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This is more apt advice. At Hacker News we are swimming in a sea of start-ups, who are constantly evangelising the 'cloud' (it's often their bread and butter).
by toble 13y ago
This is more apt advice. At Hacker News we are swimming in a sea of start-ups, who are constantly evangelising the 'cloud' (it's often their bread and butter). But if you genuinely want privacy then keep it local and locked down. Stick to mainstream open source products and keep things as simple as possible.
- hariis 13y agoAnd what will you do when Feds knock on your door?
- kybernetyk 13y agoAt least they need a warrant in that case and you know that there's something going on. Also: You can encrypt the server hard drives.
- noloqy 13y agoFun fact: in Holland the department of justice has recently obtained the right to force you to decrypt your hard drive.
- krasin 13y agoThis is why deniable encryption exists. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deniable_encryption http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deniable_encryption
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- killerpopiller 13y agouse hidden truecrypt-container in a truecrypt container.
- drivingmenuts 13y agoKeep your server in a hardened concrete closet and a strong magnetic coil in the only doorframe. Hey, it sounded good on paper.
- SilasX 13y agoWell ... What if I launched a cloud based startup that used homomorphic encryption on your data? I mean, it'll be another 10 years before we get the encryption overhead below a factor of a million, but at least we won't be able to give away your data in any useful form...