droans

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[–] droans 1 points 10 months ago

OpnSense would be the easiest way if you wanted to go. It's still not easy, but the articles online should help you out.

First you'd need a machine. I've got an m920q I bought off eBay for $135 after shipping.

The computer will likely only have one Ethernet port. And it's likely the port is Realtek which isn't supported well.

So, you'll need to get yourself a NIC (a fancy term for a network card). There are good forum posts and articles online about the best NICs to buy for your needs. Intel is a must. However, you can find many of their NICs online labeled as another brand - usually HP, Lenovo, or Dell. Again, the forum posts will tell you what to look for.

If you bought the same computer I mentioned above, you'll also need a riser and a bezel. Amazon and eBay will have a good selection.

Now assemble it. Flash the computer with OpnSense. Don't plug it in as your router yet. Follow along with some basic setup guides online to figure out how you want it configured.

Once you're happy, plug it in as your router and test that it works. If not, you'll need to put your old router back in place until you can figure out what you need to change.

[–] droans 2 points 10 months ago

Plus it would be super easy to detect.

Process it all locally and someone will notice the battery hit. Process it remotely and someone will notice the bandwidth hit.

If it came out that they were listening in to every conversation, Congress would have an absolute field day. The Democrats won't like the invasion of privacy and the Republicans would be happy for any excuse to go after "Big Tech".

Why be obvious when you can quietly get better data? Why would Apple also play along this whole time?

[–] droans 1 points 10 months ago

They don't actually listen in on you. That would blow through your battery pretty quick and send a lot of data.

They have even better ways, though.

They can triangulate your location using WiFi. Even if the SSIDs are brand new, they can figure out you're close to someone by comparing the networks and their RSSIs. If you or the person you're talking with searched for something or went to a website/app very recently before or after the chat, Google is likely to send you relevant ads.

[–] droans 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] droans 5 points 10 months ago

I'd say that's too far even for him... But he's literally claiming black people like him because he's a criminal.

He's showing that he's more racist than we gave him credit for. And we already thought he was crazy racist.

[–] droans 2 points 10 months ago

They also have crazy long config files. All but like two lines in the file will be the same for everyone.

Except the program also is ignoring half the config file and is instead using hardcoded values.

Oh and there are six different config files all in different directories. Why? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] droans 1 points 10 months ago

Here you go:

for i in *.py do; mv $i basename ($i).exe ; done && echo .exe

See? It's an exe now.

[–] droans 16 points 10 months ago

The Obama admin began changing CAFE to use a whole-fleet average which would have closed the large vehicle loophole.

The Trump admin reversed that and pushed to eliminate CAFE altogether.

[–] droans 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

SD has pass through charging, so once the battery is fully charged and also while it is plugged in, you aren't powering it through the battery like cell phones and most laptops do.

That's how nearly all modern devices work. Li-Ion can't be charged and discharged simultaneously. There is circuitry to split the power between the battery and the device when it's being charged.

Cheaper devices will just stop charging when you use them or they won't work at all when plugged in.

[–] droans 4 points 10 months ago

It's not working because W11 is using a CPU instruction that doesn't exist in older processors.

And by older, I don't mean Pre-Zen or Intel 5XXX... I mean OG AMD Athlon and Intel Core 2 Duo. If you're trying to run on a CPU from 2008, that's on you. These were never supported - hence the title.

The only reason this was discovered was because some YTers make videos of running W10/11 on super old computers.

[–] droans 11 points 11 months ago

Whether you broke or rich, you gotta get this

Having money's not everything, not having it is.

[–] droans 2 points 11 months ago

If Microsoft switches (seemlessly) to a Linux kernel, no one would really notice.

Besides quite literally every piece of software breaking, sure.

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