There’s a blob in there you will never own

I saw Ed Zitron’s take, is there more?

https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com/post/3mv4suhyexc2g

They don’t need an address, they have your Bluetooth MAC.

My point is, they’re all trying to create Networks that only they control, and you cannot stop

It sounded paranoid to say that they record with the screen off but here we are.

Fire sticks will use Sidewalk. Roku will strike a deal with Comcast. It’s a matter of who gets caught first and how bad the backlash is. The rest will follow suit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Sidewalk

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/technology/article/comcast-turns-houston-home-routers-into-150-000-5540419.php

I’d missed that story.

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-gemini-mountain-trip-hikers-rescue-3708165/

In opnsense, fetching an alias list file is native
https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/aliases.html

Zyxel gear is legit as i understand it, but i don’t know their system.

Fuck that, become ungovernable. If the pihole is down, the tv is down.

Build your own router and
Redirect all port 53 to your pihole
Block port 853 on that vlan
Block these ips on that vlan
https://github.com/dibdot/DoH-IP-blocklists

Historians you say? What decade i wonder…

Better idea:
Buy pc from big box store
Return it because you can’t use it without creating a windows account online
Repeat once a month at every store in town until they know you by name

Your infinite risk is my infinite gain 🍌

Final guess- M440i

https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a34288846/2021-bmw-m440i-xdrive-by-the-numbers/

382 hp 0-60 3.8 sec 1/4 mile 12.8 sec @ 112mph

No slouch. Still impressed at the destruction in such a confined area.

You’re right, I thought it was these

https://www.driveandreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2015_ecoboost_mustang_review_10.jpg

Must be a 4 series varient- should have seen those huge reflectors.

This may be a whoosh but-
Looks like a 15-17 Ecoboost Mustang
315 hp
0-60 in 5.2 sec
1/4 mile in 13.9 @ 98mph

You can pry my rooted C8 from my cold dead hands

There’s added warranty exposure there at least for extra power. That’s assuming it’s actually extra and not artificially deflated. Factory sanctioned tunes are common.

The ONLY upside to the rape of natural resources that is the current data center construction frenzy-

more rural fiber

It runs esphome, and it has a web server built in. It’s obviously made to integrate to home assistant but it works very well in an isolated network.

Pretty easy to convert one to take a relay input
https://community.home-assistant.io/t/turn-a-10-garage-opener-button-into-a-0-10-button/263180
Or buy one
https://www.garadget.com/product/security-2-0-dry-contact-adapter/

I didn’t want to worry about batteries or dongles so I got one of these. It has a laser distance sensor, and a wired magnetic reed input.

https://konnected.io/collections/smart-garage-door-openers