I think it's great that people are publishing their home server setups.
At the same time, the scary sounding warnings of "You're at risk if you put your trust in another company to hold your data!!" ring really hollow to me. I mean, does this person keep all of his money under his mattress, or does he put it in a bank (though I guess he could keep it all in crypto...)? Does he buy insurance, or again just keep a mountain of backup cash in a safe somewhere?
At the end of the day our entire economy is built around being able to trust other companies, and the systems in place to safeguard that trust. "I'll do it all myself" is essentially the process you see in third world countries where the systems are too fragile or corrupt to support that trust.
The systems that keep track of our money are (usually) very secure [0] and when they aren’t there is recourse to fix the damage. A thief can not use the stolen money if the transaction is reversed, but everyone on the planet can abuse your data once it is leaked.
[0] At least more secure than the systems those same companies use for their consumer data (see: Equifax).
At the same time, the scary sounding warnings of "You're at risk if you put your trust in another company to hold your data!!" ring really hollow to me. I mean, does this person keep all of his money under his mattress, or does he put it in a bank (though I guess he could keep it all in crypto...)? Does he buy insurance, or again just keep a mountain of backup cash in a safe somewhere?
At the end of the day our entire economy is built around being able to trust other companies, and the systems in place to safeguard that trust. "I'll do it all myself" is essentially the process you see in third world countries where the systems are too fragile or corrupt to support that trust.