Going to Jail in Germany speedrun any%
this post was submitted on 14 Mar 2025
6 points (100.0% liked)
Selfhosted
46265 readers
241 users here now
A place to share alternatives to popular online services that can be self-hosted without giving up privacy or locking you into a service you don't control.
Rules:
-
Be civil: we're here to support and learn from one another. Insults won't be tolerated. Flame wars are frowned upon.
-
No spam posting.
-
Posts have to be centered around self-hosting. There are other communities for discussing hardware or home computing. If it's not obvious why your post topic revolves around selfhosting, please include details to make it clear.
-
Don't duplicate the full text of your blog or github here. Just post the link for folks to click.
-
Submission headline should match the article title (don’t cherry-pick information from the title to fit your agenda).
-
No trolling.
Resources:
- selfh.st Newsletter and index of selfhosted software and apps
- awesome-selfhosted software
- awesome-sysadmin resources
- Self-Hosted Podcast from Jupiter Broadcasting
Any issues on the community? Report it using the report flag.
Questions? DM the mods!
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
I don't know all of the tools, do you mean the tor relay?
Basically all programs which enable file sharing via your Internet connection. Germany is notorious for having a huge amount of lawyers which are only dedicated to tracking down and file a copy right infringement (or worse) case against people, who had unlawful actions done over their IP. And if you can't pay your fines, jail time is waiting.
What's the general thoughts on running a TOR node?
I think an exit node would probably get my (domestic) ISP asking some questions and / or my static IP getting blocklisted quickly
Relay nodes are safe, exit nodes require special care. There's a guide of you're interested. You basically need a dedicated server with a understanding hosting provider and you will be contacted by law enforcement sooner or later. They usually go away after they learn it's a dead end
Whats the difference with Linkwarden? I find it very similar to it. I'm looking for something like this but for future data search with a potent search or even LLM capable searchs. There is another called Data Hoarder that does this job too.
The GoodKarmaToolkit in particular is an extra project that is managed by ArchiveBox, but the listed services aren't made by them. I'm not as familiar with ArchiveBox itself, and it looks like there's an open issue about AI stuff: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/1139
There is another called Data Hoarder that does this job too.
Yup, Hoarder was the one I was planning to use for bookmark management: https://hoarder.app/
Be careful with compute intensive tasks. Some providers don't like when you actually utilize your rented hosts.
Not a problem when self-hosting on own hardware. Especially in winter. Overly complicated spaceheater goes brrrr
Yep, BOINC has regularly warmed my home office over many a winter... until I shutdown that machine.
Maybe I should try again...
What would they do about it?
There are often some "fair use" paragraphs in their respective ToS that they could enforce and either terminate your account or request you to uprade to a higher tier product. Usually (not always) VPSs are overprovisioned, so when people start to fully utilize their rented machines theit whole business model goes belly-up.
Find some loophole in their T&C to terminate your account I guess. Similar to how mobile providers don’t like people actually using a lot of bandwidth on their „unlimited“ plans.