> you can even choose to store it on an external drive
I can already to that. Why do I need Anita?
The most secure cloud is your computer
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Re: The most secure cloud is your computer
#12alas, an electromagnet in the doorframe won’t help you much these days.
Is this a Cryptonomicon reference?
Re: The most secure cloud is your computer
#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is basically colocation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colocation_centre
Yes exactly, but instead of having to find a server, order it and ship it. the colo center also acts as a vendor of pre-built servers. So instead of Amazon keeping thousands of servers ready for you to rent at any time, I'd keep servers ready for you to buy at anytime. You pay $4000 say for the server. Now you own it. Then you pay me $100 / month. We depreciate the server. If after three months you think you're done,…
I could be wrong but some colo places offer this as it's not super uncommon.
Re: The most secure cloud is your computer
#14I had to go to the homepage of this site to get a clear idea of what Anita does, and what the nonsense in this article was talking about. Anita is a web app that is something between a notes app and a password manager. This article is talking about how you can store your Anita database locally, even though it's a web app. It really has nothing to do with a cloud at all in the technical sense, but I could see how the fact that the app runs in a browser might be perceived as "cloud-like" by people with no technical understanding.
Re: The most secure cloud is your computer
#15I think more secure way of storing data is offline backup, at least 2 geographic locations should be used.
This is a great example of the difference between "safe" and "secure". Two locations is intrinsically less secure, not more. You're exposed to exfiltration from either site. It is, however, safer, because you need both sites to fail before you lose data.
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Re: The most secure cloud is your computer
#16I think more secure way of storing data is offline backup, at least 2 geographic locations should be used.
This is a great example of the difference between "safe" and "secure". Two locations is intrinsically less secure, not more. You're exposed to exfiltration from either site. It is, however, safer, because you need both sites to fail before you lose data.
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Re: The most secure cloud is your computer
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is basically colocation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colocation_centre
Yes exactly, but instead of having to find a server, order it and ship it. the colo center also acts as a vendor of pre-built servers. So instead of Amazon keeping thousands of servers ready for you to rent at any time, I'd keep servers ready for you to buy at anytime. You pay $4000 say for the server. Now you own it. Then you pay me $100 / month. We depreciate the server. If after three months you think you're done,…
"Moreover, unlike Amazon, the government cannot 'request' that they see what's on my disks or server. "
Can you clarify, are these the customer's disks at this point?
Re: The most secure cloud is your computer
#18I had to go to the homepage of this site to get a clear idea of what Anita does, and what the nonsense in this article was talking about. Anita is a web app that is something between a notes app and a password manager. This article is talking about how you can store your Anita database locally, even though it's a web app. It really has nothing to do with a cloud at all in the technical sense, but I could see how the…
I'm still working on the landing page, but you did get a rather good idea of what the app does. Essentially you can store in it any information, organized as you whish.
The article is indeed meant for very non tech savvy readers, that's why it's overly simplified. It is meant as a more in depth analysis of the "Secure" card on the landing.
Re: The most secure cloud is your computer
#19> you can even choose to store it on an external drive I can already to that. Why do I need Anita?
With most web based apps usually the user is pretty locked in. Anita tries to bridge the gap between installable and non-installable apps.
Re: The most secure cloud is your computer
#20I think some pre-configured "example projects" could make me more interested. Demo seems mundane, I get the idea but all the required fields are just annoying to get through.