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submitted 9 months ago by mudkip@lemdro.id to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Hi guys, I am thinking of selling my old server which until now I have been using as a mini home lab. But now that I have a dedi on hetzner, I don't really see the point of keeping it around. What do you guys use your home lab for and why do you prefer it over cloud hosting?

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[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I prefer local for privacy. probably hetzner doesn't look into your belongings, but if police comes knocking because so you said something mean to certain someones, you may not even know your data was stolen. you don't need to be an activist for it to happen.

you can also keep backups there. and its accessible without internet.

[–] ZonenRanslite@feddit.org 0 points 9 months ago (3 children)

The police can't take a local server with them?

[–] ISOmorph@feddit.org 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

At the least you would know it's happening and that you've been compromised. A hoster might also be inclined to be a lot more accommodating than you are. And mass information requests do happen. You wouldn't even be targeted if you host locally. The privacy advantages are numerous

[–] tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They can, but I can encrypt it so they won't be able to access anything

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

You may want to have a dead man's switch so that the server shuts down without your intervention, or there's the possibility that a forensic team could retrieve the encryption key in RAM through some physical attacks.

[–] tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 6 points 9 months ago

Usually the cops raiding homes just take the stuff to some lab. Not saying such an attack is impossible but I don't think that's high up in my risk assessment.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

they can, but you sure will know something happened and you can take precautions, like encrypting the drives