10-10-2024, 04:00 AM
I've watched many of your videos, both new and old, for several months as I've been researching my first home NAS purchase. I've already narrowed down to the "big 4" turnkey manufacturers, but in reading about each company, I noticed that synology, qnap, and asus(tor) are Taiwanese companies while Terramaster (and most of the DIY NAS case&board makers) are Chinese companies.
I'd imagine the taiwanese companies probably make most of their products in China as well. I am concerned about data privacy/security, and very up to date and aware of China's extensive surveillance&hacking/ransomware activities, both in China and abroad. Hearing about Chinese mini-pc's with sketchy backdoors and the like was pretty concerning, and it's not much of a stretch to imagine similar happening on a Chinese-made NAS.
That's making me lean away from terramaster, but is that a reasonable concern, or would you consider the "big 4" comparably "secure", (meaning the company's OS/apps aren't spying on you)?
I'd imagine the taiwanese companies probably make most of their products in China as well. I am concerned about data privacy/security, and very up to date and aware of China's extensive surveillance&hacking/ransomware activities, both in China and abroad. Hearing about Chinese mini-pc's with sketchy backdoors and the like was pretty concerning, and it's not much of a stretch to imagine similar happening on a Chinese-made NAS.
That's making me lean away from terramaster, but is that a reasonable concern, or would you consider the "big 4" comparably "secure", (meaning the company's OS/apps aren't spying on you)?