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Far more VPSs are compromised through local VM attacks than provider attacks. This is a bit like saying "When you're temping your chicken, always remember that
by akerl_ 2y ago
Far more VPSs are compromised through local VM attacks than provider attacks.
This is a bit like saying "When you're temping your chicken, always remember that your grocery store could be putting arsenic in it at the store". Yea, that's true. But the average consumer gets sick far more often from mistakes in the kitchen than mistakes in the grocery store.
- gjsman-1000 2y agoThe person in question on HN was planning to self-host email. Sure, if you don’t want Google or Microsoft in particular reading it, I get it. But if you think nobody can read it now, that’s a major (potentially life threatening) mistake. Gmail might actually be safer in many circumstances.
- aspenmayer 2y agoIf you don’t want Google or Microsoft reading your email, Proton would be better still than Gmail, wouldn’t it?
- panarky 2y agoIf any of your recipients are using Google or Microsoft then they already have your email whether you use Proton or not.