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> This only protects you against a malicious/compromised hosting provider In the increasingly large set of countries without absolute freedoms, such a thing is
by celdon25 4y ago
> This only protects you against a malicious/compromised hosting provider
In the increasingly large set of countries without absolute freedoms, such a thing is a given for any hosting provider.
- nathants 4y agoeven when you can trust your provider, and often you can, not trusting them can be psychologically beneficial.
- eftychis 4y agoI mean, you need to be a bit realistic, and not kid yourself about who has access.
- justinjlynn 4y agoBetter to know for certain (up to confidence and security in the encryption/authentication and key management scheme(s)) than to have faith in the unknown processes and systems of a third party. However, as always, it's all about designing, implementing, and operating a good engineering solution to whatever threat model you have and use.
- nathants 4y agoi mean, we shouldn’t kid. a lot of kids, with excellent salaries, have access. i’m sure they are a varied bunch. their disposition and competencies are unknowable.
- krageon 4y ago> without absolute freedoms No current country has absolute freedoms, except as a fantasy.
- celdon25 4y agoThe people who don’t know this (i.e. target audience) will think otherwise. Correcting others that are making a point can be counterproductive. To reach those under the spell of fantasy, speak the language of fantasy.
- krageon 4y agoPerhaps you can give me an example of "speak the language of fantasy". While I can see your point, I can't really see how to put it into practice. Edit: I didn't realise you were the person I responded to. I see what you mean, but I still think it's an important thing to discuss. It just won't be relevant to those people, which I can live with.
- kzrdude 4y agoEvery country requires pragmaticism, in some cases encrypted storage is a good thing
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