[rlyshw]

I know that this is a typical HN post, assuming everyone should become a Linux sysadmin. But related to the parent, and recent developments in Zero Trust Access products, I wonder if there is a pathway towards neighborhood-scale sysadmin services.

I mean, I essentially provide that to my small social community with a private media tenant.

With ZTA systems in place to accommodate remote access, maybe there is an appetite for neighbor-to-neighbor network sysadmin services? Hard to compete with the sleek silos of big box brands and their infinite marketing budget, plus 5 9s of service, though.

[zamnos]

If only there were some sort of regional authority, a local group of people to whom we all gave money to, that could hire someone to administer such a system. This group could take on the responsibility of running, not just this neighborhood network system, but also, I dunno, the fire department and the police department and maybe also the schools?

I know it's an "out there" crazy silicon valley leftist idea but maybe something like that could work?

Okay no but for reals, the USPS could do that!

[rlyshw]

USPS might be mired in fed scale problems. Maybe a Library is more appropriate? At least, more directly accessible at the local level. I’m just not sure how exactly that would work, or operate thru existing library organization…

I think the incentive of a trade/artisan economy would make more sense, and justify individualized labor (house calls for NAS reconfiguration, for instance). Like a plumbing contractor vs inspector… I like the socialized idea, but I don’t see how the implementation would work under current social service labor system and organization…

[froggit]

The posted article is about the problem presented by police overreach into data that the average person has a mistaken expectation of privacy for. I may be misunderstanding what you're proposing, but it seems to me like having the same organization run things for both the neighborhood and police would actually facilitate police access to this kind of data moreso than provide any benefits in privacy.

[zamnos]

Which is exactly why I proposed the USPS as a solution! They are an independent agency of the executive branch, and are the perfect fit for such a service.

[CrazyPyroLinux]

Odd that you pick USPS of all possible examples: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/apr/23/usps-covert...

[zamnos]

It's not clear to me from that article, what the supposed crime the USPIS committed here. Maybe I'm butchering the reading, but it sounds like they looked for, and read public Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/etc posts by extremists, looking for threats made against the USPS; their buildings and their workers, the hard working mailmen and women who deliver the mail, and also the mail itself. which like, good? That's literally their job! I know ACAB and all but like, be real. If you're making a plan, in public, to commit violent crimes against mail carriers, then shouldn't the cops investigate? Instead of waiting for someone to shoot up a post office and then realizing they left a cry for help and warning signs after they've already committed their henious act?

Am I just totally misunderstanding the situation here?

[ilyt]

....would you give your video footage to the neighbour?

....would you want to as sysadmin now manage them any time police comes and wants some footage ?

I think that can definitely work for stuff like internet access, but anything where "private files" and copyrighted content comes to play will be messy