pfSense on this:
https://a.co/d/6WpafWQ
I also block outgoing port 53 only allowing my Pihole through.
I use Tailscale to access the network while away.
Valid to an extent. I’ve personally experienced various audits whether for ISO, PCI or SOC and the quality of the auditor certainly does vary though I’ve not encountered one I would consider incompetent; the audits have always been rigorous. I’ve not personally seen bribery though I have seen where an auditor might relax how aggressively they look for issues over the years of getting to know the people and quality of the company.
Proton just completed their SOC 2 Type II audit:
https://proton.me/blog/soc-2
Accomplishments like this are why I continue to trust Proton and remain a paid user.
I would say that depends on whether you only need access to the 1 PC or the entire network.
If just the 1 PC then I recommend RustDesk:
https://rustdesk.com/
Otherwise I agree with @BlastboomStrice that Tailscale is the way to go.
Both options are free, open source, fast and have the option to self host.
Came to recommend Synology; I’ve worked on small systems (4 cameras) and large (30+ cameras). For home use you can probably get away with their smallest NAS which includes free CCTV software (Surveillance Station) which itself includes 2 camera licenses. Adding more cameras beyond those will require a one-time license purchase. While this is not the cheapest route they are easy to setup, manage and use.
For my Kobo I’ve mostly used Anna’s Archive and then converted epub from there into kepub format with Calibre; just need to rename the file to the epub file extension afterward (I usually keep both like My book.kepub.epub for my own reference).
Edit: MyAnonaMouse is indeed a great community as others have said though I found their selection to not be as good though that might be biased to the topics I prefer to read.