The “Nude” Ultimatum: My Phone is Not a Government Narc
The UK government has officially gone off the deep end, giving Apple and Google a three-month ultimatum: build device-level scanning to detect “illegal images” or we’ll pass laws to force…
Privacy & Security
Plex, Plex Pass, and the Slow Creep of Enshittification
I’ve been a Plex user since 2012. Back then, I paid around £50 for a lifetime Plex Pass. It felt like a bargain. Plex was a genuinely useful piece of…
The Luna Deadline: A Blueprint for Digital Disappearance
Forget the tidy PR spin for a second. Luna’s announcement that it will bin third-party stores and stop a‑la-carte purchases in April 2026, followed by the removal of access to…
Simple Tricks to Make Your Docker Setup Safer in Your Home Lab
Docker is great for tinkering, slap containers together and off you go. Then you add Vaultwarden or JumpServer and start worrying about security. Don’t panic: small, sensible tweaks close the…
From Tailscale to WireGuard: Why I Built a Private VPN with Two VPSes
In my ongoing quest for digital sovereignty, I recently replaced Tailscale with a plain WireGuard setup that I control myself. No third-party control plane, no extra SaaS layer, no mystery…
My 3-2-1 Backup Strategy: Why I Swapped MEGA S4 for Scaleway S3
A 3-2-1 backup rule is the industry standard for data survival, dictated by the logic that any single point of failure is a guaranteed disaster waiting to happen. It requires…
The Update Conundrum
I started my home lab in 2021. It began with some basic Home Assistant automations and, over the last few years, has spiralled into a proper stack of VMs and…
Brave Origin Nightly: The Good, The Bad, and the Minimalist
I have been using Brave Origin Nightly as my main browser for a week now, and the short version is that it has been excellent. Fast, clean, and, crucially, it…
The Browser Sync Privacy Rabbit Hole
It started at 5am. I was up before the rest of the family, so I did what any sensible person with poor sleep habits and a mild obsession with privacy…
Reclaiming the Desktop: A Practical Guide to Linux Migration
Windows has been getting in the way for years. It’s not just about telemetry or what’s happening “under the hood”, it’s the forced adverts in your Start menu, settings that…