[GTALUG] hobbyist web hosting recommendations?

[Clifford Ilkay]

On 21/12/15 09:43 PM, Clifford Ilkay wrote:
> On 21/12/15 09:07 PM, Kevin Cozens wrote:
>>> On Dec 20, 2015 6:28 PM, "Daniel Villarreal" <youcanlinux at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:youcanlinux at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     I'm looking for web hosting, for my own projects... anyone have any
>>>     recommendations?
>>
>> I'm using Canadian Web Hosting 
>> (https://login.canadianwebhosting.com/) and have been for several 
>> years. I wanted to use a Canadian company so I wouldn't have to worry 
>> about some of the laws the US government put in place in regards to 
>> the Internet and US hosted content.
>>
>
> As long as the data you're concerned about has to traverse the 
> Internet, having the server in Canada offers only the illusion of data 
> protection. Packets might have to traverse the United States and even 
> if they didn't, do you really think that an American IP transit 
> provider can resist the pressure of the American government and not 
> allow the government to collect data as they see fit?
>

<http://www.cantechletter.com/2015/12/ixmaps-illustrates-how-your-local-data-travels-through-the-nsas-jurisdiction/>

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Regards,

Clifford Ilkay

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