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How private is Nextcloud instance on Digital Ocean?
Long story, but I want to share some pictures of my kid with my immediate family( one of the aunts insists on internet connected frames and since they partner with Google and Amazon, I would like to avoid that ( their privacy policy was very.. unassuring ). Digital Ocean seems reasonable in the sense that they don't access individual droplets based on their own FAQ ( https://www.digitalocean.com/trust/faq/ ) with exception of legal requirements.
I get it is a little like trying to control the weather ( I mean she could do w/e she wants with the pics after she accesses them anyway ), but I am hoping honor system prevails.
I am not sure how common use case that is, but since those are my kid's pics, I don't want them floating around willy-nilly. If you have a better solution, let me know what you think. I will admit that I am not too keen on trying to run my own server from home ( my ISP made it a little difficult ).
- netizen-9748 6y agoWhy not spin up NextCloud on a Linode instance? I think they're cheaper than DO, but I don't know about their access policies.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 6y agoI don't know anything about them, but I will look them up now. Thank you.
- LinuxBender 6y agoIf you mean a NextCloud instance that you created on your droplet, then only the family members you have given permission to view would have access. NextCloud encrypts files at rest and only those given permission can view them. This does not protect against DO doing a memory dump of your VM, but that should only happen if there is a lawful request to access your droplet. This is the same risk on any VPS provider. So I would say that is probably one of the best methods to share family photos.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 6y agoYes, that was what I meant to say. Thank you for clarifying it ( my wording was a little clumsy ).
- LinuxBender 6y agoYour wording was fine. I was just making sure it's not an instance that someone else stood up and you are just another user on it.
- mceachen 6y agoI consider the code and data on my DO droplets to be secure as long as I've done a reasonable attempt at server hardening. If nextcloud gives you any attitude, you're welcome to try out PhotoStructure. It's much more focused on managing just photos and videos. https://photostructure.com/faq/why-photostructure/ https://photostructure.com/faq/why-photostructure/