Comment on I need a new hobby, I'm going to set up my own Lemmy instance. Am I an idiot?
girlpower@piefed.world 1 day ago
I probably wouldn’t host it at home, there are so many personal devices containing personal information on the network that I don’t consider the risks involved worth it. I would get a VPS, even if they’ve increased in price lately. If you do set it up at home, you will have to harden the server and the network, and that requires a lot of work and effort. Just keep this in mind!
motruck@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
You can easily sequester your personal stuff from your self hosted stuff. Most traffic going anywhere is encrypted as it should be. The main concern is lateral movement hence the network isolation.
isleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
I think the bigger concern is someone uploading CP to it and then maybe having your house raided by the cops. Even if you completely separate your personal files from the lemmy server, the police are just going to seize every computer in the house. And the fact will remain that they found CP on your computer. The burden of proof then falls on you to prove that it wasn’t you who put it there.