If you think your "harmless" cloud photos are private, you're missing the bigger picture.

Modern AI (like Google's Vision API) doesn't just see a picture, it extracts your mood, your brands, your exact location, and even your social status in milliseconds.

Your photo library isn't just a set of memories, it's the most detailed dossier ever created on you.

This is why encryption isn't a paranoia feature anymore - it's a survival tool for the digital age.

#Privacy #DataPrivacy #BigTech #Google #Infosec #CyberSecurity #degoogle #Ente #Fediverse

Since my post about 4KB of RAM and the Moon landing blew up, I've been thinking: Why does modern software feel so heavy?

We have 64GB of RAM in our pockets, yet we struggle with laggy Electron apps. It's making me appreciate "single-purpose" hardware even more.

My upcoming NAS build (I've decided to go for Ugreen DXP4800 Plus) is a protest against this. I want a device that does one thing - perfectly stores my data without a dozen background analytics services eating up cycles.

Who else misses the era of "snappy" software that respected your hardware?

#Tech #Software #NAS #Optimization #Computing #Minimalism #Thoughts #Blog #Ram #Electron

Hello world.

I finally decided to park my digital dinosaur bones here on chaos.social.

I’ve been roaming the internet since 1996 and started breaking things around 2000, but honestly, after all these years, I still feel like I have no clue what I'm doing half the time.

I’m always up for a chat, so feel free to reach out if you want to talk shop or just complain about broken configs.

Currently tinkering with eInk devices

#introduction #demoscene #infosec #homelab #arteultra #fractalfm9 #0x90

" ... less than half of all #netizens use #IPv6 ..."

A good analysis of why that is:

#tcpip #internet #Networking

https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/31/ipv6_at_30/