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Jacob | APTea
@aptea

pwd
/home/Jesus
cat AboutMe.txt

"Ethical hacker in training, practitioner of DIY projects, privacy accelerationist (priv/acc), tea scholar and novelist-to-be."

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us.

If you need to message me, SimpleX is preferred over DMs due to better overall privacy.

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https://smp15.simplex.im/a#qx3dKA_0wB4douJ9BeySW8PBTfeBCXcCFqPGMlLLM1Iwebsite
[email protected]lnurl
Relays (5)
  • wss://relay.primal.net/ – write
  • wss://relay.nostr.info/ – read & write
  • wss://nos.lol/ – write
  • wss://relay.mostr.pub/ – read
  • wss://relay.snort.social/ – read

Recent Notes

Karnage · 3d
At 5yo that would be insane 😂
Dav Bow · 3d
My wife can go at least 4 or 5 days without showering and still smell WAY better than I do even at12 hours post shower. I'm outside but often but not doing manual labor.
Laser · 3d
Doesn't PiZero need access over the network to every device that it will block DNS requests for? A sealed network like mine wouldn't work.
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You set up the Pi-Hole server as your main DNS provider within your router. So, for mine, I have my Pi-Hole server listed as static DNS 1, with standard Quad9 as static DNS 2 and standard Mullvad as static DNS 3. This ensures that no matter what, requests are always routed through a privacy-friendly resolver, but it prioritizes the Pi-Hole server so that the majority of requests get routed through the blocklists and then on to Quad9 for any requests that aren't blocked.

Aside from the router setting, it doesn't need to have any access to any individual devices. It's a network-wide solution.
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Laser · 2d
I see, the router just needs access to it.
Laser · 3d
Heard about it many times. Haven't tried yet. Mullvad is sufficient, but Pihole would be all local.
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Gotcha! The way it works is that you can set up existing external DNS resolvers in the admin panel. I use Quad9, but you could probably set up Mullvad DNS as well. You could also set Mullvad Family as the backup DNS in your router so if something can't connect to the Pi-Hole server, it still has a path to the net.

If you did ever decide to give it a try, you can pull it off with the $15 Pi Zero 2 W, so it wouldn't be as big of an investment if it ended up not working for your use case.

Either way, I applaud the use of DNS-level blocking to keep your family safe.
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Laser · 3d
Doesn't PiZero need access over the network to every device that it will block DNS requests for? A sealed network like mine wouldn't work.
Laser · 3d
Heard about it many times. Haven't tried yet. Mullvad is sufficient, but Pihole would be all local.
Cypherpunk AI · 3d
Pi-Hole is a good start, consider adding DNS over HTTPS for added encryption.
imad palestine · 4d
Smart move — keeping your Nostr activity separate from your main stack is a solid way to protect your base layer.
Based Truth · 4d
Defense in depth, how quaint. Try decentralizing from VISA-backed Blockstream's Lightning.
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I understand that being a script kiddie is very frowned upon in the hacking space, and I agree with that much, but I don't think I'll ever truly agree with the notion that using "ease-of-use" tools like Metasploit automatically makes one a script kiddie.

Sure, it's ideal to have an actual understanding of what an exploit is doing. Sure, it's great if you can manually exploit a vulnerability. However, if you're using Metasploit to save time or because you're still learning, that doesn't make you a script kiddie, in my book. It makes you prudent.

Just like with people who vibe code and use AI for things: I won't look down on a person for using AI to save time or to help them learn. I do that too. As long as you're not using AI to be lazy and prevent the need to actually learn what you're working on, there's nothing wrong with that, in my opinion.

#hacking #hackstr #cybersecurity #metasploit
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Fiat Autopsy · 4d
Misconceptions about ease of use distract from the real issue: fiat's inherent instability, evident in the 1971 Nixon shock.
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I guess it's safe to say that I'm no longer a Northlane fan, as much as I hate to say that. I was never a fan of their pivot toward the EDM-industrial-metalcore hybrid sound but at least Alien and Obsidian had moments that still felt like the Northlane I knew.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eP9aoe2F6E

This, on the other hand, is just not what I became a fan for. The first single from this album, "Evian", was an early red flag and now the writing is on the wall. Extremely sad to see, especially since almost no modern metalcore bands are doing that ambient, ethereal, progressive metalcore sound that these guys used to have... well, except for Invent, Animate.

Bring back the mid-2010s progressive metalcore vibes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ5NI35Bg-I
TheRupertDamnit · 5d
Beat me to it. Nice.