YouTube ads are served on the same server as the video.. So they would have to filter it through one of their servers and block the elements and stream it to you.
So if you're using them for privacy.. you better trust them a lot because they would have equivalent info as google.
Since its for school you'll want it to be reliable and to work 100% of the time. I'd just get a big brand and not connect it to the internet if you don't want your data collected.
Other than that you can try to block the telemetry at the DNS level by VPN to your home with a pihole instance or using a private DNS.
If you really don't wanna use apple or google OS, then best bet is to buy the tablet for the hardware and try to flash a different OS. But then you'll risk it not working very well or having app compatibility issues.
I disagree. Firefox is fine, but saying chromium is spyware because its primarily maintained by google is like saying android is spyware.
Additionally chromium browsers are arguably more secure than Firefox, and has more advanced sand boxing. So much so that graphine OS used chromium instead of Firefox for their vanadium browser.
Only thing I agree with is not using brave.. Cause well.. They fishy.
Honestly servers don't need to be speced out of oblivion. I use a 10 year old desktop and added a 1TB ssd and it does 99% of what I want it too.
Most important thing for a server is probably the CPU and making sure it has as many cores as possible and maybe hyper threading because you'll be running a lot if simultaneous services and users.
No only the server, you can host an openssh server and have clients connect remotely.
Sorta like how you can host a webserver and a client doesn't need 443 open. Except a reverse shell is possible with ssh, allowing a client to be controlled without their port 22 open.
I'm a tinkering nerd, so I like to have a headless Linux box.
I did use self hosting operating systems in the beginning, and they're nice. However, when I tried just a plain Ubuntu headless install, I felt way more accomplished after getting everything working.
Checking the router is probably the only way to see if someone is active on your network.
Can anybody hack your computer? No. Most people only know how to run scripts that are known and patched in most operating systems.
There are skilled people who may be able to create an exploit or find a vulnerability in your computer, but they will mostly target businesses or people they know will be worth it to hack, so most likely they won't bother you.
Generally if your on your own WiFi, having a WPA-2+ personal password is enough, but the more paranoid may have an IDS/IPS on their home network.
If your out and about, I'd personally use a VPN. I don't like public ones and like to recommend setting one up on your home WiFi instead.
If you think you've been hacked.. change your passwords and run virus scans. If you still don't feel safe, backup your data and reinstall your operating system.
A reverse proxy like nginx can automatically implement it for you. Probably the easiest way of generating and using your own SSL with let's encrypt is a reverse proxy.
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And I'm sure you only use twofish because the NSA backdoored AES when they standardized it.