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Deploying Open-Source IDS/IPS (Suricata, Snort, Zeek) in a Home Environment
Bring enterprise-grade network security to your house without license fees. This introduction explains how three popular free tools differ, and why homeowners may want visibility, alerts, or active blocking on their local network.Signature-based options match traffic to rules for rapid detection...
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Running Your Own Local DNS Server: Blocking Ads & Tracking
This article is a practical, step-by-step guide to setting up a network-level resolver that improves privacy by stopping connections to known trackers before content loads.You'll learn how a DNS-based blocker reduces requests, speeds page loads, and lowers bandwidth use while protecting...
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Best Way to Back Up Home Surveillance Footage Securely Offsite
This buyer’s guide helps U.S. homeowners choose an offsite plan that protects recorded video from theft, drive failure, or disaster while keeping access simple.Cloud-based storage is rising fast: by 2025, half of global data may live in the cloud. Local-only setups...
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Deploying Open-Source IDS/IPS (Suricata, Snort, Zeek) in a Home Environment
Bring enterprise-grade network security to your house without license fees. This introduction explains how three popular free tools differ, and why homeowners may want visibility, alerts, or active blocking on their local network.Signature-based options match traffic to rules for rapid detection...
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Featured
Deploying Open-Source IDS/IPS (Suricata, Snort, Zeek) in a Home Environment
Bring enterprise-grade network security to your house without license fees. This introduction explains how three popular free tools differ, and why homeowners may want visibility, alerts, or active blocking on their local network.Signature-based options match traffic to rules for rapid detection...
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Running Your Own Local DNS Server: Blocking Ads & Tracking
This article is a practical, step-by-step guide to setting up a network-level resolver that improves privacy by stopping connections to known trackers before content loads.You'll learn how a DNS-based blocker reduces requests, speeds page loads, and lowers bandwidth use while protecting...
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Best Way to Back Up Home Surveillance Footage Securely Offsite
This buyer’s guide helps U.S. homeowners choose an offsite plan that protects recorded video from theft, drive failure, or disaster while keeping access simple.Cloud-based storage is rising fast: by 2025, half of global data may live in the cloud. Local-only setups...
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Building a Pi-Hole System to Block Ads & Trackers in Your Home
Network-wide protection gives every device on your local network the same level of filtering. You can stop unwanted content before it reaches phones, TVs, and laptops. This lowers bandwidth use and speeds up pages.This guide walks you through planning, installing, and...
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How to Tell If Your Smart Device Has Been Compromised
Phones carry banking, messages, and maps in one pocket. That makes them a top target for attackers who want access to accounts, contacts, or financial data.This quick guide shows clear signs that a phone or device may be under attack and...
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Deploying Open-Source IDS/IPS (Suricata, Snort, Zeek) in a Home Environment
Bring enterprise-grade network security to your house without license fees. This introduction explains how three popular free tools differ, and why homeowners may want visibility, alerts, or active blocking...
Running Your Own Local DNS Server: Blocking Ads & Tracking
This article is a practical, step-by-step guide to setting up a network-level resolver that improves privacy by stopping connections to known trackers before content loads.You'll learn how a DNS-based...
Best Way to Back Up Home Surveillance Footage Securely Offsite
This buyer’s guide helps U.S. homeowners choose an offsite plan that protects recorded video from theft, drive failure, or disaster while keeping access simple.Cloud-based storage is rising fast: by...
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Are your Teens safe from Anime. Alarming Suicide Trends say NO!
As a parent, you're likely no stranger to the captivating world of anime that has enthralled many teenagers. However, concerns about its impact on young minds have grown. Certain anime content...
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10 Binge-Worthy Websites You Didn’t Know Existed
Weekends (or late nights you swore would be productive) are perfect for exploring the corners of the internet you didn’t even know existed. These sites are quirky, fun, and surprisingly useful—and...
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Travel Safety: How to Protect Your Devices on Public Wi-Fi
Public -fi in airports, hotels, and cafés is convenient. It is also inherently risky. Administrators and bad actors can monitor traffic with packet sniffing and deep packet inspection.You will learn why...
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Why Blocking Ads and Tracking Is Essential for Family Internet Safety
We know the signs: pages lag, popups follow your family, and strange offers arrive in feeds. This comes from scripts that siphon privacy and slow browsing. To stop it, we recommend...
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How Your Router Can Be the First Line of Defense Against Malware
We know families face real risks online—explicit content, invasive ads, identity theft, and unsafe payloads. Apps on phones and laptops help, but they don’t cover every device. That gap leaves smart...
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From “The Thing” to Today: How Listening Devices Still Threaten Our Privacy
We open with a famous Cold War espionage case to set the scene. On August 4, 1945, a carved great seal was hung in the Moscow home of W. Averell Harriman....
