If you're on Debian, it's the tried and true method. The config is dead simple for most upgrades, just un-comment the line in the config file next to the type of upgrades you want, stable or testing. It can take some debugging if you have a package with it's own APT repo. It'll just ignore those updates by default.
ByteWizard
unattended-upgrades is annoying? How so?
For Unifi devices you setup a Virtual Network then assign the guests to that. https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000166827-UniFi-Hotspot-Portal-and-Guest-WiFi
the thing I like most about it is that you’ll never need to prove that I+I=II. It literally is II.
I hated discrete structures class in college. Nearly half the class dropped out, me included. Not because I was failing. I just couldn't give a damn. 1+1=2 is true for the same reason I+I=II is true. That's the whole concept of 2.
People complain about the doorbell?
Then don't have a door bell jackasses. Being alerted that someone is at the door is it's whole purpose.
Ever hear of the fable "The boy who cried wolf"?
One catch is that you have to assume it's gonna be sending data to China or at least have a hidden backdoor, possibly both. That may not matter depending on what they are doing.
Seems like they figured out it was faulty when trying to flash it. And I was skeptical but bios chip swapping on these cards is indeed a thing.
Or when their ball accidentally rolls onto their property... https://justicereport.news/articles/2023/04/21/black-man-shoots-white-6-year-old-and-her-parents-after-basketball-rolled-into-his-yard/
Or simply nothing at all other than existing... https://therightscoop.com/hate-crime-black-man-shoots-two-white-men-in-the-back-of-the-head-in-oklahoma/
what's your point? These people aren't rational.