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not just no, but hell no. it's not like a vps I have control over is expensive enough to justify the risk of exposing data to an unknown party.

by keefe 16y ago

Tichy 16y ago
What do you mean?
- keefe 16y ago
  They're probably just trying to drum up hosting business and many people will call me paranoid, but I prefer my work stay completely private until it's time to go public and I'd rather be more sure of privacy by being a proper customer.
  - Tichy 16y ago
    But how are you more private with a VPS? That is what I don't understand.
    - keefe 16y ago
      Well, assuming this is a reputable company, theoretically it's the same as a VPS. I think (perhaps too much) about leaks, possible ways that information I want private can get public, which is perhaps a vestige of the habits of my youth. The likelihood is that this company is just giving a free trial to sell hosting later, but theoretically they could do all sorts of poking around especially if you start getting traffic. If I'm spinning up a server on EC2 or Slicehost, I'm a paying customer of a known reputable company, I can safely assume it's in their interest to respect and guard my privacy. So, I need to balance the cost of a VPS against replacing those knowns with unknowns and I prefer to keep it simple, which is perhaps paranoid but I prefer to keep that mentality, because I know if I ignore the 1% chance 100 times, then it's pretty well guaranteed that one of those times, it wasn't something I should have been ignoring.
      - Tichy 16y ago
        Other commenters said that theses are one of the biggest hosters around, though.
        keefe 16y ago
        lol well, it was more of a quick visceral reaction than a detailed analysis, I probably would have forgotten about it if you didn't ask for my reasoning :] I've actually got half a dozen computers more powerful than the one they're offering just laying about my apartment right now, I have a nasty habit of collecting hardware.

not just no, but hell no. it's not like a vps I have control over is expensive enough to justify the risk of exposing data to an unknown party.

by keefe 16y ago

not just no, but hell no. it's not like a vps I have control over is expensive enough to justify the risk of exposing data to an unknown party.

Tichy 16y ago

What do you mean?

keefe 16y ago
They're probably just trying to drum up hosting business and many people will call me paranoid, but I prefer my work stay completely private until it's time to go public and I'd rather be more sure of privacy by being a proper customer.
- Tichy 16y ago
  But how are you more private with a VPS? That is what I don't understand.
  - keefe 16y ago
    Well, assuming this is a reputable company, theoretically it's the same as a VPS. I think (perhaps too much) about leaks, possible ways that information I want private can get public, which is perhaps a vestige of the habits of my youth. The likelihood is that this company is just giving a free trial to sell hosting later, but theoretically they could do all sorts of poking around especially if you start getting traffic. If I'm spinning up a server on EC2 or Slicehost, I'm a paying customer of a known reputable company, I can safely assume it's in their interest to respect and guard my privacy. So, I need to balance the cost of a VPS against replacing those knowns with unknowns and I prefer to keep it simple, which is perhaps paranoid but I prefer to keep that mentality, because I know if I ignore the 1% chance 100 times, then it's pretty well guaranteed that one of those times, it wasn't something I should have been ignoring.
    - Tichy 16y ago
      Other commenters said that theses are one of the biggest hosters around, though.
      - keefe 16y ago
        lol well, it was more of a quick visceral reaction than a detailed analysis, I probably would have forgotten about it if you didn't ask for my reasoning :] I've actually got half a dozen computers more powerful than the one they're offering just laying about my apartment right now, I have a nasty habit of collecting hardware.