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Re:Self hosting is important by BrandoElFollito on Saturday July 24, 2021 @04:37PM (#27944258)
It depends whether you want to preserve your work somewhere so that it cannot be wiped, or if you want to secure it so nobody has access.

In the first case I would set up a "append only" system where you cannot delete anything, just append information. This could simply be a incremental backup system.

Have it managed by someone outside your country, you would just be a user.

In that case if they grab everything they cannot delete what you have there, and the cannot access it as administrator either.

If you want to protect from the second case, its gets much more complicated.

You need to encrypt the systems that hold the data and make it so that the encryption key is wiped from the systems if they are in a panic state. This can go as far as you want: no more Internet (the machine was disconnected), or the trigger on the door of your basement starts a countdown of a few seconds you can only stop by logging in - otherwise the system shuts down (or better, cuts the power).

An extra complication is if you fear that you can be forced to provide decryption keys. In such a case you could either go for dynamic keys that are provided to you by someone else outside your country, though a process that ensures that you are safe.

Re:Self hosting is important by rodolphoarruda on Saturday July 24, 2021 @05:45PM (#27944725)
"you want to preserve your work somewhere so that it cannot be wiped"

This is my biggest concern. Confiscated devices are never returned to their owners.

Re:Self hosting is important by d110af5ccf on Saturday July 24, 2021 @09:35PM (#27945892)
Pick a VPS from a hosting provider outside of your home country (Brazil in this case). Use it to hold encrypted backups. Either a Syncthing instance configured as untrusted, or just btrfs send incremental snapshots and filter the stream through gpg on the way out.

I suppose your other issue is making sure that payments still get made in a timely manner if for some reason your home country freezes your assets or you get arrested. I guess it just depends on what you're up to and how paranoid you are. Personally I wouldn't worry about it too much. You could probably just deposit a portable hard drive with a friend or relative periodically if you're that concerned.