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A bit dramatic right? Sure, it might be more expensive and difficult but obviously you can run your own WAF, DDOS protection etc.


There are quite a few options, but what could be heard through the grapevines with Kiwifarms most turn out to be theoretical once attackers are motivated enough. Think about them what you will, they make a great canary.


>they make a great canary

People are naively willing to look to other for a dangerous precedent went it is happening to a person or group that they dislike.


Naive being the key point.

Worth mentioning that totalitarianism is often characterized by being the rule of the stupid. Shortsighted actionism and signaling in spite of reality with the resulting corruption growing like a self destructive cancer. Bonhoeffer’s Theory of Stupidity puts it great and Meerloo giving a vivid description of what kind of societies this creates.

edit: Willful naivete is not a good life choice. Staying away from darwin awards and are not accidentally creating a fourth reich both require ongoing effort, no falling asleep on the wheel. History tells you this is a valid risk if you dont consider certain things when acting. With the guys having fought the nazis advising you to be less stupid to not repeat that. Seeing how horrible that was, maybe at least try to stay away from that instead of just intending to. This is insanely bad on the severity scale and justifies some effort. Reality is clearly lacking a bright red warning sign here with technology offering ever greater levers for less and less intentioned actions.

I can not overstate how bad of an idea it is to ignore that out of group think/tribalism and ego. It simply does not work and in hindsight you could have known. Failing so badly that nobody risks a "having told you so".


Yes you can defend on your own. But it’s going to cost you a lot of resources.

In addition to a lot of clever tricks ddos protection comes down to a simple question. Who has more resources to keep going.




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