Local first

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date: 2021-07-15 07:45:58

categories: privacy

firstPublishDate: 2021-01-12 20:54:52

By "local first", I mean my data must be stored locally on my devices or my servers as opposed to stored in centralized cloud owned by large companies.

I store my photos on my file server and then when I share photos I select some photos and create a gallery on my web server and send the address by email to the persons who should be able to see the photos.

I keep the original photos to keep the highest quality.

My web server and file server are in my home, nothing is stored in the cloud.

For messaging, I use email and all the messages are stored in the client. It is fast to search and always available.

I have a machine where I backup all my data, so when there is a data loss it is not a problem and I restore from backup.

When personal data is saved online in cloud, the drawback are:

the company storing can data mine the data

the data is sometimes recompressed and degraded, so don't use the cloud to backup your photos, videos or music.

the cloud or the internet can be offline, it happens a few times a year

terms and conditions change often: the service is free and after a while the users are forced to pay, for example: dropbox

the user interface changes overtime and becomes unusable, for example: gmail

it is difficult to organize and search the data

the data can become unavailable or you don't have the program to access your data

your account can be locked or you lost the password and recovery doesn't work, then your data is lost

the company storing can go bankrupt

Storing data locally takes a bit of time like everything, I'm slighly changing my setup or replacing failing hardware every few month.

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