Google confirms its latest update can scan all your photos to “use actual images of you and your loved ones” in AI image generation. That means Gemini seeing who you know and what you do. You likely have tens or hundreds of thousands of photos. They’re all exposed if you update.
I’ve had zero problems installing it and exposing it on one of my subdomains via nginx. I thought it was one of the easiest things to install and configure. Like, no errors or unknowns when installing.
That being said, this isn’t something the average user will be or even should be doing. Its a niche product for the tech literate, not an alternative for what cloud providers are offering. I’d not recommend it to anyone who can’t tell the difference between “wifi” and “internet”.
This is such a pet peeve of mine.
I mean I definitely know the difference between WiFi and internet, but I’ve never set up a server and have no idea how to even start.
Just a euphemism to get rid of the common denominator and if you have a desire to learn, you will be going beyond what the average person knows about computers. An immich server is not a particularly difficult thing to achieve. Think about hardware first, where it will run and where you want something running 24/7 (or not?). Then move to OS and software. Once you got it working locally, think about backups and how you will access it from the internet as your next steps.
If you are a “learn as you go” type, you already have a goal and that’s exactly what you need to start.
Sorry I’m being so abstract, but anything else and I’d just be giving you a guide lol.
Thanks! That’s very encouraging. I’ve never worked in IT but I’m comfortable tinkering. It’s learning the basics of something brand new to me that will be challenging. I just have to get a grip on the concept.
Not sure if this is helpful or still too technical, but take a look: https://selfhosting.sh/foundations/getting-started/
Oh that looks very useful!! Thank you. I have an old laptop I can experiment on.