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I thought that was the point, since you didn't trust other people not to be mining your data? If it's another person's machine then they could just read your em

• the_common_man 10y ago
  No, you self-host because you retain the ownership and control of your data. You choose service providers whose main business is not to snoop your data. For example, if you choose a server from amazon ec2 or linode or your local vps provider, they are not going to snoop your data because they are in the business of selling servers and not mining all your servers.
  • wfunction 10y ago
    Okay, different question: any reason to believe the government isn't making them share dumps of their servers behind your back? I thought paranoia about the government reading your emails was the other huge reason to want this sort of thing in the first place.
    • Outpox 10y ago
      If you're that worried then you can encrypt your server or data folder if needed.
      • wfunction 10y ago
        What's the point though? Wouldn't the key need to be on the server if I encrypt it? Otherwise how can my mail server even work?