i think with fingerprinting, it provides evidence that someone touched something, not that someone did not touch it

everything should be behind a firewall

the questions of can they spy, and will they spy are different questions. at some US ISPs (at least the one i am at) the modems usually are only monitoring performance, ie number of packets, errored and discarded packets for troubleshooting. as far as the modem which i will assume is just a layer 2 bridge to your provider, usually not a whole lot going on there due to costs of the hardware. where the privacy violations are going to occur in the access equipment or core. this is what your modem connects to, then your traffic crosses on the way to the “greater internet” if your not using a vpn to outside of your provider, there is no way around it, they can and probably do tap into what your doing. a lot of them it may not be overly nefarious, i know my company does not sell customer data, and we generally only access it for troubleshooting and bandwidth analysis for upgrades, or as ordered by a court for law enforcement.

if you use a router from your isp almost every manufacturer is trying to sell all these different analytics and dpi that basically tells us what websites customers are visiting and how much/type of traffic to those sites, but directly from the router. same, or greater level of privacy violation as that can see local traffic on your lan, as well as watching wifi connection strength and scanning to see air quality and neighbors for “troubleshooting” or to sell access points.

I used to use kindles when I was growing up, as my dad and grandpa had large amazon libraries I was able to read from. It started with the keyboard kindles up to one of the touch e-ink ones and with the exception of the last one, every one of them had the screen fail.

I have since switched to a kobo clara 2e BW, using books loaded from calibre. the price point was comfortable, with more features than I expected (waterproof, bluetooth and wifi, ability to sign directly into library accounts), I was also happy with battery life, I read on planes/trains to pass the time and had a two week long trip where I was doing a lot of traveling by train and I didn’t need to charge at all.

I plug into my computer and load books manually I also have been looking towards doing something OTA for books and page sync, libre and self hosted.

This is possible, and exact directions will vary on distribution of the vm client. I personally do this but with split horizon dns and dnsmasq on a vm.

impossible to leak is where it gets tricky, and that will require an understanding of networking in your distribution. there will also be tutorials on this, but it’s very easy to mess up.

I would say the warranty is probably confidence that a percentage will last that long, and the amount they have to replace is cheaper than the business they lose not offering it.

edit: and no argument that companies are also working to make devices less repairable, i’m cynical that more often then not they are trying to design devices that last exactly as long as the warranty.

NY has similar provisions, as section 201-D of the labor law specifically prohibits discrimination based on cannabis usage, with exceptions.

Exceptions generally are for businesses that receive federal funding, CDL drivers in accordance with 49 CFR Part 382, and non-employees (contractors, students, volunteers).

the idea with qubes is that whatever you are doing with tails would just be done in a tails/tor qube (vm), which are/can be amnesic.

either the provider router/dhcpv6 and delegation or the cpe (your router) is misconfigured. ipv6 support on consumer equipment really is pretty straightforward

the view may have been “if you blow up the tracks you can’t use it either” but i have always wondered this. even today you still see armored trains but in “peace” time you probably have to worry less about sabotage of the tracks and more for surviving ambushes

awesome! if you have not read a lot about introducing cats and have never added cats to a household before, i would do some searching online, it’s not advanced but you may find some tid-bits that make it easier and smoother. if you have space to isolate the kitten and resident cat, separate food water and litter, do that for a while. it is EXCELLENT if they are sniffing under the door and not hissing, but it is okay if they are hissing too, you will just need to separate for a bit longer. also remember that when they are in the same room, and playing, there will be hisses and “fights.” it may seem like it gets crazy now and then but that kitten will learn boundaries from it. in general, when it comes to introductions, my wife and I have had cats that took months to get along and one that only took a day before they were in the group, but we find them all cuddling now!

we have adopted cats younger than most shelters will adopt, and and as old as 6 months. best is old enough to be fixed or already fixed as some shelters will do

get a male kitten! (the older cat will teach it how to act a certain amount, you won’t really be able to identify how a kitten will act later, it’s a kitten and it will change)

hardwire for testing? then when settled do the full install. maybe use a different laptop.