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[–] randomcruft@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Sadly, hoping for the best is the only viable option these days.

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Self host ALL the things. I know where all my pics and docs reside right here in my house.

[–] randomcruft@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

That is a fair statement. In today’s world, it’s the only truly safe option.

However, it’s not always realistic for some people to do… for various reasons.

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Yeah, though with things like the fediverse, generations that where born into the tech world (internet only really started to be a thing around high school for me, but my kids have never used dial up) and small cheap systems like raspberry pi I expect it'll get much easier and hopefully more common.