On 06/07/2014 03:32 PM, Mike Morris wrote:
> I think you missed his point that:
> 
>     > I personally view the primary benefit of owncloud as a way
>     > to store data I care about that I *don't* necessarily want
>     > other cloud providers to know about

I did not. Linode is not a cloud provider, and hence, might meet this
restriction.

> I've also been using Linode, but also share the (appropriate) paranoid
> awareness that that means dozens of Linode staff have access to my data.

See, my presumption is that, while the Linode staff have access to the
data, they're not actively datamining it like Google does.

> I always gpg'd my data before syncing, but it was a hassle to do so.

See, I just assume that the remote server could be compromised at any
time (it is public facing after all) so there's not anything on it which
shouldn't be. All my email of import is encrypted, and I just make sure
that anything that I care about never leaves the house (except for
offsite backups). If I absolutely need it, and it's not on my laptop, I
can get it via ssh-ing in to the server in the house (but, as a general
case, it's on the encrypted disks on my laptop).

> Now I host my own data and don't have to worry about it...

Except I don't want my web/email/etc. running off my residential cable
modem, because I live in the middle of nowhere and Linode's Internet and
power reliability is likely better than mine. :-)
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