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Bob Mottram 2014-04-18 11:36:29 +01:00
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@ -43,9 +43,13 @@ As Eben Moglen noted in his now famous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOEMv0S
** After it's installed will it need a lot of maintenance?
So long as the hardware is ok the amount of maintenance needed should be very small. Unlike on Windows based systems you don't need to defragment drives or mess about with anti-virus programs. I ran a similar Sheevaplug system between 2010 and 2013 with only occasional software updates or reboots, and uptime was probably 99% or better.
** Is it secure?
Nothing is totally secure or infallible. You could have the most secure technology and yet still use easy to guess passwords. This system will not defend you from an attacker who is actively trying to block or corrupt your communications, but I assume that doesn't apply in the majority of cases. Another thing to be aware of is that running a FreedomBone could make you more vulnerable to traffic analysis, since the server is associated with your home address and isn't a giant aggregation of users somewhere in the cloud. You need to weigh this alongside the additional legal protection which owning the server and having it in your own home gives you.
Nothing is totally secure or infallible. You could have the most secure technology and yet still use easy to guess passwords. In general any software described as "uncrackable" or "guaranteed secure" is likely to be bogus and should be treated with suspicion. No matter what the hype may claim, all software has bugs so it's really a question of whether your communications are more secure or less secure. Using something like Freedombone will be likely to increase your degree of communications security to a level which is above average.
FreedomBone should be far more secure than using popular cloud-based services which have spying built into them as a core feature (although not one which is typically advertised), but it is not necessarily an impenetrable information fortress. This project is at least as much about achieving communications independence as it is about being able to do that securely.
This system will not defend you from an attacker who is actively trying to block or corrupt your communications, but I assume that doesn't apply in the majority of cases. Another thing to be aware of is that running a FreedomBone could make you more vulnerable to traffic analysis, since the server is associated with your home address and isn't a giant aggregation of users somewhere in the cloud. You need to weigh this alongside the additional legal protection which owning the server and having it in your own home gives you.
FreedomBone should be far more secure than using popular cloud-based services which have spying built into them as a core feature (although not one which is typically advertised), but it is not necessarily any kind of impenetrable information fortress.
This project is not only about security. It's also about having independence and at least in the realm of information being able to have more control over your own life, without having gatekeepers, censors or companies in the middle. That's the way that the internet was designed to be in the first place.
** Will running a server all the time affect my electricity bill?
Hardly at all. The BeagleBone Black consumes very little power - less than 5W. It would even be potentially possible to run it from a solar panel.
** Can I use a Raspberry Pi or Cubieboard instead?