. I tried looking for ways to delay startup in a compose file but I didn't get any results. Is there a solution to this? https://pastebin.com/kgqt8aJ7

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    Cope rule
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    I've got a portable monitor that only takes one single USB-C input. The Pi 4 can't deliver enough power to keep it on. The monitor power cycles endlessly when plugged into the pi. Is there a way I could give it more power somehow?

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    I'm planning out my next homelab when I move soon. I have the floor plans and it looks like the best place for my computer is not centrally located, so the Wi-Fi won't be ideal. I'd like to run the cables a short distance so the router would be in a better spot. I'm just renting and will likely only be here for a year so I don't want to do any drilling. I just want to secure the cables somehow to the crease where the wall and ceiling meet. The total length will only be about 20 feet to the router.

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    bedtime rule
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    title I just want to toggle the alternative speeds while Plex is streaming outside my house. I couldn't find anything while looking around except for some old scripts that haven't been updated in years.

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    Is there already something like this? I'm using Duplicati and a cloud storage provider to back up all my docker configs. It encrypts everything before uploading. Is there anything similar to this that acts as a seamless interface for cloud services, but with user encryption added in between? Not so much for a backup plan but just for regular cloud storage?

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    I'm just a novice at self hosting and I see a lot of talk about the risks of exposing stuff to the world. Here's my setup: -Rpi4 hosting Overseerr -Desktop computer hosting Nginx and some [Cloudflare DDNS update containers](https://hub.docker.com/r/oznu/cloudflare-ddns/) Cloudflare directs request.domain.com to my home IP address. Nginx forces HTTPS and directs the request to the Pi. Is there any risk in this setup or are there more steps I can take to secure it?

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