Can the vps provider not read everything on your server, unless it’s explicitly encrypted?

I’m asking because I’m interested in self-hosting mainly as a way to get privacy respecting services where good hosted ones don’t exist. I’m not sure I really want to deal with running my own hardware

  • nis@feddit.dk
    10·
    2 days ago

    As soon as someone else has access to the hardware, assume someone else has access to the data. Depending on your threat model this might be acceptable. If you just don’t want <INSERT GENERIC EVIL BILLIONAIRE> snooping, I’d say a VPS is a perfectly valid solution.

    I use a dedicated server, but in this regard it is similar to a VPS, and I carefully consider what kind of data I put on it. I wouldn’t put very private data on there. Simply because I see no need for it to be there.

    • haverholm@kbin.earth
      3·
      2 days ago

      The important difference between a paid VPS subscription and a free account with <GENERIC EVIL BILLIONAIRE>s online services is how they are financed. With the latter, definitely assume you’re the product, specifically your data.

      Any VPS provider should have a privacy policy, and as a user you should acquaint yourself with the securities they (claim to) provide. The fact that you pay even a pittance for their service should be an incentive not to monetise or snoop your data.

      But yeah, short of an encrypted online backup service, I’d never put “very private data” online at all…

    • morrowind@lemmy.mlOP
      1·
      2 days ago

      I don’t have an explicit threat model beyond “I don’t want anyone able to read my stuff”. It just makes me uncomfortable and I find myself limiting what I’m able to put down. I’ll trust a provider or service if I must, but generally I just prefer things to be E2E and not worry about it