People who buy overpriced “solutions” instead of taking the time to configure a PC seem like exactly the crowd to enjoy a closed ecosystem (see apple)

Do the cars not have to be certified? It seems to me that fewer employees just means longer delays for certifications, not easier certifications

Based and penguin pilled

You can use FDE and setup a minimal ssh server like dropbear to run at startup. This way, you can supply the password via a keyboard connected to the machine OR via ssh. This gives you a similar workflow to the data partition you mentioned, but encrypts the entire system.

I also wouldn’t use the built-in Wifi on this, but I can understand why they’d want to offer an all-in-one solution

I hate the cloudflare stuff making me do captchas or outright denying me with a burning passion. My fault for committing the heinous crime of using a VPN!

From the image, it doesn’t seem like it has rack mounts, which is kind of an odd choice. There are lots of switches that have a similar form factor, but can be put in 10" or 19" racks depending on which rack ears you put on it

Follow-up video idea: speed ≠ distance

What’s stopping you from connecting it to the local network but denying internet access? E.g. via a firewall rule or separate VLAN?