Milan Buha

A real router admin panel, walked through step by step: default credentials, firmware, WPA3, WPS, UPnP, remote access, and VLAN segmentation for IoT — with the reasoning for each change.

WPA3 beats WPA2 on paper, but older IoT devices can silently drop off a WPA3-only network. What actually changed, and how to run a safe WPA2/WPA3 transition network.

Most routers never get a single firmware update after setup day. A real CVE that got exploited because of it, a five-minute walkthrough, and which brands actually keep patching.

Fixed one privacy weak point and wondering what else is exposed? A prioritized, effort-vs-impact toolkit synthesizing password managers, authenticators, browsers, messaging, DNS, and self-hosting into one ordered plan.

PrivateBin encrypts pastes in your browser before they ever reach the server — the decryption key never leaves the URL fragment. A real Docker Compose deployment and why it beats a public pastebin.

Encrypted DNS hides your queries from your ISP, but not your destination IP or (usually) the domain in the TLS handshake. What it actually protects, and a first-hand Pi-hole + Unbound setup.

Credit freezes have been free by federal law since 2018. A real cost comparison of paid identity theft protection against the free DIY path, and the narrow cases where paying still earns its price.

Losing your phone is the real test of any authenticator app. Aegis, Authy, and Google Authenticator compared on backup encryption, recovery friction, and the 2024 Authy breach that exposed 33 million phone numbers.

A breach-notification email lands — "your password was exposed" — and the reflex is to Google "private email provider" at 11pm. Here is what actually differs between Proton Mail and Tutanota day to day, and who genuinely needs to switch.

A fingerprinting headline or a slow, ad-tracker-choked page load sends people searching for the "best private browser." Here is how Brave, hardened Firefox, and LibreWolf actually differ day to day.

A headline about Telegram not being encrypted or Meta sharing WhatsApp metadata resurfaces the same guilty question: what does each app actually protect by default, and is switching worth the hassle?

Restart policy, networking, volumes, secrets, build vs pull, logs, and teardown — the seven decisions a self-hosted Docker Compose stack forces, mapped in one guide with a real annotated compose.yaml and links to a deep dive on each.