Since this thing blew up I have been thinking about the personal cloud thing as well. I think it is a good selling point.
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Ryan Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > On this topic, is anyone familiar with how TOR or Tails could be affected > by PRISM or other surveillance techniques? > > > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 10:04 AM, John Shaver <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Joshua Marsh <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > about all this, it reminded me of Phil Whindley's Key note at > > > OWC. His talk wasn't primarily about security, but more along the lines > > of > > > the need to have your own personal cloud. I love the idea of owning > your > > > own data, storing it in a place that you alone control, and using your > > own > > > safe guards. Then if the government wanted it, I'd be the person they > > were > > > asking. > > > > > > > I have thought of this on many occasions and how it would be best to go > > about this. In particular, host my own email and DNS seems a good place > to > > start. However how can you truly self host this? > > > > Typically you would need to host this with a hosting services of some > > kind. If you host it from your home internet connection, you're still > > using an ISP that can be subpenaed for information. > > > > If you are hosting with hosting service, you can encrypt your drives and > > data, but you would need to avoid virtualization, as memory and other > data > > processing can be monitored by the hosting environment. > > > > I'm wondering if any others have put much thought into this, or > implemented > > their own? I don't really have a question, it just seems like an > > interesting topic for discussion. :) > > > > -John > > > > /* > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > Don't fear the penguin. > > */ > > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > -- Nick Barker /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
