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  • ReversalHatchery@beehaw.orgtoPrivacy@lemmy.mlUm.... Wtf?
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    6 days ago

    yes, but actually no.

    there are apps (like rethink DNS) that pack multiple functions in the app. if an app is being used to handle a VPN connection, it gets to process all your network traffic, see for each packet which app does it belong to, and can do both firewalling, split tunneling by app or type of traffic, and can also filter packets. most VPN apps just don’t bother with it because its a complex task, and most users wouldn’t use it anyway.

    There’s also AFWall+ that can configure the kernel’s firewall with root permissions, without setting itself up to handle a V0N connection.

    both of these apps are available on f-droid











  • forget NixOS. I understand that for seasoned users it might be a cool thing, but as I see you may be a beginner, and you totally don’t need that.

    docker is solid advice though. use that and a reverse proxy, like nginx or apache (they are complete web servers with revproxy capabilities), and put different services on different subdomains of the machine’s hostname (like api.etesync.mypc.lan, and web.etesync.mypc.lan). that way you basically run multiple services with the same IP and port, and the reverse proxy separates the different traffic of services by looking at the subdomain.

    if I’m right that you’re a beginner, take your time, you’re not in a rush. it will work out, but you’re learning, it might take some patience here and there


  • what would you do without selfhosting?

    I do that for myself, but I can’t recommend that to 99% of people around me, and I can’t let them into my system either.

    I have seen etesync, but that requires a subscription.
    was thinking of something with syncthing, but that has difficulties too (missing tools mostly), especially that you would have to keep the contacts file at a place where nearly any app can read it.


  • ReversalHatchery@beehaw.orgtoPrivacy@lemmy.mlFOSS contacts storage/sync?
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    13 days ago

    And the extremely low tech solution of just having them offline in a foss contacts app and exporting backups from that app to your storage in case you lose them.

    that’s not a good solution because a lot of apps will be able to read them. It’s not always possible to decide for yourself what apps you have, sometimes more powerful people are going to make you use one that you don’t trust.