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If you do not have unlimited data on your iOS device you will want to turn off Wi-Fi Assist in iOS9. Wi-fi Assist uses your data connection when you are on a slow Wi-Fi network.

To turn it off go to Settings > Cellular > Wi-Fi Assist > Off.

I have been looking for sometime to get a few security cameras setup around my house.  I have thought about the dropcam and oco options but they were both fairly expensive and didn’t have the options that I wanted. 

What I did have was a raspberry pi 2, two old web cameras and a 6 year old who likes to build stuff.   We spent some time this weekend working with a project called MotionPie based off of MotionEye this weekend and we really like it. 

It does take a fair amount of computer, network and linux knowledge but if you have a raspberry pi and google I am sure you could figure out.

I hope to see added (and help since it is an open source project):
Dropbox support.
Ability to select motion detection area.
Ability to change the theme colors. 

Here are a few pictures from the project.

People ask me all time what the one thing they should do to “stay safe” on the internet is.  If I had to pick one it would be to use a VPN when you are on a network you dont own or trust. 

It has always taken a little bit of technical skill to setup a private VPN but my friends at WebDigi have done an amazing job of making setting up a free (if you dont use it too much) private VPN on AWS easy. 

Here is the blog post on how to set it up. 

Here is the projects github page. 

Here is the walkthrough video:

Here are some tips from me: 

• Use LT2P and not PPTP.  It is safer. 
• Try to delete and rebuild the image twice a month to delete the logs and get a new IP address (Yes, I am paranoid).  
• It is free to start but if you send a lot of traffic through the VPN it can end up costing you a few bucks a month. Setup billing alerts.