Nextcloud for photo backup. Google Photos tagging features are so good but I'm essentially giving them my life as AI training data
this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2023
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Thanks for the sync thing recommendation, looks amazing!
It can be pretty annoying to set up with the quirks and problems you can come across, but if you stick with it it's totally worth it
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Getting into self hosting, trying to build a server for me, my SO and friends
Started self hosting invidious and libreddit alongside the libredirect extension.
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Friend did recently the whole opnsense setup with managed switch and wireless AP SSID’s for each VLAN and always on VPN for some networks.
- I switched from Google Photos to Filen. I'll only be uploading new photos to Filen, since I have about 30GB of stuff on GPhotos, and I'm on the free tier of Filen, but it's doing the trick!
- I also switched from Joplin to Cryptee, since it seems more stable and it means I don't need to risk my (admittedly encrypted) notes being mishandled by Microsoft or Dropbox.
- I upgraded my BitWarden encryption settings and changed the account's email address from Gmail to Tutanota.
- I switched from Element to FluffyChat, as the Apple's "App Tracking Transparency" box appeared to list a few too many options under "Data Linked to You".
- I have followed PrivacyGuides' recommendations for Linux distros, and I am now running the following on my laptops with full disk encryption:
- openSUSE Tumbleweed + KDE Plasma (Wayland)
- Arch Linux with linux-zen + SwayWM
- Fedora 38 with SELinux + MATE (X11; Wayland support is being worked on)
- antiX + Awesome (X11)
I just set up Immich on my NAS. No more need for Google Photos, and no more Google training their AI on my images.
I have simply accepted that if it leaves my thoughts, it's considered public information at this point. Everything else is presumed to be something people can find.
I set up Ad Guard Home on a raspberry pi and im thinking about setting up a private searxng instance but Im not too sure how to set it up properly without using my main ip
Lately? Hmm, I've been checking out search engines and stick with Whoogle for now. I'm using a public instance because I don't wanna pay for a VPS just for a search engine and self-hosting in my home LAN is imo worse for privacy than using a public instance.
Synching is great. But keep in mind if absolute is not a backup method. Using it as one is asking for get burned.
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Started using Duck Duck Go. Slightly horrifying just how much it picks up from what I thought weren't particularly intrusive apps