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Hi guys, I am thinking of selling my old server which until now I have been using as a mini home lab. But now that I have a dedi on hetzner, I don't really see the point of keeping it around. What do you guys use your home lab for and why do you prefer it over cloud hosting?

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[–] tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They can, but I can encrypt it so they won't be able to access anything

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

You may want to have a dead man's switch so that the server shuts down without your intervention, or there's the possibility that a forensic team could retrieve the encryption key in RAM through some physical attacks.

[–] tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 6 points 1 week ago

Usually the cops raiding homes just take the stuff to some lab. Not saying such an attack is impossible but I don't think that's high up in my risk assessment.