Idk why you got downvotes, I appreciate your answers

Thanks! I’m familiar with the site but hadn’t considered posting questions there. I guess I’m at the point where I want and need to get into the technical stuff. It’s been quite a journey

That’s totally fair; this is less privacy and more technical/tinkering. I feel like I don’t have the skills to do the tinkering needed to continue on my privacy goals.

And I do like to tinker- but only on certain things. I want my stuff to work unless it is a particular project.

Idk I just feel a large void of ignorance when I’m deciding what to do next in terms of my personal tech. Maybe it’s just a lack of confidence and experience.

Should I just do internet searches for these things? Like “flashing ddwrt to asus router”

And I don’t need to know the ip stack- but I’d like to have a better understanding