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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. 2015 Edition? by SeaFox · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's pretty optimistic. I'm sure we'll have a duplicate discussion about this before the end of the year.

  2. 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 mnemotronic · · Score: 3, Funny

      I don't do anything either. the Chinese govt has all my info including SSN, driver's lic #, passport #, fingerprint info, job & residence history, plus criminal, drug and alcohol history. And rehab history. And relapse history. And re-rehab history. And ... you get the picture. Disk space will be a challenge.

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  3. 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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  4. 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.

  5. Re:a Synology NAS by ColdWetDog · · Score: 3, Informative

    You think those packages that open your Synology box to the web are safe?

    http://www.secureworks.com/res...
    http://forum.synology.com/enu/...

    And others. I like Synology stuff, I use it. But opening anything up to the Internet isn't safe. You may have full control of your data, but so does somebody else.

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