We're living in an age where companies are being accused of using our data to train AI models.
We all have pictures, videos, sensitive documents sitting there for the last 10 years.
That colleague's paper you co-wrote. All of it just... there.
But we're also living in a time where with a few bucks you can:
a. Provision a server
b. Set up an SFTP user
c. Generate a key pair on your local machine
d. Download FileZilla to access your files
e. Secure your server to accept connections only from your house
f. Upload and download whatever you want
And maybe it's worth it when you consider: there's a new product now.
It's you.
Your files, your photos, your digital exhales from a decade of living online - they're not just personal anymore.
They're inventory.
The question isn't whether a personal SFTP server is hard to set up (it's not).
The question is whether you're okay being the product.