An In-Depth Look at ProtonVPN
In this post, I offer a screenshot-rich walkthrough of ProtonVPN, ProtonMail’s new VPN service currently in limited beta testing.
Category Archives: Techie
Amazon Fire TV: Fix “Low Storage” Error
I have a rooted Amazon Fire TV (AFTV) and in the past month have been running into “Low Storage Space” errors. At first I thought it was being caused by Kodi so I followed guides to clear the thumbnails folder, but to no avail. I’ve just managed to solve this issue and wanted to document the […]
Home Networking Tips and Giving Superpowers to the TP-Link Archer C7
There are many good resources on setting up and tweaking home networks, but I just wanted to put this post together as a compilation of all the best practices I’ve come across over the past ~15 years. I’ll also describe how to move away from proprietary firmware to open-source firmware for the TP-Link Archer C7 wireless router.
Beginner-Friendly Privacy Tools/Services
After Edward Snowden’s revelations about the NSA, there has been an explosion in privacy-focused tools/services. Some were short-lived due to being too complicated for the average user to use, while others continue to thrive and grow. This post showcases the successful ones, most of which happen to be beginner-friendly. As a bonus I’ve included some more […]
TeamViewer = Dangerous
There have been reports that people running the remote desktop program TeamViewer on their computer(s) have had random people accessing their accounts and sending themselves money via PayPal or buying things online. TeamViewer denies they were hacked. Meanwhile, the TeamViewer subreddit is exploding with threads about people getting hacked. This post will walk you through […]