Re:Why I Won't Use Rimuhosting
by apotheon on Thursday August 27, 2009 @08:24PM
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It's better the same way that your apartment complex manager turning off the water to your apartment if there's a problem is better than going inside when you explicitly told him not to, checking all your faucets, and going through your underwear drawer, when you're not there.
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Rimuhosting didn't go through this guy's underwear drawer, though. They went in and turned off the faucet that was damaging the apartment below.
> Rimuhosting didn't go through this guy's underwear drawer, though.
How do you know? They rooted the system against the explicitly stated wishes of the customer. What makes you think they wouldn't do other sketchy things while they're at it?
Well, I don't want my landlord coming into my house, but if he did anyway because the faucet was causing damage, I wouldn't assume he was also be interested in going through my underwear. Why would you assume that?
I wouldn't -- but then again, my landlord wouldn't have the option of "pausing" my home the way the hosting service has the option of pausing a customer's VPS, so it's more reasonable to expect the landlord to come in since that's the only way to mitigate such damage. If my landlord came in when I specifically asked him not to just to make sure my lights were turned off, though, that'd be another story; at that point, I'd start wondering whether turning off the lights was just a pretext for entry to my home.