Blocking AI traffic starts at the resolver, not the firewall. I’d rather break a query cleanly with DNS filtering than watch it slip through a public resolver and look ordinary, which is exactly why Pi-hole, Unbound, and a few blunt rules do most of the work.
Siri privacy settings are only useful if the microphone is not sitting in the wrong room, listening for the wrong thing. I trust fewer devices in...
AI token spend caps are one of the few sane ways to stop convenience from turning into a bill I have to explain later. Alerts are useful, but they...
Discover the Bosch High Pressure Washer EasyAquatak 120 and two more tech bargains this week.
Blocking AI traffic starts at the resolver, not the firewall. I’d rather break a query cleanly with DNS filtering than watch it slip through a public resolver and look ordinary, which is exactly why...
Siri privacy settings are only useful if the microphone is not sitting in the wrong room, listening for the wrong thing. I trust fewer devices in shared spaces, because voice assistant privacy usually...
AI token spend caps are one of the few sane ways to stop convenience from turning into a bill I have to explain later. Alerts are useful, but they arrive after the request has already spent the money;...
Discover the Bosch High Pressure Washer EasyAquatak 120 and two more tech bargains this week.
A green job in a Proxmox backup guide means very little until the restore boots, logs in, and serves traffic. I have trusted the dashboard before, only to find the archive was fine and the recovery...
Modern cars are noisy little computers, and vehicle telemetry isolation only works if you treat them that way from the start. I put the car on its own VLAN, lock the firewall down, then let Home...
I would not migrate an Android phone into my homelab blind. A clean Android homelab firewall DNS split, with VLAN isolation and hard DNS rules, keeps the phone useful without letting it sniff around...
I stopped treating appliance failure as a surprise and built a Home Assistant replacement schedule around dates, run counts, and service history. It is plain, slightly dull, and far more useful than...
