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https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/10/governments-attack-cloud-computing I suspect the US government would take the same stance against all shared hosting providers. We have to make it easier for people to host their data for themselves. - -Adam On 02/11/12 11:30, Adam Bolte wrote: > My understanding is that existing laws (in the US at least, > presumably Australia too) force governments to treat your data more > seriously if it is physically hosted in your home. > > By not depending on a single hosting provider or a small number of > hosting providers, and taking full advantage of federation > features, we can make social networks more robust and difficult to > attack. > > I would encourage everyone to take a look at the Freedom Box > foundation. Maybe we could order a bunch of these for people > interested, and help out with testing, documentation, etc. > > https://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/ > > Cheers, Adam > > On Fri, Nov 02, 2012 at 10:06:43AM +1100, Kirsten Larsen wrote: >> Hi people, >> >> FYI there's also another group of people discussing / thinking >> about this and poss. of setting up decent trial in Melb, using >> social networks through hub melbourne, collabforge, p2p >> foundation etc. Suggesting profile for serversaurus or other >> hosting service if willing to sponsor. Are there people on this >> list that would be interested in being part of this and/or >> helping get it set up? >> >> I am not in Melbourne on 15th November (i think is next FSM >> meeting) but if there is enthusiasm someone else could possibly >> come and talk about it >> >> Cheers Kirsten >> >> On 25 October 2012 13:35, Adam Bolte <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 12:24:59PM +1100, Russell Coker wrote: >>>> On Thu, 25 Oct 2012, Adam Bolte <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> Not right now. I intend to attempt to setup my own pod very >>>>> soon, and will likely discuss how it went at the next >>>>> meet-up. >>>> >>>> Will you offer accounts to people here? >>> >>> It wasn't my intention. I just run my server off of my home >>> ADSL connection, so uptime and uplink bandwidth are not ideal. >>> Additionally, I'd want to take security more seriously than I >>> currently am if offering such accounts. >>> >>> However, having said that I'd be happy to help out in setting >>> up a pod for the Melbourne Free Software group if we could >>> organise better hosting. >>> >>> >>>> How difficult is it to migrate an account from one pod to >>>> another? >>> >>> Haven't tried. >>> >>> -Adam >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Free-software-melb mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> >>> http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb >>> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> Free-software-melb mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Free-software-melb mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJQlBuJAAoJEE2M/Tk0piBIkskH/2aS/s7kG065gjAnQSIOrJUf EwrLo2AQhLGkAFsqDIfvA/2MRUew3yPOEPT5VRMrY3FK3AIXqTV/WBq4+tk/37aP 0HU4RwnII6yS+01qMXp6A7me23LtfmaD9ZUakKHoWvx/AW9M0VG1V9D+aIo2WA7s yM5gfXDSmQPi/J4Ybjqhg1XczEdO2mbkgpnOjhzbrGktcHD+nY6B8DWIDLsb6Io6 xvKa1Ybfjiir2Vfx+VDSYM91xZa6Sr8VuLkWlNmDrWcXCkbs9NA3CcvD5OY+VPxu qF+4aC7cHO9YTQB1BhAdtOTMKkEYLBzMRIa7M8UuQkQ6RzFci3f6hRx5rWdbe7c= =Inac -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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