Pragmatic IT Solutions
In iOS 18 Apple secretly turned the option “Enhance Visual Search”. This option is a major privacy related option, as it shares information from your photo library (yes including location data) with Apple servers. Be aware of this, and preferably…turn it off!
Some things should just be physical! In this video, I show you how I migrated my home assistant install from a virtual server to a physical one. My physical install is based on the odroid n2+ board. Having Home Assistant running independently gives me peace of mind, that it always works and is not dependent on virtualization
Check my video on how to replace the Sonoff USB Zigbee coordinator with the ethernet-based one from SMLIGHT here.
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In this video, I will show you how to block TikTok completely on your whole network. I do it from a security and privacy perspective but the same principles apply if you want to block other social networks or online services.
In this video, I will show how I approach and execute an upgrade of pfSense+. Now, the main focus for me is the methodology I use on how to prepare for an update of a very critical component of my network. So even if you don’t have pfSense, you might benefit from watching me explain how I prepare an upgrade, so you can use the same methodology for any kind of software or hardware in your own infrastructure, and have a piece of mind during the upgrade process.
Check the IPTV configuration video here.
Check how to keep the pfBlockerNG setting even when the package is removed.
Do you have a lot (and I mean a lot!) Zigbee devices and are you experiencing slow-downs in your Zigbee network? Then you are going to want to see this video. I replaced my Sonoff Zigbee USB dongle, connected to Home Assistant, with this amazing SMLIGHT SLZB-06 POE Zigbee adapter. Not only did I replace it, but I did it without re-pairing my 120+ devices :). And it worked on the first try
In this video, I’ll show you how to load-balance multiple WAN and/or VPN connections using a Load Balancing Gateway Group in pfSense. Very powerful if you are using multiple outlets to the internet and you need maximum uptime or even privacy protection.