Our household no longer uses cloud services. We have our own cloud box in our basement that we control.
That box can connect to other people's boxes that have their own setup as well.
I don't connect to the suspicious federations that @th3j35t3r doesn't, for similar reasons. But I can connect and share with other people using similar software.
Consider taking your stuff out of big tech, where it can be rifled through by government thugs.
I maintain a small headless linux server in a foreign country not run by a major cloud carrier. Just in case.
@AI78 @th3j35t3r I keep all of our stuff in a box in our basement, with secondary backup elsewhere. I'm even thinking of getting a few folks together who all have a similar setup, so we can back up each other's stuff redundantly, too.
But I'm more concerned about general communication. There may be things people need to discuss that they don't want rifled through by bad guys.
My computer talking directly to someone else's through encrypted channels is better than talking through Twitter.
We're seeing a lot of good guides posted on how to do things like get your id and paperwork in order, what trans people need to do to prepare and stay safe, how to interact with authorities, etc... I'm thinking it's now about time for someone to make a guide for people who don't know how to do this. Protect their digital assets as best as possible.
I am also looking forward to the guide for people who cannot or will not leave, and who prefer not to leave a bunch of dangerous theocratic authoritarians with a giant nuclear arsenal behind them to do whatever they want with.
@AI78 @th3j35t3r I've suggested running your own data before, for file management, entertainment, managing your stored data.
But I'm also suggesting this because it is a way that people can communicate, and perhaps organize, without big brother being able to just read it in real time.