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What you're describing is a deeper problem not only with "AI" but with the entire cloud-centric side of the tech world. Homomorphic encryption might save the da

What you're describing is a deeper problem not only with "AI" but with the entire cloud-centric side of the tech world. Homomorphic encryption might save the day for delocalised computing but we're some years away from that being a reality. Meanwhile de-clouding, "repatriation" to on-prem and hybrid private cloud cooperatives within a trusted group are how we get there. Another good reason is simply to stem the enormous wealth transfer to big-data from individuals and smaller companies. I'm glad to see that fantasies about omniscient AI taking over the world are giving way to a better grasp of the more mundane realities; AI just accelerating the already obscene power imbalances present in our world. Keep your private stuff private.

daft_pink 3y ago
Yeah, the problem is that I just need something quick and easy. I'm not an idealist. I just need something simple that checks most of the boxes and works easily across my blended eco-system of devices. It's why I use dropbox to begin with.
- nonrandomstring 3y ago
  I get you, but when you say "sending my personal files all over the internet without my consent is insanity", that sounds like pretty strong affect. Maybe it's time you re-evaluated your choice for expediency and ease in tension with something sane you believe in. In today's world just championing sanity is already an "ideology" :)
lesostep 3y ago
I really do genuinely think is that at the core the is problem that it's very hard to address your real computer from the Internet. There are programs that effortlessly can make a directory on your PC into the quite secure "cloud". Windows lets you share a password-protected directory right out of the box! It is that easy to buy a few Tb disk and just run a program, if not for the: 1. Routers that doesn't allow easy port forwarding (or even ban certain ports) 2. Dynamic IPs 3. People selling domains pushing their own VPS services. 4. The amount of steps you have to take to allow A lot of small organizations I know didn't need a system administrators to configure and run programs like this. A lot of them are beginner friendly! They needed them to configure the network. Same applies for self-hosting sites. If there was a program that just hosted on your PC address any html-page you put into it, a lot of people would self-host something. But you can't unless you can wrangle your router and figure out how to buy static IP – two tasks that are way harder than basic html. The stack for easy and secure self-hosting is here, but the network changed too much. Hopefully, ipv6 will help to solve this problem.
- simonw 3y ago
  Tailscale is a huge step forward here: it makes creating a secure IPv6+Wireguard network for accessibg your home devices from anywhere genuinely easy.
  - lesostep 3y ago
    Oh, and it's free for the networks with up to 100 devices! Thank you for recommending, I'll definitely look into it. For now it's funny how Tailscale in their "How Tailscale works" post asks you to pretend that everyone uses ipv6 to simplify explanation, and then acknowledges that almost no one uses ipv6 and a lot of clients are behind NATs and firewalls. The tricks they deploy to pass through NATs are fascinating to me though. A great service and a great blog, thank you for sharing!

daft_pink 3y ago

Yeah, the problem is that I just need something quick and easy. I'm not an idealist. I just need something simple that checks most of the boxes and works easily across my blended eco-system of devices. It's why I use dropbox to begin with.

nonrandomstring 3y ago
I get you, but when you say "sending my personal files all over the internet without my consent is insanity", that sounds like pretty strong affect. Maybe it's time you re-evaluated your choice for expediency and ease in tension with something sane you believe in. In today's world just championing sanity is already an "ideology" :)

lesostep 3y ago

I really do genuinely think is that at the core the is problem that it's very hard to address your real computer from the Internet. There are programs that effortlessly can make a directory on your PC into the quite secure "cloud". Windows lets you share a password-protected directory right out of the box! It is that easy to buy a few Tb disk and just run a program, if not for the: 1. Routers that doesn't allow easy port forwarding (or even ban certain ports) 2. Dynamic IPs 3. People selling domains pushing their own VPS services. 4. The amount of steps you have to take to allow A lot of small organizations I know didn't need a system administrators to configure and run programs like this. A lot of them are beginner friendly! They needed them to configure the network. Same applies for self-hosting sites. If there was a program that just hosted on your PC address any html-page you put into it, a lot of people would self-host something. But you can't unless you can wrangle your router and figure out how to buy static IP – two tasks that are way harder than basic html. The stack for easy and secure self-hosting is here, but the network changed too much. Hopefully, ipv6 will help to solve this problem.

simonw 3y ago
Tailscale is a huge step forward here: it makes creating a secure IPv6+Wireguard network for accessibg your home devices from anywhere genuinely easy.
- lesostep 3y ago
  Oh, and it's free for the networks with up to 100 devices! Thank you for recommending, I'll definitely look into it. For now it's funny how Tailscale in their "How Tailscale works" post asks you to pretend that everyone uses ipv6 to simplify explanation, and then acknowledges that almost no one uses ipv6 and a lot of clients are behind NATs and firewalls. The tricks they deploy to pass through NATs are fascinating to me though. A great service and a great blog, thank you for sharing!