You can easily repair “that old Windows laptop I replaced because wifi stopped working” and use it as a server. So all of your traffic on the Cube’s wifi is protected. But not using open source and self hosting won’t make alternatives to your service provider greater, you become part of the problem by feeding the system. If you live in a First World Country then, for the most part, you probably wouldn’t notice much difference, other than better speed and response time for the websites using Cloudflare services, you will be happy to know that because of their multiple datacenter locations mostly in the USA, Canada, Europe, and China, short downtimes won’t result in service interruptions for you because you will be automatically rerouted to their nearest Cloudflare data center and they have plenty to go around within the first world countries. How much is your web business worth?
Maintain your online reputation, skip denylists, and browse the web with less distractions. Computer chips are now being built that implement the TCP/IP protocols and recently a university announced a two-chip web server. Automatically scan the web for data leaks and get instant alerts if we discover that your accounts are in danger. This week i’m adding my pirate logo again which I click over here now have two copies on the metacafe website and so that I can get a link on from them and also the world record for the fastest train. So after a whole week of contemplating this for nearly every available minute that my brain wasnt occupied I’ve made a decisiion. Great achievements can be done in open source federated services like Peertube, one can host videos on a Peertube instance and follow the local rules of the instance, while some other big companies could just disable your video because some automatic detection script found a piece of music or inappropriate picture. Self hosting is better when it’s done in community, a common mail server for a group of people and a communication server federated to a bigger network (such as XMPP or Matrix) are a good way to create a resilient Internet while not giving away your rights to capitalist companies.
In France we even have associative ISP and even if they are small, their existence force the big ISP companies to be transparent on their processes and interoperatibility. It may even be a competitive advantage to prioritize mobile experiences. Your isp cant sniff you, hell it dont even know what you are serving. No, I dont think so. To alienate and obscure people from finding the podcast makes me think I’m more of a luddite. If you don’t think it’s true this is okay, freedom is a vague concept and it comes with various steps on a high scale. I have a strong opinion on the subject, hosting your own services is a fantastic way to learn new skills or perfect them, but it’s also important for freedom. Giving your data to a company and relying on their services make you lose your freedom. If you own, manage, employ, or provide equipment for use, from basic hand tools and ladders to electrical power tools and larger plant, you will have to demonstrate that you have preparatory measures in place to make sure they are maintained in safe, effective condition. There is a Linux disribution dedicated to self hosting named “Yunohost” (Y U No Host) that make the task really easy and give you a beginner friendly interface to manage your own service.
In France, there is a great initiative named CHATONS (which is the french word for KITTENS) gathering associative hosting with some pre-requisites like multiple sysadmin to avoid relying on one person. I mostly keep this blog alive to show and share my experiments, most of the time happening when playing with my self hosting servers. In addition to letting you share music, videos and other file types, these sites can be an excellent source of information about privacy protection and cryptocurrency. I’m also happy to say that the new lens coating on the 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max helps reduce light source reflections. So if you are looking to save some moolah by DIY’ing it, lets just say I hope you know what you are doing, lol. In order to find them and tell them how easy it is to do I need to go to where they are. Not that there is anything wrong with being a luddite but its people like me that need to find out how to take back control. IT professional, but you need to understand you will have to learn.