i installed portmaster today.

man, nostr relays nostr relays nostr relays. lol. i'm only allowing the ones i have set in my profile and the rest are default blocked.

i also learned that networkmanager keeps pinging an archlinux.org address. NOT ANY MORE IT DOESN'T!

the overwhelm of the default prompt setting is pretty rough going at first but once you get things set up with the stuff you use allowed through and apps you use allowed to connect where you are ok with them connecting...

it's a good feeling.

you wouldn't believe how much shit is being sent out, and this is not an extraordinarily large number of apps or websites being used.

web browsers in particular are like Orwell's friggin viewscreen, 100% the exact thing.