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3 Tiny Beelink Computers: Teardown and Comparison (SER, SEi, and EQR6)

  By Scott • 2025-08-23 ,
BeeLink Computers - SER SEi EQR6 Comparison - YouTube Cover Image - The Good, The Good, and The Uggo.

I happened to accumulate 3 Beelink computers at once: Two are going to be PtP VPN nodes at undisclosed mysterious and super interesting locations (some of that is a lie), and one will be a portable Plex Media Server for travel. This video is an unboxing and disassembly of all three, comparing them and showcasing their design advantages and disadvantages. If you’re looking for a video about their performance, well, I kinda didn’t even get to powering them on yet. This is 100% about the physical hardware. The SER and SEi series are incredibly similar, the former having an AMD CPU and the latter an Intel. The cases are different (metal vs. plastic and different venting), but the motherboards are … Continue reading

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Guerrilla Strategy to Combat ISP Collection and Use of Users’ Browsing Habits

  By Scott • 2017-04-21

The Problem ISPs can, do, and will collect information on the web browsing habits (& etc.) of their users. They may package and sell this data, at best in an anonymized state, and ostensibly for the “benign” purpose of marketing and advertising to targeted demographics. Such data may, of course, be used for nefarious purposes. The law almost always fails to keep pace with technological advancement, and even more rarely serves the public interest when dealing with issues surrounding the internet and telecommunications. Politicians, regardless of nationality, are beholden to the interests of the state, secret corruption, or public corruption in the form of lobbies and campaign contributions. As such, we, the internet community, cannot rely on political protection for … Continue reading