I agree with you. The other people in this thread are quick to judge and could stand to learn from some of the wisdom in the shows about which they have such strong feelings.

teleporters will have keys like vehicles and buildings, to prevent unauthorized access.

in case you didn’t know: it’s relatively easy to write, in just a few lines, a little program to produce the OTP codes on a computer instead of a phone app.

computers can do most of the checking/ordering/sending via websites, and if you live outside of a city those phone-connected infrastructure things don’t exist.

it’s possible to run windows in a VM on Linux (Microsoft even provides one intended for developers)

that’s not necessarily what it means. some things legitimately are easier to explain in person. ever try working out a complicated mathematical argument in an email? one can do it, but it’s not pretty. in person you can write on paper, draw figures, etc., synchronously with your compatriot observing and even participating. it’s not merely a change of medium from text to sound.

I don’t read formality in these either, fwiw. in fact they’re generally pretty casual.

ultimately, you will need some kind of access to something with at least one port open, if you intend to host services on the clearnet. you could use tor if onion services will work for you. if you have ssh access somewhere with a port open (or a friendly sysadmin), you could tunnel to there and redirect incoming connections back through the tunnel. same thing with a VPN, if the sysadmin is really friendly.

syncthing works on every device and substitutes for cloud storage services. pictures taken with a phone end up quickly in the shared folder on my desktop. etc.

can’t say I’ve ever done this. better to figure out why it’s broken and fix it so that the next time I encounter that kinda problem, I can fix it quickly.