Re:Is the ArXiv safe from the current US Government attacks?
by mmooss on Saturday February 15, 2025 @04:15PM
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Is it safe if you fully control it? You are subject to pressure too.
Re:Is the ArXiv safe from the current US Government attacks?
by cgcrob on Saturday February 15, 2025 @04:18PM
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There’s an asymptote of safety. You can be beaten with a hose to hand it over if it’s in the cloud or not.
But if it’s in the cloud then they don’t need to beat you with a hose. They just legislate that they can take it and then do it.
My data is safer if they have to beat me with a hose to get it first.
Re:Is the ArXiv safe from the current US Government attacks?
by cindylmcindy on Saturday February 15, 2025 @04:16PM
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Correction: nothing is safe.
Re:Is the ArXiv safe from the current US Government attacks?
by bryanrasmussen on Saturday February 15, 2025 @04:24PM
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essentially the theory of LOCKSS https://www.lockss.org/ would mean that only controlling something yourself cannot keep it safe from the threat of destruction.
There are just different metrics of safety - there is also safety from revealing, and that is probably most safe if you control it all yourself, even though that increases risk of destruction and loss.
But your points are more around the legislative issues than the funding which is valid but a separate issue.
On that I’ve been unpicking the tie in mess I got myself into for 2 years now. I have got control over my data but not always things I reference which is where this problem comes in.
Recently a relative died and I’ve seen how a simple non technical person is screwed already due to iCloud dependency etc.