(to be continuously constructed…)
https://lianass.nohost.me/net
questions i’ve been struggling with and thinking about:
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why still physical host (ideally, if possible) in china when knowing the servers and sites will ultimately be monitored and controlled under the gfw → how to work with limitations
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to confront the controls (renting a space vs. hosting a site, getting a domain etc…) and look for working survival kits both physically and virtually
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when apps like wechat/weibo are the prevalent online public platforms, why would people want to migrate to and engage on other digital spaces if they’re not as prevalent/practical
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not another time machine from censorship, but also to free us from using the apps and sites that are under major surveillance while offering and dropping links with more content with agency instead of worrying about posts that will be taken off
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where is the server physically located?
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since servers have to be hosted at a physical location, a physical space is important. rent in shanghai is expensive, it’d be worth a monthly rent to be able to host a server
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if i self-host in my own apartment and build anything that is considered “sensitive,” i will be found easily if they track down my IP one day
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it’d probably be a community space. Xinchejian is a community oriented a hacker’s space. makes sense for it to be serving the community digitally
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or, to host a “local only” pi server at Xinchejian, can only be accessed if we physically visit the space like when we visit a shrine, a temple for its spirits there… also nice to know parts of our data will be stored in Xinchejian locally, in a drawer that is “safe”
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how else to build servers / digital infrastructures that are practical and sustainable?
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eg., hosting on digital ocean (for now), choosing a data center at Singapore which can be accessed without having to hop over the gfw - what does it mean to connect with Singapore for us today (instead of choosing a data center that’s in San Francisco, which actually cannot be accessed without using the vpn).
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it’d be still nice to use some VPN technologies (i love the idea of “virtual cable) and that we can be connected across borders, across constellations…
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building vpn routers…
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what to learn from the chinese hacking and shanzhai spirits?
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organizing a community vs. building an infrastructure/network for the evolving community (if building an infrastructure could provide a more fluid web for guerrilla, nomadic and diasporic efforts.., harder to be taken down and apart maybe?