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diff --git a/public/post/self-host/index.html b/public/post/self-host/index.html deleted file mode 100644 index f1ec3b7..0000000 --- a/public/post/self-host/index.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,240 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE html> -<html lang="en"> - - <head><title>Why do I self-host? – Kumar Damani - Home</title> -<meta name="description" content="Git, email, and resume"> - -<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> -<meta charset="UTF-8"/> - - - - -<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.1.2/css/all.min.css" integrity="sha512-1sCRPdkRXhBV2PBLUdRb4tMg1w2YPf37qatUFeS7zlBy7jJI8Lf4VHwWfZZfpXtYSLy85pkm9GaYVYMfw5BC1A==" crossorigin="anonymous" /> - - -<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/academicons/1.9.1/css/academicons.min.css" integrity="sha512-b1ASx0WHgVFL5ZQhTgiPWX+68KjS38Jk87jg7pe+qC7q9YkEtFq0z7xCglv7qGIs/68d3mAp+StfC8WKC5SSAg==" crossorigin="anonymous" /> - - -<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://kumardamani.net/css/palettes/tokyo-night-dark.css"> -<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://kumardamani.net/css/risotto.css"> -<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://kumardamani.net/css/custom.css"> -</head> - - <body> - <div class="page"> - - <header class="page__header"><nav class="page__nav main-nav"> - <ul> - <h1 class="page__logo"><a href="https://kumardamani.net/" class="page__logo-inner">Kumar Damani - Home</a></h1> - - - <li class="main-nav__item"><a class="nav-main-item active" href="https://kumardamani.net/post/" title="Posts">Posts</a></li> - - </ul> -</nav> - -</header> - - <section class="page__body"> - <header class="content__header"> - <h1>Why do I self-host?</h1> - </header> - - <div class="content__body"> - <p>My reasons for self-hosting.</p> -<h2 id="digital-freedomindependence">Digital freedom/independence</h2> -<p><img src="freedom.jpg" alt="Freedeom pic"></p> -<p>To put it simply, if you use a service such as Lastpass, iCloud, Dropbox, GDrive, OneDrive, etc. -to store your data, <strong>you do not own it</strong>.</p> -<p>You are <em>trusting</em> corp. X to store it, secure it, and make it available to you. -Beyond the obvious privacy pitfalls with this, there are many other things that -could go wrong with your data being stored this way:</p> -<ul> -<li>Corp. X could vanish/close/“declare bankruptcy” (as with many crypto corps. lately), and you lose your data.</li> -<li>Corp. X could make a policy change and lock you out from accessing your account.</li> -<li>Or you could “forget” to pay the bills a few times and get locked out.</li> -<li>Corp. X could get hacked, and your data gets stolen. This is the latest trend!</li> -<li>Many other doomsday 💀 scenarios.</li> -</ul> -<p>Personally, I don’t feel comfortable depending on the existence of corp. X <em>for data that is important to -me</em> i.e. a lifetime’s worth of documents, memories, and passwords etc. -I 💤 much better at night knowing I am avoiding most if not all of the risks above.</p> -<h2 id="privacy">Privacy</h2> -<p>Normies often ask me some variation of:</p> -<ul> -<li>Why do I care if corp. X has my data? I have nothing to hide!</li> -<li>Since I’m aware of targeted advertising, it won’t work on me, -so why should I care if corp. X has my data?</li> -</ul> -<figure><img src="why.jpg" - alt="my pic" width="75%"/> -</figure> - -<p>To such questions, I follow-up with:</p> -<blockquote> -<p><strong>Do you want to contribute to a dystopian (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orwellian">Orwellian</a> future?</strong></p> -</blockquote> -<figure><img src="police.jpg" - alt="thought police" width="75%"/> -</figure> - -<p>If your answer is <em>yes</em>, then no need to read further, the following will not change your mind.</p> -<p>If your answer is <em>no</em>, but you aren’t convinced that/how these are related, -then the <em>argument goes something like this…</em></p> -<ul> -<li>We live in a world of mass data-collection/surveillance.</li> -<li>This enables corp. X to use techniques such as ML (Machine Learning) to build/train models (or “AI” - -Artificial Intelligence)that aim to predict human behaviour.</li> -<li>That by itself is not a problem here.</li> -<li>The problems arise when corp. X use these techniques for profit without -regard for the harm they cause at a <em>population level</em>.</li> -</ul> -<p>I have unfortunately lived through enough of these cases to be able to cite a few recent examples:</p> -<ul> -<li> -<p>Instagram (etc.) designs its apps/products optimizing for maximum <cite> addiction<sup id="fnref:1"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup></cite>. -Think slot-machines. -You might think you are “too smart” to fall for these tricks, and you might be right, -but what about the millions of adolescents using these platforms who aren’t as wise as you? -The data collected, and techniques developed from <em>your usage</em> enables platforms -to target not only you, but <em>all</em> users on the platform, including the most vulnerable.</p> -<p>Unfortunately, many of these kids will end up suffering from mental-health, -body-image, self-esteem <cite>issues<sup id="fnref:2"><a href="#fn:2" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">2</a></sup></cite>, -and for some it <strong>will be fatal</strong>. -I do not think this is morally acceptable, and is primary reason I refuse -to participate in social-media platforms.</p> -<p><img src="6imv05.jpg" alt="Depression"></p> -</li> -</ul> -<p>You could say “well that’s due to bad parenting”, but the point remains that -more and more of the digital world is having <em>real world</em> negative consequences regardless of -your individual participation level. Another example:</p> -<ul> -<li> -<p>By now its well known that Facebook’s (etc.) targeted advertising -played a significant a role in the 2016 US <cite>Elections<sup id="fnref:3"><a href="#fn:3" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">3</a></sup></cite>. -Facebook was able to do this thanks to its users voluntarily giving personal information for two decades. -However, the policies that come out of this election has real world consequences to millions -(if not billions) of people, regardless of their <em>individual</em> Facebook usage, which -undermines the very purpose of a democratic republic. -Regardless of your political affiliation, it should worry you that this <em>can</em> happen.</p> -<p><img src="elections.jpg" alt="Elections"></p> -</li> -</ul> -<p>To summarize, it might not be a problem if individuals disregard their -privacy at the individual level, but in aggregate, a <em>population-wide</em> disregard -has dystopian consequences.</p> -<p>So the question you have to ask yourself is:</p> -<blockquote> -<p><strong>What can I do?</strong></p> -</blockquote> -<p>Start by <strong>valuing your privacy</strong>. -Then, follow some of these tips to <em>say no…</em></p> -<ul> -<li><strong>Limit your exposure to these services.</strong> If a friend stops talking to you because -of this, then congratulations, you’ve just gotten rid of a fake friend. You’re welcome.</li> -<li><a href="https://wiki.r-selfhosted.com/getting-started/what-is-self-hosting/">Self-host</a> -as much as you can. -You can see how I <a href="https://gitlab.com/kdam0/vps">implement</a> this and replicate it yourself, -though it is a bit involved for normies.</li> -<li>If neither of the above work for you, then you’ll need to do some research to -find an alternative source that you can trust isn’t doing the same thing. -Use <a href="https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted">this</a> -as a starting point and try to search (Ctrl+f) for your service. For eg. Twitter, and -Instagram both have popular options available.</li> -<li><strong>Stop using Chrome.</strong> If you must use it, use <a href="https://brave.com/">Brave</a> instead. -I advocate for <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/?redirect_source=firefox-com">Firefox</a>. -Neither are perfect, but both offer privacy respecting options in their settings. -Specifically disabling cross-site tracking is important. -Beyond that, install an ad-blocker extension such as <a href="https://ublockorigin.com/">UBlock Origin</a> -on both of them. Don’t forget to do the same on your mobile device!</li> -<li>Things get more complicated on cell-phones. -I suggest switching to a privacy respecting operating-system such as <a href="https://grapheneos.org/">GrapheneOS</a> -Short of this, you can only limit your usage.</li> -<li>Support government policies that respect user-privacy.</li> -</ul> -<figure><img src="office.png" - alt="office pic" width="75%"/> -</figure> - -<div class="footnotes" role="doc-endnotes"> -<hr> -<ol> -<li id="fn:1"> -<p><a href="https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2018/dopamine-smartphones-battle-time/">Smartphones and dopamine</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-backref" role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p> -</li> -<li id="fn:2"> -<p><a href="https://onlinedegrees.unr.edu/online-master-of-public-health/impact-of-social-media-on-youth-mental-health/">Mental health and social media</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-backref" role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p> -</li> -<li id="fn:3"> -<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/11/16761016/former-facebook-exec-ripping-apart-society">Excerpt from Facebook ex-exec</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-backref" role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p> -</li> -</ol> -</div> - </div> - <footer class="content__footer"></footer> - - </section> - - <section class="page__aside"> - <div class="aside__about"> -<div class="aside__about"> - <img class="about__logo" src="https://kumardamani.net/images/rice.svg" alt="Logo"> -<h1 class="about__title">Links</h1> -<p class="about__description">Git, email, and resume</p> -</div> - - -<ul class="aside__social-links"> - - <li> - <a href="https://gitlab.com/kdam0/" rel="me" aria-label="GitLab" title="GitLab"><i class="fa-brands fa-gitlab" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> - </li> - - <li> - <a href="mailto:me@kumardamani.net" rel="me" aria-label="Email" title="Email"><i class="fa-solid fa-envelope" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> - </li> - - <li> - <a href="/KumarDamaniCV.pdf" rel="me" aria-label="Resume" title="Resume"><i class="fa-solid fa-file" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> - </li> - -</ul> -</div> - <hr> - <div class="aside__content"> - <p>Overview of why I self-host.</p> - - <p> - By Kumar Damani, - 2022-09-12 - </p> - - - - - </div> - </section> - - <footer class="page__footer"><p> - - - - - - - - - - -</p> -<br /><br /> -<p class="copyright"></p> -<p class="advertisement">Powered by <a href="https://gohugo.io/">hugo</a> and <a href="https://github.com/joeroe/risotto">risotto</a>.</p> -</footer> - - </div> - </body> - -</html> |