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[–] MashedHobbits@lemy.lol 36 points 5 days ago (2 children)

There is no privacy if you don't self-host everything.

[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 19 points 5 days ago (2 children)

On-site self- hosting, on owned hardware. Who knows what's going on behind the closed doors of data centers around the world.

And let's not get into industry standard ~~hardware backdoors~~ remote control systems.

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Pretty sure having someone else host it somewhere else is the opposite of self hosting anyways.

[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 1 points 4 days ago

My on-site is my home.

[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I was under the impression that self hosting always meant your own hardware on your own property. Buying a VPS was never self hosting in my eyes.

[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 2 points 4 days ago

In the traditional sense, yes. VPSs is somewhere between the classic self-hosting as you described and off-site managed hosting.

I think of VPS more like administrating a virtual server rather than actually self-hosting.

[–] MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago

Ironically you can use it without logging on, so the people hurt the most are the paid users that are voluntarily giving money to the company.