for one’s own security and privacy, along with securing one’s homelab
Sounds like you already have a reason
Take a look at the forums/discord over at serverbuilds.net They have some guides specifically for NAS/Server builds.
Do I understand correctly that you're asking us to give you a good reason to hack wireless signals because you yourself cannot think of a good reason?
If so, I can't think of a good reason either, unless of course you want to be a white hat for somebody.
Maybe look at something like this: https://grafana.com/grafana/plugins/marcusolsson-dynamictext-panel/
Ah, yeah, I suppose if you're talking about an off-the-shelf NAS, that would be a concern. I'm more talking about a custom build like the NAS Killer line from serverbuilds.net (https://forums.serverbuilds.net/t/guide-nas-killer-5-0/3072)
It's really a proper server that includes NAS functionality along with whatever else you want to do with it.
I would head over to https://forums.serverbuilds.net/ and chat with the nice people there. They specialize in used hardware, both consumer and server-grade stuff.
There's lots of ways you can take this, but from my perspective the best place to start is a NAS (preferably one with Docker and VM capabilities like Unraid). That will open up a big rabbit hole for you to explore.
What's your preferred alternative? I use DuckDuckGo, and it's... OK. I still often switch over to Google when I'm having a hard time finding relevant results on DDG.
Oh, it sure does. I guess sometimes when I skim I skim right past the important details... my bad!
The Alton Brown recipe is fantastic... no evaporated milk though. https://altonbrown.com/recipes/baked-macaroni-and-cheese/
Is that what happened? I read the article, and it doesn't explicitly state who fired the gun. I suppose if you read between the lines it makes sense. Absolutely awful.
I just got a hand weeder (https://www.berings.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/710813-1.jpg), which sure beats pulling them out by hand!