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I think there is definitely a growing segment of people who do not want to contribute to the growing surveillance of their lives, but nevertheless do want to ha

I think there is definitely a growing segment of people who do not want to contribute to the growing surveillance of their lives, but nevertheless do want to have a way to share their data and details with whoever they want, with trust, at a personal level. I know a few families, for example, who are now using their own social-media apps built by family members, and for which there is no outside access - yet they have their own network, trust system, shared media and data, and so on. It is completely within their control. So there are people out there for whom Ori and its peer technologies are very important. Not everybody wants to just genuflect in front of the ultra-corporate ruler(s). Its quite possible to continue using computers unhindered by third parties; tools like Ori assist that - technologically as well as culturally. Get all your friends on their own p2p networks.

sillysaurus3 12y ago
Thank you for the explanation. That's very interesting. I see now that Ori would be vital for powering something like that.
- fit2rule 12y ago
  Glad to help. I think it is very important to explain to people - in the now generation sense - right now that its dangerous to 'just give up and start using the Cloud', and that indeed the Cloud - and its issues - is not a new battle in computing, nor even a new and innovative feature in the candy-sense that it is coated now, but rather a continuation of a long-standing battle in the computer world about where data 'lives' and who 'owns' it. We swing back, forward, back and over again between the monolithic model, and the distributed model, in computing. The youngsters need to know that their iPhones are real computers and can do real computer things - un-impacted by outside/external entities. It is a real travesty that there are already new generations of kids who grow up thinking computers are something you need a credit card to use.
izacus 12y ago
On the other hand, Synology NASes with new DSM already offer a better alternative - web access to data, sync with other computers and other services while you still own your data. In that case Ori doesn't bring all that much to the table :)
- heydenberk 12y ago
  Synology NASes have had a number of security vulnerabilites and privacy breaches over the last several years.
  - izacus 12y ago
    Yes, and they were rather quickly patched. I'm not really sure what are you trying to say... to avoid security vulnerabilities, just upload all your data to a foreign datacenter?
    - nyolfen 12y ago
      check out the synology employee

sillysaurus3 12y ago

Thank you for the explanation. That's very interesting. I see now that Ori would be vital for powering something like that.

fit2rule 12y ago
Glad to help. I think it is very important to explain to people - in the now generation sense - right now that its dangerous to 'just give up and start using the Cloud', and that indeed the Cloud - and its issues - is not a new battle in computing, nor even a new and innovative feature in the candy-sense that it is coated now, but rather a continuation of a long-standing battle in the computer world about where data 'lives' and who 'owns' it. We swing back, forward, back and over again between the monolithic model, and the distributed model, in computing. The youngsters need to know that their iPhones are real computers and can do real computer things - un-impacted by outside/external entities. It is a real travesty that there are already new generations of kids who grow up thinking computers are something you need a credit card to use.

izacus 12y ago

On the other hand, Synology NASes with new DSM already offer a better alternative - web access to data, sync with other computers and other services while you still own your data. In that case Ori doesn't bring all that much to the table :)

heydenberk 12y ago
Synology NASes have had a number of security vulnerabilites and privacy breaches over the last several years.
- izacus 12y ago
  Yes, and they were rather quickly patched. I'm not really sure what are you trying to say... to avoid security vulnerabilities, just upload all your data to a foreign datacenter?
  - nyolfen 12y ago
    check out the synology employee