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Kohan Ikin

@stefano If your focus is privacy & security, I'm not sure #Hetzner would be my choice.

Hetzner is known for collaborating with the Russian government to interfere with sites (see the Wiki page for more info, under "Incidents"):

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hetzner#

Hetzner also host the AfD website:

social.lyratris.com/@tfunken/1

Consider if the people with physical access to your servers can be trusted!

That said, I genuinely wish you well, and I apologize for being a "reply guy". Good luck for the project!

1 May at 11:48 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.kohanikin.com
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Stefano Marinelli

@kohan Thank you for the comment and the links!
The choice of Hetzner stems from having another not too expensive provider (at least for the initial part) on a platform where I already have some other servers. I don't exclude the possibility of moving to another European provider in the future (due to GDPR regulations, it's easier for me to stay in Europe).
However, I always want to use bare metal servers; I don't want to rely on shared 'cloud' storage for data.
Do you have any suggestions regarding this?

1 May at 12:46 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
Kohan Ikin

@stefano Unfortunately I don't have a good alternative suggestion! Bare metal is definitely wise and staying in Europe certainly makes sense for regulations, but I don't actually know who I could recommend. (I even see malicious traffic here coming from OVH.) Your knowledge will be way ahead of me on technical hosting details.

Ugh, sorry for bringing you a problem without bringing a solution! I need to do more research myself.

But I love to see more BSD being used, yay!

1 May at 13:32 | Open on mastodon.kohanikin.com
Stefano Marinelli

@kohan Don't worry, I'm glad to read your observations about it. Some of the events described in the links you sent me were not known to me, and I would like to understand the philosophy of each provider I deal with well. Thank you!

1 May at 15:11 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
d4gli

@kohan @stefano how does it make this Hoster a “bad Hoster” from a technical perspective just because of hosting the AFD website? How does it make it a bad hoster by working together with the laws by lawful interceptions (which more or less every provider in the EU does)?

1 May at 14:36 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
Kohan Ikin

@d4gli @stefano I'm pretty sure Russia isn't an EU member, so I don't believe those were legal intercepts (in the same way that Australian government takedown notices are ignored in the EU, understandably).

However! It's possible I have misunderstood the culture of BSD Cafe. Apologies for my intrusion!

1 May at 14:53 | Open on mastodon.kohanikin.com
Stefano Marinelli

@kohan @d4gli The culture of BSD Cafe is that of free exchange of ideas and opinions, for everyone's mutual growth. For me, your contribution has been incredibly valuable, and you're always welcome here!

1 May at 15:12 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
d4gli

@kohan @stefano wow, judging a whole community by a post of a user who’s not the same opinion.

1 May at 15:28 | Open on mastodon.bsd.cafe
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