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Why should someone hardcore on data sovereignty take issue with synology? It’s a device in your possession.
by aborsy 3y ago
Why should someone hardcore on data sovereignty take issue with synology?
It’s a device in your possession.
- caconym_ 3y agoIt's OEM-integrated hardware and (partially) proprietary software. Not something I particularly care about (at least, given their reputation), hence why I spent money on it and trust it with my data. But others might prefer to stay out of Synology's (or whoever's) garden altogether.
- JohnFen 3y agoIf it's running software that you have no visibility into or no control of, it doesn't matter if it's a device in your possession or not.
- red-iron-pine 3y agoyeah but when it's running a lot of proprietary, closed-off code on top of your data -- can you say, for sure, that it's not doing something shady? meanwhile you can build a barebones server for the same or less price as the Synology device + drives, and slap Debian on it. or just put any nix OS on the Synology box, but that defeats half the purpose of having it. and to the parent poster's point, they're generally a reputable company -- I have one of their 4-bay NAS units -- and I'm not especially concerned since its just a media server, but it is* something to think about