Name and shame the brand?

Check those in to source control and it kind of takes care of that (except passwords/secrets or configs which have them).

I found a git repo with docker compose and the config files works well enough as long as you are willing to maintain a backup of the volumes and an .env file on KeePass (also backed up) for anything that might not be OK on a repo (even if private) like passwords and keys.

Right, sorry that’s what I meant to type which got corrected to “exit”. When I tried it it would be exported as a separate set of json files instead of being part of the images. Glad to hear that’s not the case any longer or that this tool can automatically handle it.

Right, the problem only happened on google checkout for me.

Does that properly keep metadata like location and other exit entries? I recall google takeout used to suck at that. I had to export using their web UI 1000 at a time or so back in the day to keep that info.

I only had an older iPhone (which I liked for the most part), but it was announced to not be getting security and related updates soon (what apple calls vintage at this point) so there wasn’t much of an ecosystem once I got a different phone and exporting my pictures to my NAS, new phone, desktop and laptop made more sense.

I supposed I could lose everything if all of those burn in a house fire, but since I always have my phone on me, I’d imagine there would be more pressing matters like not burning to death myself.

Edit: I also have some stuff at my relatives, but their internet sucks, so I only sync family and more important pics there.

Forgot about that yes, heard of horror stories of people being locked out of gmail, google support being useless and losing so much time and money migrating accounts manually by having to visit banks and the like.

Whichever one you go with, don’t expose it to the internet directly or use their offerings. They are a big target and just don’t get enough security.

One reason I would give is that apple and google makes it incredibly hard to leave. I had to use some third party script (and give it my credentials or token…) Just to export pictures with the exif metadata from iOS. Even Google’s obnoxious “select a few thousand pics at a time” was easier (Google takeout puts the metadata separately, so it was also not an option).

Another reason is that big tech companies are complacent with kidnappings and oppressors and don’t want to give them money.

I could see apple breaking the tool or throwing their legal team around in the future if it keeps some people on their platform, why not leave while you can more easily.

I used them for Christmas lights with that sundown condition (+just a time trigger for off at night).

Also came in handy for a light switch that was unfortunately on the wrong side from a table, now its just uses a motion sensor when someone walks to the kitchen and tells a third reality smart switch (screws on top of regular switch, so it works with any light type (e.g. fluorescent)) and is renter friendly.

Bonus points for no lag at all compared to crappy cloud dependent garbage and no need for apps for each device manufacturer. Just look if it is home assistant compatible and no cloud before buying devices since it us a lot harder or impossible in some cases to de-cloud them later.

Edit: plus same motion sensor concept to link several lights on the living room (those are just dimmable smart lights on table and floor lamps). Makes the place look cozy and feel well illuminated vs the usual single light with a wall switch. Aquara Wireless clicker to toggle between dim percentages. Its awesome (third reality or other home assistant friendly brand would work, I just already had this one).

For new people, for ongoing domain registrations people should also consider the renewal costs. There are some registrars with somewhat predatory pricing schemes that end up being very expensive long term (e.g. the trendy .io TLD).

Dot com and dot net are some of the most stable ones, even though they might not appear as such at first glance. Almost anything less costly on initial costs will cost you in some other way (might not offer whois privacy (.us iirc) or be limited to residents or people with legit business on that country (.ca) or have a mixed reputation with being labeled spam (.xyz - although I believe this last one has been kind of proactive in clearing that up).

Sorry to highjack the comment, but I wish someone had warned me to look, not all TLDs are administered the same.

There’s something called NAT reflection that does a local lookup if the request originated in the internal network and avoids going via the external route. Some software for routers like ONPSense and/or PFSense support it (but I wouldn’t be surprised if DD-WRT, Tomato, etc supported it as well (its been a while since I used them)).

It might work better of your DNS provider supports API based challenges vs traditional ACME challenges that might require you to still expose your IP/challenge ports with public DNS to get your certificates.

All my internal DNS has the option of SSL certs while my IP is not on any public DNS and it routes to the internal IPs with the above. Not sure how that would work with wireguard or tailacale/headscale, but I’m assuming they probably could complement nicely.

Maybe they mean main network? Lots of people seem to have a separate vlan with strict rules on what they can cobtact for IoT devices nowadays due to how poorly secured they are.

As someone with an n100, I did have to spend on an apple TV to have a hardware accelerated client for some of the harder to transcode content (h265 4k at higher bit rates). N100 will absolutely choke on some of those even with hardware acceleration enabled.