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Not really. Most big corporations require a NDA to use their toilets. Slight exaggeration but not by much.

Wait and see.

I wonder if bots like that are possible in the fediverse?

I bet 3 upvotes and one Mastodon follow, it’s killed off in less then 5 years

Home Assistant has some functionality similar to what your asking for and I think there is something like that available in Nextcloud as well.

There is also a project called Traccar (I think that’s what it’s called) that you might look into.

I mostly use location data for triggering reminders and smart home events but I know more is possible, just haven’t looked into it more deeply.

You should be fine. If you are using port forwarding the inbound traffic on that port should be sent only to the system you have designated. The only way that changes is if the system (rpi in this case) is operating as a reverse proxy. Even then net side should only see the proxy.

The biggest vulnerability would be the system that you are forwarding to, and if that system is a reverse proxy whatever the backend systems are. Make sure everything is fully updated/patched and that you trust the services that you are running and you should be good.

My only comment on your setup would be to make sure you fully understand what you are doing and more importantly, why. Cargo Culting is a bad way to admin. Good questions like yours are a good way to start.

In both services you are basically shouting into a giant megaphone. What’s so private about it? If you don’t want say it in public, don’t say it there.

If you need privacy there are much better tools available such as pgp encrypted email or encrypted Matrix DMs (a nonfederated Matrix sever would be even more secure but rather overkill).

Edit: specified encrypting Matrix DMs. I forgot for a moment that you can send unencrypted DMs over Matrix.

Why am I not surprised.

I’ve a lot of images in my head on this topic. Some fine, others….. not so much. And far darker then my instance would permit to speak on.

I think what I have a problem with most is the actions by both sides in the US, to force one size fits all solutions onto cultures in the US that don’t always share similar values on the subject.

I don’t know. The actions and policies of both the Republicans and Democrats tends to leave sour tastes in my mouth. The cities are not the suburbs, are not the farm lands, are not the outback. Not to mention differences in faiths.

You’ve a point but In fairness to the folk with the first viewpoint, the Democrats and Republicans were not much different till 2012ish. Maybe a bit earlier. I seem to recall it was around that time I caught the first real scent of stupid from the Republicans. Before that it was just the occasional wiff, which happened just as frequently around Democrats. “I know what an Assult Rifle is, I’ve seen them on TV”.

As for the “frogs” I can’t decide if Darwin was wrong or if the Democrats keep saving their stubborn asses.

Hmmm. Thank you for that. And from a relatively reliable source as well.

Interesting, I’ll have to look at them later.

Once upon a time, long before you were born, most food was grown by children on what were called “family farms” owned by the family. Youngsters as young as 4 even….

Ok, Ok, I’ll set the Staff of Sarcasm down now, but seriously, a lot of folks on both sides of this are suffering from significant cognitive dissonance.