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I don't consider subpoenas a risk given my threat model. I do consider my last mile ISP (and first hop online) a threat, which Algo protects
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Looks like I understand now. Your Algo server is “in the cloud“. And AWS provides your last mile access. What is DO?
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DigitalOcean! Like AWS, they have datacenters all over the world. And they're very easy for new people to use.
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Looks nice, but both are under US jurisdiction. I trust my local provider more, but I’d like to avoid the new mandatory data retention.
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There's no reason you can't deploy to your own server on a different cloud provider. It's option 5 in the install script.
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Yeah, I should look into that.
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However, if you want something anonymous you can deploy Algo to your own server anywhere.
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Yeah, but my own server still needs an Internet connection, so you still have the last mile problem then.
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Does this mean that you're constantly connected via AlgoVPN from home/office, so your ISP sees VPN traffic only?
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Yes, that's how many people use it.
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What's the threat model that you'd rather exit from an AWS instance than from your ISP? Also, isn't there a significant perf and EC2 cost?
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