I been running a virtualized pfsense on a PC using Proxmox. It’s been serving me well for the last 2-3 years.

https://imgur.com/a/zUD0jx2

The benefits of running it on proxmox gives me the option to virtualize a few more servers on the same hardware.

And as a few people have pointed out in the comments, it’s not the hardware that’s providing the security per say, it’s the software you are running.

A PC running OpenWRT vs a modem running OpenWRT are more or less the same.

Agreed the Nvidia shield in its later updates to the OS really went heavy on the ads.

One way around this is with a OS downgrade and sticking with OS version 8.2.3 and not upgrading the home launcher, or replacing it with another launcher internally.

These were the steps I followed to downgrade all my Nvidia shield around the house.

https://florisse.nl/shield-downgrade/

Definitely on the lookout for a new media box though and the one you mentioned caught my eye as well.

Keep your tv disconnected from the internet completely like you did, and get a dedicated android box like the nvidia sheild for example. You can pick these up second hand for cheap.

Then uninstall any apps you do not require from the Sheild and you should be okay.

Now if you hold your own 4K media collection on a NAS you can install something like Plex and/or Jellyfin and keep your Nvidia Sheild completely offline only to access your local content. Though this really depends on your desired threat level or privacy level.

Easily solved with a government-supported “low-income families” program.

NYC has implemented congestion pricing, and its been a huge success cutting down congestion and improving transit. Not to mention the added health benefits for those living in cities, as well as making the city more walkable and enjoyable to live in.

Yes, yes it can.

Implement it in such a way that anyone driving into Toronto over a specific line/boundary pays the fee. And once again even for anyone driving into the downtown core area.

This means as long as you remain inside the toll area then you don’t pay, but once you exit and come back in then you pay the fee.

This is what’s also does not make sense to me.

If every websites requires a age verification process then would that not affect average people that run their own blogs for example or any other type of website.

What about people that run a wedding photo business and use a website to post and share wedding pictures with clients. Do they now need to implement and manage a age verification process, and what does a person like this do with all this personal data?

This would make the barrier of entry for a random individual way to high yo even start a publicly facing website.

This should really be done at the home network level, anything else is similar to someone coming into my own home and telling me how to raise my kids.

Routers have had parental controls for years, all it takes is designating a separate network for kids devices with a whitelist of approved websites.

Hell the government can even curate a list of approved websites for each age group and provide this list accessible in all routers.

Schools could even use these same curated whitelists to only make certain websites avaliable within a school.

Anything else is a governments and corporations overreach and borderline privacy invasive.

I have been trying to get fiber for a while now. The internet company tells me it’s impossible. /s

• Beer&Sausage
• LukeIamYourWifi
• Networking925
• TheLanBeforeTime
• WeCanHearYouInBed
• YourHeadBoardsLoose
• TellYourWiFiSaidHello

When you can be dropped off at the front door of the mall and let your self driving car circle the block multiple times empty, because paying for, or finding parking is to much of a hassle.

People are so conditioned to give way to cars in north America.

As a occasional driver it saddens me seeing a person try and wave me through a crosswalk or crossway where they clearly have the right of way.

I am more then happy to wait and give plenty of room and visibility for someone to cross safely and take their time.

Where a car is more affordable then a home

I think it may be time for the public to create their own P2P mesh networks that are “disconnected” from the main internet.

Also as a self-hoster I wonder how this would effect smaller individuals that run their own blogs and websites. How would a small random person be forced to put up a ID verification on their website that they might be running on a small POS laptop?

This ID is already provided with a credit card number TBH and any other info needed to setup a ISP or cellphone plan, but there are ways around that.

One is purchasing a month to month phone plan with cash for example. Or finding open wifi networks and routing all traffic through a personal VPN or a commercial VPN.

It would be pretty easy to subvert tbh for anyone tech savvy enough.

It’s like bypassing windows 11 “cloud account” and using a local account instead. If a person cares enough to ask why someone needs a cloud account to access their own PC.

For ID verification a personal VPS purchased in another country and routing all your home network traffic through that would bypass any ID checks. Also offline copies of websites and downloading content through P2P or usnet would be visible in obscuring your “viewing history”.

And porn can still be purchased or shared on bootleg DVDs.

Why not provide parents with routers instead that have easy to set parental controls?

This feels very similar to someone coming into my home and telling me how to raise my own kids.

The government could also create its own curated list of websites that are considered “kid friendly” at different age gaps and have it made available within a routers parental control menu to be turned on/for deviced marked as being used by ones child on your home network.

Also at the same time it’s not about protecting children, it’s about controlling the general population with the guise of protecting the children. It’s like getting searched when walking in and walking out of a store.

I had to do a double take when I first looked into this as well.

I thought at first all the photos I came across were Photoshoped to colour the train or change the season. Until I realized all photos were taken from a pedestrian bridge in the area.

Truth is our Politician’s are so out of touch with the time.

Chat control for one allows governments to read all chats, but at the same time reading and opening physical mail is still considered illegal.

Same with age verification some of these politicians thing it would work like going to the amusement park and getting your height checked to ride the rollercoaster.