TMO has had IPV6 implemented for mobile devices for years. There’s no way they only implemented IPV4 on a home/business service that uses the same network and the same towers.

Does their current equipment (and yours) support IPV6? If so CGNAT won’t be involved.

We have a president openly selling pardons, violating the Emoluments clause of the Constitution, illegally accepting bribes and gifts from foreign countries, and breaking laws without a second thought. Six Supreme Court justices openly accepting bribes from plaintiffs in cases before them, then ruling in their favor. Those justices completely ignore the Constitution, black-letter law and 250 years of precedent and make shit up to justify decisions that have no possible justification. A HHS chief who believes Youtube over science and is dismantling the very organization he oversees, plus blocking new vaccine development and deployment of existing, effective vaccines. The list goes on and on.

The GQP has shown that they will do whatever the fuck they want because there are literally no consequences. Some people crying over attacks on free speech isn’t going to make a damn bit of difference to them either.

When I was running a mesh topology I often had the same issue. Switching to a star topology fixed pretty much everything.

I’ve been using Syncthing for years and it’s been almost flawless with only rare file sync errors that are clearly shown in the UI. Was going to switch to Nextcloud for everything. Looks like I’ll be sticking with Syncthing for the foreseeable future.

Thanks for posting this.

Lol. Read what? Does your TV manual or privacy policy tell you what’s being transmitted? Have you ever even bought a connected appliance?

My robot vac will only operate when connected to the Internet so it’s only allowed to communicate when actually in use. As soon as it returns to the charger Internet access is automatically blocked.

Unfortunately the manufacturer has deliberately made this as inconvenient as possible. If communication is blocked for more than a few hours the vacuum loses all maps and will no longer even load saved maps from the Tuya app. To use it the vac must be powered down and the app killed. Only then can a saved map be restored.

It’s too bad it’s so useful.

Wifi calling is another pain point with GrapheneOS. According to what I’ve found online it works on T-Mobile, sometimes works on Verizon and is completely blocked on AT&T.

I just dumped T-Mobile because incoming calls from just about everyone regularly went to dead air and T-Mobile could not find anything wrong. Calls come through on Verizon but their coverage is shit where I live, making wifi calling is a must and GrapheneOS a no-go.

Dumb downed? They’ve taken a simple error and made it into something that does scare users. The “Repair application?” was far more alarming to my visiting friend than a “No Internet connection” would have been. It is astounding that any company would put out such complete shit.

What kind of idiots create a program that says, “Outlook failed to load. Repair application?” when the only problem is the wifi is disconnected?

Don’t Be Evil.

I apologize. Next time I’ll check with you first.

Imagine being such a piece of shit you’re evicted from an entire continent.

Google: “Based on this feedback and our ongoing conversations with the community, we are building a new advanced flow that allows experienced users to accept the risks of installing software that isn’t verified.

I’ve been side loading apks since I bought my first Android phones and am much more concerned about malware “safe” apps from Google’s Play store. Google’s quality control is shit.

Many in the FFmpeg community argue, with reason, that it is unreasonable for a trillion-dollar corporation like Google, which heavily relies on FFmpeg in its products, to shift the workload of fixing vulnerabilities to unpaid volunteers.

Google may once have felt an obligation to support the open source software they rely on, but that day’s long gone. They have become nothing more than a skeleton of distilled capitalism, shedding any pretense of being of benefit to society along with their “Don’t be evil” motto.

Google’s behavior makes perfect sense with the understanding that every single move, no matter how small, is only about generating more revenue.

Reflect Orbit 2.0 Hacker Edition:

Move corporate HQ to Russia, place mirrors in orbit to block sunlight, then charge big $$$ to unblocked it. Profit.

OpenWRT is a permanent solution for older TP-Link routers. Their newer routers are locked down and not supported by OpenWRT.

Thanks for that write-up. I’ll continue to ignore the electric company’s marketing efforts and remain blissfully disconnected.

Samsung did something similar with one of their tablets when they remotely removed an app that provided an IR remote function - a primary reason for my purchase. Samsung’s support not so politely told me, “Too fucking bad.” when I objected.

There was something I could do about it though. Even though a replacement 3rd party app was less than $5 I haven’t purchased another Samsung consumer product or service in almost a decade.

That “Smart Energy” discount has shown up in mailings for the last few years and I’ve considered signing up despite my general dislike of allowing any company more control of my life than they already have.

Why do you say they’re a trap? Did they change your thermostat settings far more than they claim or pull other BS you didn’t expect?