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Long life session tokens create security issues especially for high risk groups like Linus Media Group. Any session should be short lived and require some form of authentication to continue use or make critical changes. I wonder if some sort of proxy can be done with Content Manager or something else to only have cookies that are only relevant to Content Manager or the proxy with no google relevant cookies stored on the end user browser. The real google cookies would be used by the proxy, safe from enemy hands. I use Traefik for Google SSO for my personal applications and am looking into Authelia but I don't think either can be used to manage the actual google cookies with any sort of ease of use. This is just an idea but not that easy to do in practice. Employee training is critical. Periodic phishing exercises are common at my employer's. Tools such as Proofpoint are great at filtering potentially bad emails. It sits between the outside and the domain and provides a daily digest of blocked emails that have a score between 1 and 99. A score of 100 is determined to be bad for sure and never notifies the user. A score of 0 means it was sent to the user. This can all be managed in an admin console to see which emails were sent to the user and which were quarantined. There are also malware isolation tools that initially block downloads from either attachments or URLs. Users can then click exit to continue forward. This is great for accidental clicking and to make users think twice about going forward. The best practice for every employee is to contact the sender from another channel like phone or IM to confirm if they indeed sent this to them. That thwarts attacks like this. Just like when the Bank calls you for your SSN. Hang up and call them back.

If you find automation for your everyday life as fascinating as I do, you may find your viewpoint change. Collectively, relying on locally served home automation is best no matter how good internet is these days or in the future.

Anyone looking to install Home Assistant on an existing machine, I recommend a supervised install. With it, the Duck DNS addon can be used for ddns and domain setup and automagically keeps your ssl certificate up-to-date with lets encrypt. There are lots of other handy addons as well including Wireguard and a self hosted version of Bitwarden password manager https://github.com/home-assistant/supervised-installer

@Biohazard777 Setting up a domain and ddns can be done easier running Home Assistant supervised and using the Duck DNS addon.

If his internet goes down, nothing works. He'll have lots of fun explaining that to Yvonne

The dry contact sensor would be for anything Linus would do with an esp8266 or esp8285. The issue with any of these smart devices is when companies change their policies. Full DIY does not have those problems.

@iKingRPGWould this actually sense if the garage door is currently open or closed? If not, a dry contact sensor should be used for each door. ESPHome is nice but I have not used it. I recommend Tasmota which would be configured on the device itself so the config in Home Assistant is really clean and simple. I also wonder if the garage door remote is a 2-way or a 1-way. Does it know if the door is closed?

Perhaps this should make it into the next episode. https://www.amazon.com/KLOUD-City-desktop-computer-devices/dp/B00UIZOXQE?th=1

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I like the IPS screen, the backlit keyboard, the uber signatures on the bottom, and the matte style finish. Its so much easier to keep clean when its not so glossy. Did I mention display port?

Thanks to Darrin Lynch for joining us today.

Awesome, Linus. Thanks HTC. Facebook share from Robert Hillis: https://www.facebook.com/tkdrob/posts/10152024371544676 Google+ share from Robert Hillis: https://plus.google.com/u/0/100028448748544031982/posts/dNXKuKvhL2f

That's a beast of a case. Thanks Timmy.

Awesome. I want in.

It all depends on what you are using your computer for. If you are recording a lot of audio for things like music, then you must go with quiet or even passively cooled systems (i.e. no fans). I personally don't record music so I don't mind the sound of fans. I would rather run my computer a few degrees cooler and have it maybe 3-6Db louder. As long as the fans are not making any clicking noises or high pitched whines, then I don't care. I usually where my headphones anyways when gaming with a dedicated SOUND CARD.