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I doubt running your own server is always the right solution.There are pros and cons for and against hosting yourself. A small company without dedicated securit

by 13415 6y ago

I doubt running your own server is always the right solution.There are pros and cons for and against hosting yourself. A small company without dedicated security team may get hacked and all customer data exposed, for example. Contrary to what this article insinuates, the vast majority of companies do not have to worry about violating the terms of services of cloud providers and other external services, because they don't offer services designed to violate besaid terms of services. As for Parler, of course they should have seen that coming. It's pathetic that they didn't. They should have looked at sites like the Piratebay for how to do it and prepared a bit more.

ClumsyPilot 6y ago
"the vast majority of companies do not have to worry about violating the terms of services of cloud providers" https://blog.checklyhq.com/why-the-recent-digital-ocean-killed-my-company-incident-scares-the-hell-out-of-me/ https://blog.checklyhq.com/why-the-recent-digital-ocean-kill...
- 13415 6y ago
  A personal anecdote why some blog poster is scared and worried about ToS of cloud providers? Sure, go ahead and host your website in your mom's basement. That's exactly my point, a company who has reason to believe they will violate the ToS of business partners should not make business with those business partners. It's kind of trivial. That's why Parler was such an epic fail, not because they didn't host everything themselves. They were acting as if they'd care about free speech - unless it wasn't totally compatible with their personal views, in case of which they'd ban instantly - and did not prepare in the slightest for contingencies and were caught in the cold. All of that in the light of plenty of precedents, ranging from Napster over Piratebay to ISIS propaganda websites. It baffles my mind how a company could be so unprepared.
GekkePrutser 6y ago
The same happens with poor management of cloud services. So many companies got 'hacked' simply by having open S3 buckets with customer data hanging around. A cloud service doesn't shield against incompetence.

by 13415 6y ago

ClumsyPilot 6y ago

"the vast majority of companies do not have to worry about violating the terms of services of cloud providers" https://blog.checklyhq.com/why-the-recent-digital-ocean-killed-my-company-incident-scares-the-hell-out-of-me/ https://blog.checklyhq.com/why-the-recent-digital-ocean-kill...

13415 6y ago
A personal anecdote why some blog poster is scared and worried about ToS of cloud providers? Sure, go ahead and host your website in your mom's basement. That's exactly my point, a company who has reason to believe they will violate the ToS of business partners should not make business with those business partners. It's kind of trivial. That's why Parler was such an epic fail, not because they didn't host everything themselves. They were acting as if they'd care about free speech - unless it wasn't totally compatible with their personal views, in case of which they'd ban instantly - and did not prepare in the slightest for contingencies and were caught in the cold. All of that in the light of plenty of precedents, ranging from Napster over Piratebay to ISIS propaganda websites. It baffles my mind how a company could be so unprepared.

GekkePrutser 6y ago

The same happens with poor management of cloud services. So many companies got 'hacked' simply by having open S3 buckets with customer data hanging around. A cloud service doesn't shield against incompetence.