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Ask Slashdot: Keeping My Data Mine? (2015 Edition)

Posted by timothy on from the but-maybe-you-need-to-share dept.

New submitter schklerg writes: Like many, I am tired of being the product of the corporate "cloud" overlords. To that end, I've got my own Linux server running Tiny Tiny RSS (RSS — Feedly replacement), OwnCloud (Storage / phone backup / Keepass sync / notes — Google Drive replacement), Coppermine Gallery (picture library), Dokuwiki (quick reference), and Shaarli (bookmarks manager — Foxmarks / Sync replacement). Crashplan lets me pick the keys for my backups, and the only thing Google Drive ever sees is a pgp encrypted file of various items. Next up is moving from gmail with iRedMail. Yes, the NSA may have it all anyway, but being under less corporate control is a nice feeling. What have you done to maintain control of your own data?

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  1. Nothing! by moxsam · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What have you done to maintain control of your own data?

    I did nothing and it worked. It's still all on my harddrives today. Cool, huh?

    1. Re:Nothing! by randalware · · Score: 2, Insightful

      never lost a hard drive or had a whole system get corrupted (virus,trojan,etc) ?

      you lead a charmed life.

      as a professional system admin ( In a former life) your data is hovering above the /dev/null file.

      learn about backups...

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      This is my opinion based on what little I know and understand of the rumors and lies Thanks, Randal
    2. Re:Nothing! by war4peace · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Or so you think...
      But seriously, I don't give a fuck that Google sees decent pictures of me and my family. Or reads the "A Steam product from your Wishlist is on sale" e-mails.
      The whole setup in TFS has an eerie resemblance to the '80s radio setups emitting tinfoil theories from a van in the boonies, using a generator for power and being "off the grid".

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      ...gis sdrawkcab (usually not responding to ACs; don't bother posting as AC)
  2. Changed my paradigm by sdguero · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I no longer consider things like my name, address, social security number, ip address, bank acct number, etc to be "my data." The only things I still consider to be mine are my pictures, films, and music which I back to to external USB drives that I store in a fireproof safe. I leave the bulk of the security of my personal information up to my providers and try to use hard to crack passwords. If there is a leak (I'm sure there will be, if not already) and it affects my livelyhood, I will hold the company that compromised my data responsible. I don't believe that I have any assets that could be attacked that aren't covered by FDIC or identity theft protection, and none (other than title for my house/cars and my 401k/IRA) are worth more than what I can get back in small claims court, so I just don't worry about it.

    1. Re:Changed my paradigm by bwcbwc · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Just how do you plan to hold the companies responsible? It's almost 100% certain that the EULA waives your right to remedy in court in favor of binding arbitration. Even if you bring a lawyer to the arbitration hearing, the rules of discovery and other items are different.

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      We are the 198 proof..
  3. Update Software by Luthair · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you really want to keep your data yours, you better be on top of all software updates. i.e. ownCloud has had 24 CVEs this year alone.

  4. Re:mine? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Christ, it's "back up", not "backup". You back up your data to create a backup.