Do you mean something link subdomain.domain.tld? Because I have that set up with namecheap

I was 😭

Thank you, it’s very kind of you to say. Thankfully, I hadn’t made any changes in the last few days so everything is fully backed up. A silver lining to an otherwise unfortunate event

Ubuntu… But I just realised I’ve been ransomwared.

Guess I’m spending my Monday recovering from backups. Fun fun fun!

Do we have a r/rimjobsteve equivalent here?

The point should be to bring everyone up, not pull others down, though

Hetzner got blocked by who?

This is true. Would probably be much easier technically and legally if they already own it, though.

That’s interesting. So they buy the domain on your behalf and then rent it out to you. Pretty cool concept

That said, I’ve owned a fair few domains and never had to deal with 3rd parties, so I’m not sure if the added security risk (however small) of them hijacking your domain is worth it. For me, at least. YMMV

So it’s possible to run it without signing up. Thats good news. All the reviews seem to say it’s a requirement for the initial set up

Are there any special steps to get your set up? I imagine you need to side load your apps because the play store won’t work, but is there anything else?

I suppose I could use someone else’s account for initial set up. I’ve had a look and it seems nextdns allows different profiles per device, so I’ll just block as many google domains as I can that way

That’s disappointing, but not surprising. Probably no point in shelling out for a shield if it’s not as powerful with Lineage

Tbh, I’d be happy with side loading both Plex and revanced, but from what I’ve seen, it won’t initialize without a google account

What makes a registrar more privacy focused than another. Just had a read of their website, but couldn’t understand why they’re better for privacy than any other

I’ve not heard about this. Does anyone have a link to share? Can’t find one myself

Down votes is the price you pay for trying to be informative

What do you mean with “went to bed”?

Are there any of these communities you could recommend?

Copied from a reddit comment to save others a click through:

Just to make this slightly easier to find. You can opt out of the settings with the following:

Go to https://app.plex.tv/desktop/#!/profile/edit

Click on "Privacy Settings" at the bottom of the page

Dialog pops up where you can change stuff to private

The longer version is as follows, if you want to find the setting more organically:

Go to https://app.plex.tv/

Find "Discover" in the left hand bar, either it's pinned or under "More" -> "Plex" -> "Discover"

Click "Edit Profile" button

Click on "Privacy Settings" at the bottom of the page

Dialog pops up where you can change stuff to private

This was a well written and interesting piece from someone who knows about the subject matter. What a refreshing piece of content. Thank you for sharing