Comment by bobdvb

Until I changed job recently, I spent the past 8 years working in an area of tech that many people on places like HN and Reddit think that the work is a horrific waste of effort (DRM and content security for a streaming company).

The idea that if companies like my former employer would stop doing DRM their audience would embrace it is rife idealism. But based on bitter experience so enough people will do bad things just for the lulz that you need to cover your ass.

My home lab will never have an open port, I'll always put things behind a CDN or zero trust system, even then...

FWIW, it's worthwhile just for educational reasons to look at abuseipdb.com quite revealing.