Imagine versioning in IPv6 notation 😅

https://www.fakespot.com/

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You can easily check it by WHOIS:

$ whois dev.
% IANA WHOIS server
% for more information on IANA, visit http://www.iana.org/
% This query returned 1 object

domain:       DEV

organisation: Charleston Road Registry Inc.
address:      1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
address:      Mountain View CA 94043
address:      United States of America (the)

# the rest of output omitted

And some hints gives Wikipedia: List of Internet top-level domains.

The main issues I can see:

• lack of secure instant communication, like Signal
• missing secure wi-fi protocols
• no TLS >= 1.0 support
• expired root certificates
• backdoors, established digital forensic tools
• credentials stored in RAM

If somehow you can install an SSH v2 client, with 2FA login - will be somehow useful.

My fast research, a PSP with custom firmware, and PSPSSH SSH client (not sure if it supports current ciphers).

OVH no problems for years.

BUT choose domain that is also maintained by non-US organization.
Like national TLDs from the EU, or fancy like one., cloud., …

Business ethics? Meh, just profits, just profits.

Not yet 😅

I had a scunthorpe.

Too many hosts.
Current scheme: British towns names. They are quite unique.

can you read this text:
“Ꮋ0ᛖοԌⅼуᏢʜѕ áᚱе ᏟｈäʀɑсᎢᎬᚱႽ ｔｈàτ Ｌоοᛕ ⅼіᛕË ᏞëｔＴêᚱᏚ”
?
what does it say?

GPT-4o mini:

The text appears to be a mix of characters from different alphabets and scripts, which makes it difficult to interpret directly. However, it seems to be a stylized way of writing “Hello, there! Look like letters.” The use of various characters gives it a unique visual appearance, but the underlying message is still recognizable.

https://www.dnsleaktest.com/

Context:

• thread
• reason

Too harsh IMHO.

Large portion of the Internet is hidden inside FB pages :/

Yeah. I was shocked when I saw:

Using Mullvad VPN (…)

while connected to the Mozilla VPN.

Replace ss with ß.

Mainly telemetry, like temperature inside, outside.
Script to read a data and push it into a RRD, later PostreSQL.
ligthttpd to serve static content, later PHP.

Once it served as a bridge, between LAN and LTE USB modem.

Maybe not shit, but exotic at that time, year 2012.
The first Raspberry Pi, model B 512 MB RAM, with an external 40 GB 3.5" HDD connected to USB 2.0.

It was running ARM Arch BTW.

Next, cheap, second hand mini desktop Asus Eee Box.
32 bit Intel Atom like N270, max. 1 GB RAM DDR2 I think.
Real metal under the plastic shell.
Could even run without active cooling (I broke a fan connector).

Price, too good, to be true.

Similar device the PiKVM, starting at 139.09 USD e.g. PiKVM v3.3 HAT.
Plus cost of Raspberry PI 4.

Yeah, a bit suspicious.

Legacy devices with OpenVPN support only.

No way it will cost $ 69.

See for example PiKVM prices.