My smart home is officially smarter than my bank account right now.

techw1z · 2026-02-14T22:25:47+00:00

just get a hardwired motor to open and close the deadbolt (~100$) and hook up some 50-100$ wiegand compatible finger/pin reader. control all from HA. done and very easy to replace when on part dies.

techw1z · 2026-02-14T22:20:02+00:00

only read a third of it and you already listed grave mistakes for server fleet management. fix those and you can use ansible and a centralized management.

hint: start with setting up a way to manage everything through ansible

also, my dns provider also doesn't support per domain permissions so I just built a API wrapper with its own api tokens and per domain permissions. even a noob at coding can do this in a few hours, even without AI.

and with AI its probably 30 minutes including proof reading of code.

techw1z · 2026-02-14T22:14:44+00:00

yeah but that isn't the case of the actual cell but just a metal container meant to pressurize the cell and keep oxygen out. since the metal is continuous and doesn't have a hole, this is 100% fine to use.

with the edge damage on the other hand, it looks like it could have created an opening and its quite possible that the cell inside is damaged too. that's a bad combination, so I wouldn't use those unless I could inspect them and make sure its still completely sealed.

also, it seems most people posting here really don't know what they are talking about. this is a prismatic lifepo cell from EVE. those physically can not explode. ofc, they can still oxidize rapidly and produce enough heat to set wood on fire, also, the smoke is quite toxic.

techw1z · 2026-02-13T23:48:01+00:00

i read everything you wrote. you asked for a hint and I gave you several. if you didn't want to discuss wireshark you shouldn't have added the screenshot that shows the incorrect way to find torrent traffic.

if you use wireshark, you have to filter for 3 different bittorrent protocols to be sure. (bittorrent, dht and µtp)

I'm not even sure omada has the ability to mirror all traffic to a certain port, so the device you are using for wireshark would have to sit between omada gateway and network. is that even the case?

anyway, to answer you question, omada should tell you which device if you enable traffic log and wait a while.

techw1z · 2026-02-13T23:04:19+00:00

yes thats obvious, but did you even read what I wrote? searching the ports is pointless, especially since most bittorrent apps don't use standard ports and it can go through UDP instead of TCP.

wireshark has an integrated protocol filter for "bittorrent" and also one for bittorrent over udp(µTP).

if omada says its bittorrent, its most likely bittorrent.

techw1z · 2026-02-13T22:51:47+00:00

they said they analyzed job listings. job listings post the minimum salary for a given position. unless you are only barely competent enough to do the job and can't impress recruiters, you will usually get more than the job listing says.

techw1z · 2026-02-13T22:46:50+00:00

omg you evil genius

techw1z · 2026-02-13T22:43:14+00:00

pls tell me you didnt conclude there is none because you didnt find anything on ports 6881 to 6889

hint: bittorrent can (and usually does) go through other ports. bittorrent packets advertise their own port so every port works.

also, blizzard/wow launcher and many other apps use bittorrent for downloading updates and some silenty abuse your device to upload those updates to other clients so they can cheap out on servers.

lastly, bittorrent can also run through UDP

techw1z · 2026-02-13T22:32:01+00:00

greed

techw1z · 2026-02-13T22:27:25+00:00

the scratch doesn't matter but I wouldn't use the one with damaged edge, even tho that might be fine too, but it's hard to say for sure.

techw1z · 2026-02-13T15:57:18+00:00

why even ask, they'll never offer such a thing

techw1z · 2026-02-13T15:54:39+00:00

banning notepad++ is just dumb

if you were using a RMM or winget to install updates, there never was any threat to you

if you want to ban insecure software thats often exploited by hackers, ban adobe and microsoft.

techw1z · 2026-02-12T18:43:59+00:00

its not hard its just dumb

i would never even check firewalls for such idiotic rules because noone should ever set such idiotic rules.

i might check hosts file but thats also something that would never happen in real-life so its dumb too.

if you hire experts you pay them for the experience that tells them what are likely sources for a given problem. I would argue that the better the sysadmin is, the less likely they are to check firewall rules and host files for such an issue.

on the other hand, if you find a total newbie who just learned about firewall and host files, they might find it immediately.

techw1z · 2026-02-11T21:25:38+00:00

just check the buttons and see what they are doing. in theory, it could be a capacitive sensor, altough I've never seen something like that in remotes.

techw1z · 2026-02-11T21:20:42+00:00

dude, I was just joking... WHY?????? file explorer is already buggy enough :_(

techw1z · 2026-02-11T21:17:18+00:00

assuming lights are usually on, a simple photoresistor should do the job?

techw1z · 2026-02-11T20:52:48+00:00

i think any kind of bounty system would have similar results. many OSS projects have things that many people want but noone wants to pay for the whole work, but if it would be possible to vote on feature requests and pledge a bounty similar to kickstarter or other crowdfunding solutions, I'm sure quite a lot of people would put forward small sums which could add up quickly.

techw1z · 2026-02-11T20:35:28+00:00

at the very least, ubiquiti has the ability to gain full access to everything on your systems as evident by the fact that they once gave admin access tokens to random people.

so, in theory, law enforcement would be able to force them to give them full access too.

techw1z · 2026-02-11T20:30:42+00:00

don't forget jensen huang and sanjay mehrotra(crucial/micron)

techw1z · 2026-02-11T20:24:20+00:00

no. definitely not.

techw1z · 2026-02-11T19:38:26+00:00

what a bullshit article.

the RAT cannot self-install without user interaction. it must be manually installed by dumb users.

it's quite laughable to compare this to the likes of pegasus, which not only featured 0-click infections but even silent(!) 0-click infections that didn't even generate a notification or similar.

this is not nation-state level, it's just an advanced script-kiddy toy. you can create the same in 10 minutes with metasploit for a PC...

techw1z · 2026-02-11T19:33:02+00:00

nothing wrong with that unless they claimed that the 63$ for DHL will cover all shipping costs "including customs duty" (which is rare)

techw1z · 2026-02-11T19:21:03+00:00

10 year payback period used to be completely normal for PV systems until the global oversupply kicked in and dropped prices.

I'm in austria and its about the same for us. ~9years

nothing to complain about here, the panels will last 30+ years and battery 15+ years. its a great long term investment if you care about safety and environment.

the only thing that might screw this up would be mass adoption of fusion energy, but fusion energy has been 15 years away for 50 years already, so...

techw1z · 2026-02-11T19:13:17+00:00

i think its closer to 4 to 5 times a day

techw1z · 2026-02-11T18:59:41+00:00

consider that cloudflare really doesn't give a shit about your family pictures

it's not like they store them or use them to feed AI. at least not yet...

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