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Commercialise a shiny black box that plugs into the power (like a Wifi Extender), that: 1. Connects to the internet 2. uPnPs silently port 80 to itself 3. Re
by Jaruzel 8y ago
Commercialise a shiny black box that plugs into the power (like a Wifi Extender), that:
1. Connects to the internet
2. uPnPs silently port 80 to itself
3. Registers a name with a dynamic DNS service (remember those?)
4. Has ~4GB local storage
5. Runs a 'newsfeed' type web portal or API.
6. Has a Phone app for easy sharing/creation of content.
Make this 100% turnkey for non-technical people and you MAY have a chance at getting people to stop storing personal stuff 'in the cloud'. I don't hold out much hope though.
- Mediterraneo10 8y ago> uPnPs silently port 80 to itself Besides the fact that in the post-Let’s Encrypt world we should start expecting port 443 by default for any web service, for many ISPs running a publicly accessible server violates the terms of service unless your contract with the ISP is their business tier. To make things worse, a lot of people are issued a router by their ISP where uPnP is disabled, and they do not have access to its firmware to change this or other settings.
- Jaruzel 8y agoYeah my bad - should have said 443, with auto-cert from XYZ provider.