Are you sure about that? I'm using the official AT&T fiber modem (Nokia white oval) and a pi.hole for DNS. I do remember needing to change a number of settings to get it to work though.
You probably want commercial displays. They'll cost a bit more, but they're also designed to run 24/7 (think the screens they use in menus, signs, etc) so they could probably last forever as a TV.
That sucks your apartment flooded, but depending on what state you're in you might be able to do something about it. Some states have laws that allow you to "repair and deduct" emergency repairs. Meaning if your landlord refuses or doesn't answer you, you can pay to have the problem fixed yourself and then deduct the amount you paid from your rent payment.
It's much more secure on 'less than trusted' devices and for less than secure people.
Instead of having to type your password in on your friends laptop that may have a keylogger installed, you just type your username in and then do your fingerprint on your phone. That's it; your phone verifies it's you and then transmits the passkey over Bluetooth, so it can't be phished or observed while you type it.
For less than secure people, you don't have to convince them to use a password manager and stop writing their passwords on sticky notes. They just type in their username and do their fingerprint on their phone. It can't be phished so even if someone is remotely controlling a victims computer the damage is limited to allowing access to a single account on that physical computer - they can't take that passkey and use it anywhere else, unlike a password for an email account that's used for online banking as well. They also can't keylogger it and then log in after they're disconnected from the victim.
I (tried to) send you a message, there doesn't seem to be a 'Sent' box on Lemmy so I can't verify it sent successfully. Let me know if you didn't get it.
It's not really meant for soliciting, but Tindie is the closest thing I can think of what you're looking for. https://www.tindie.com/ You could find something in the same ballpark of what you're looking for and contact the person who made it and ask if they would be interested in doing custom projects.
It also allows you to login without someone visually observing your password while typing it on a keyboard or on an untrusted device that could have a keylogger.
That was probably permanent magnet cards (pre-made credit cards, membership cards, etc) vs re-writable magnetic cards that can be written to with a desktop machine.
It must be in a locked, hard sided case. You let TSA inspect it, then you get to keep the keys and they do not. It's a common(?) trick for photographers with thousands of dollars of camera equipment to put a starter pistol in the camera case.
There's a whole anthology book about this written by a bunch of big and small names, the pdf is free https://machineofdeath.net/ebook