I guess in a similar vein, if someone stalking you is part of your threat model, you would try to minimize how much information they're gaining on you even though they rely on that same information. Personally, I believe targeted advertising today is a form of stalking, therefore it makes sense to me why someone would have minimizing data collection for advertisers as part of their threat model.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    Because you don't have a lot of experience with this type of stuff, I would not recommend exposing all your applications to the open web unless you also are willing to install and maintain some sort of security dashboard or traffic analyzer with alerts in case someone is trying to do something malicious to your services. You can always tunnel in with a VPN at the flip of a switch. This would only expose the VPN to the open web, which is a much smaller attack surface than all your services. You could also use something like Tailscale to keep all the devices connected but not exposed to the open web.

    I would recommend going this route as a beginner hobbyist just so you don't have to be worried about the security of your server as much. Hope that helps!

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