The most secure cloud is your computer
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The most secure cloud is your computer
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#2I run a few services (don't quite break even), and host my own blog, etc. I used to use AWS. However, I would spend almost $200/month.
So instead I now rent $200 of colo space from a data center. That gives me 5U of space per month. I bought my own servers. I can now host way more for absolutely no more marginal cost. Working on adding GPU instances for some AI projects.
So the most secure cloud for me is my own cloud.
I wish there was a service where I could purchase a computer that I never see from a company who I then pay rent to host in their data center. The computer is mine, and there is a strict contract indicating entry into / out of the cubby it's in.
For example, my data center won't open my cabinet unless I request it and there is a strict set of law as to what they can and cannot do with it.
Moreover, unlike AWS, they cannot 'terminate' my account. While they can stop the lease... the computer is my own and the contract specifies that I have X many days to remove it.
That would be true ownership. The idea that amazon can shut down an app in one day is what made me leave AWS for good.
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#4alas, an electromagnet in the doorframe won’t help you much these days.
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#5I think more secure way of storing data is offline backup, at least 2 geographic locations should be used.
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#6I run a few services (don't quite break even), and host my own blog, etc. I used to use AWS. However, I would spend almost $200/month. So instead I now rent $200 of colo space from a data center. That gives me 5U of space per month. I bought my own servers. I can now host way more for absolutely no more marginal cost. Working on adding GPU instances for some AI projects. So the most secure cloud for me is my own clou…
This is basically colocation.
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#7I 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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#8I run a few services (don't quite break even), and host my own blog, etc. I used to use AWS. However, I would spend almost $200/month. So instead I now rent $200 of colo space from a data center. That gives me 5U of space per month. I bought my own servers. I can now host way more for absolutely no more marginal cost. Working on adding GPU instances for some AI projects. So the most secure cloud for me is my own clou…
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, we give you $3800 back. So your cost was $200/month. Same as AWS, except you own the server. Also, better for your taxes, because unlike cloud services, actual hardware depreciation is a tax loss.
Since you own the server at all times, and are just renting from me for the actual connection, you can decide to simply remove the server at any time (and then I keep the $4000, like a normal purchase). Or, if I decide I disagree with what you're hosting, I will pull the plug, but the server is yours.
Unlike amazon, since you own the server, I cannot seize it and terminate your data, as Amazon did with Parler, for example.
Moreover, unlike Amazon, the government cannot 'request' that they see what's on my disks or server. The government actually cannot compel me to turn over any incriminating data (fifth amendment) about myself, whereas they can compel Amazon to.
This arrangement gives you the same kinds of rights you get as a tenant in a normal rental situation, rather than the 'big multinational conglomerate owns everything' situation we have no.
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#9I run a few services (don't quite break even), and host my own blog, etc. I used to use AWS. However, I would spend almost $200/month. So instead I now rent $200 of colo space from a data center. That gives me 5U of space per month. I bought my own servers. I can now host way more for absolutely no more marginal cost. Working on adding GPU instances for some AI projects. So the most secure cloud for me is my own clou…
Yes! The essence of my piece was precisely this.
The obvious downside is that the average user can't/won't fiddle with all the intricacies of setting up and maintaining a server.
My dream goal is to provide a piece of software that gives users the ability to bypass the need of a server, while not relying on "third party clouds".
That's why I preferred to use the word "computer" instead of server :-)
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#10I mean any cloud is trivial to secure if you just use strong encryption on anything you put on it.