random for me if any are left

and THANKS v8

EDIT too  late but thanks again for your generosity

thank you for the detailed reply.

i wanted to reply in a bit more detail but ill just reply to this part (multiple wireless APs etc) for now.

i had though of the fact that a bunch of wireless individual APs and such in a single residence would be an invitation to see why. so my "solution" is to have most wireless APs in my basement on the floor. thus surrounded by concrete and dirt, so the only way for the signal to go (more or less) is up into the house space (which is the only place i want it seen), and not outside of the house footprint. as well as turn the power output as low as i can on device. thus minimizing  people driving by seeing the APs

low tech i know but its the best i can come up with.

sniped a bit out but the short answer is no not joking. btw google mini has a hard switch to turn the mike off. and its usually off as i rarely use it.

yes there are a couple routers. along with straight wireless APs that (usually) do not allow connected devices to see each other. im not concerned about the main ip addy from the modem being shared among the various routers and such as i know they can be linked together. im not trying to hide from the government, just script kiddies, IoT crap with little to no security etc.

however your knowledge obviously exceeds mine. any suggestions to improve this? i mean this in all seriousness. im not super paranoid but since most I0T stuff never gets security updates what are my options?

huh.

a quick search of the irs web site says this isnt uncommon (stimulus and such checks  going to dead people), and it seems i can keep it. as there is no law saying it has to be returned. guess the government thinks it cant possibly makes mistakes.

sometimes these wtf moments are priceless. people desperately needing the 1200 and not getting it, while the dead get theirs and can keep it (well, next of kin).

so looks like if this is true i will donate it to an organization (local to the deceased residence) to help the folks who got the royal shaft by the government.

EDIT: apparently this stimulus check was based on the deceased persons 2018 tax return.

i will. just figure ill wait till there some sort of procedure in place. i have the feeling all they are worried about right now is getting checks out. doubt any though has been given to giving mistaken ones back yet.

so it will sit, untouched, in the estate account till then.

yeah i plan on just letting it sit there until this blows over a bit and the mass confusion dies down.. at this point trying to figure out how to give it back will be worse that just letting it be for a while. i do intend on returning it but right now with millions not getting theirs i figure the last thing they want to waste time on is dealing on someone trying to give it back.

so heres something i didnt expect.

a 1200 stimulus check was issued to a dead family member that im executor of the estate of.

it went direct deposit to the estate bank account thats in my name as im the executor. since thats me the letter that told me of the 1200 went to me.

im not even sure what to make of that.

edit that person died over a year ago. and all relevant authorities were notified immediately (irs, ssa etc)

i saw some guy on reddit post his letter. the letter explained his check was for four (4) dollars.

wooot. one loaf of bread coming up. you should be able to survive on a single loaf of bread for months, so hes good.

thanks everyone for your replies, my apologies for not getting back to you guys sooner.

i am looking at all those suggestions now.

just curious. do you or anyone you know work in medical.

my wife and i did (not that that means we are super informed but we also know enough to not believe all the ridiculous crap circulating that the uneducated believe.

friends of ours in medical are scared. i mean scared. for themselves somewhat but mainly for their familys that they go home to and may possibly infect. and doctors and nurses do not scare easy (IMO at least the ones we know.. they will wade right into the thick of it. because thats what they do).

except mindrust. who did reveal his holdings (zero).

but he is slowly buying back in a bit i thought.

observing $8100+ USD on coinbase (yeah i know its not what we use for that but..)

bull run is warming up the engines. test fire seems ok so far.

had a couple sells trigger. looks like some new toys may be on the way.

sure, give it a shot.

a thick skin will help as manners are not a strong point in this thread.

would you trust a soft switch for the radios?

hardware switch or disassemble the phone and remove the antennas. or if youre really good disable the comm chips if its doable. disconnect the power pins and such.

BTW a phone without a sim card can still make emergency calls (911 etc) its mandated. at least in the usa. so removing the card does nothing really.

just dont press the little red button

good point as anything with access to other machines on the network can sniff packets and otherwise wreak damage to machines on it.

i have several access points for the various stuff.. one for ip cams systems, one for stuff like TVs, one for google/alexa stuff, one for other IoT (washer/dryer etc), one for guests, and one for my wireless computers and such.

none of the items on those access points can see the others. but stuff on the same AP can (usually) see each other as they usually need to.

EDIT: forgot to mention the obvious takeaway.. plus a separate AP for the rig you use the wallet on.

power it off?

after all its useless in a faraday cage anyway (or lead).

errr have you not seen some images that were not marked accordingly?

perhaps its better now.. if so i withdraw my comment.

easy

just play lynyrd skynyrd, molly hatchet, pink floyd. at reference level of course.

problem solved.

considering how .. err.. offensive some images are to some people a spoiler would be nice.

after all many here read with family and kids present.

please note i personally dont care about so called offensive images but it severely limits when i can read the forum depending on the people present.

and no im not some prude or one to censor things. just give warning please.

EDIT: there is a width setting in img tags, that will tame the huge images. IF people learn to use it.