If only I could pay for a service as easy to use as Dropbox but have my personal data managed by a company such as Apple...
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Ask HN: Who do you trust most with your data?
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#32I don’t even trust myself with my data. It’s too easy to do something stupid. How could I possibly trust anyone more than that?
No one cares more than I do that I not be horribly maimed or
obliterated in a high speed collision, but I trust certain vehicle manufacturers and airlines more than I do their competitors.
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#33None of those. I use syncthing.
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#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is there any software that can do this in a very user friendly way? Ideally after entering a key when installing the software, I would never know that encryption is happening.
Looks like https://www.arqbackup.com/ might meet your needs. I haven’t used it personally though, my only reservation has been that it’s not open source. The unofficial google drive linux CLI supports encryption with custom keys too.
I got burgled back in July and the burglars came somewhat close to getting everything, fortunately they didn't take my NAS. After discussing with friends, I did buy Arq and I've been _very_ happy with it.
I then went and bought 1TB of Google Drive and now all my photos and anything else is backed up onto both Google Drive and my NAS. It's all encrypted so yeah, should be safe enough. The handy thing about the 1TB Google space is that it's shared amongst all their products, so, I don't need to think about running out of Gmail space either.
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#35Dropbox and Apple equally. But I work at Dropbox and I know how much effort goes into trust, security, privacy and compliance. Also for your interest the underlying infrastructure with its security measures etc is common between both Personal and Business products (one of the main differences with the business product is that it allows you to hook into your own enterprise security related systems such as IdM, DLP/CAS…
> I know how much effort goes into trust, security, privacy and compliance
Yahoo had a security team that was completely bypassed by NSA by installing a kernel module [1] to get access to emails. With Condi in the board I wouldn't trust them that much.
[1] https://www.engadget.com/2016/10/08/reuters-yahoo-email-scan...
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is there any software that can do this in a very user friendly way? Ideally after entering a key when installing the software, I would never know that encryption is happening.
Check out https://cryptomator.org
Yes that seems quite nice (if you want to go that far). It also works well with the Dropbox (and others) sync engine because it encrypts individual files as opposed to making a large sparse bundle/volume file.
Don’t think it allows you to take advantage of delta-byte syncing though because while compression algorithms can now cater for the rsync-like delta sync functionality you find in some cloud storage clients my guess is that wouldn’t be optimal for secure encryption (but I don’t know it’s just a guess) - but if you aren’t changing the files a lot the speed degradation may be outweighed by your desired outcome.
It also works well for Dropbox shared folders in case you have the need to share folders with other people but still want this additional layer of encryption.
And of course since it’s open source it may make you feel more comfortable about the encryption.
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#37As long as you encrypt all of your data before uploading it, trust isn't such a big factor.
what do you use?
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#38Different people can mean different things when they speak of trust. What kind of trust are you looking for and what's most important to you? You want your data to remain highly private? available at all time? versioned forever? You want the provider to have decent support when you need it? If you'll define what your requirements and priorities are you it will be easier to find the service that is best for you.
I'm mainly interested in:
1. high availability (can access it using many devices)
2. security (it's secure against intruders)
3. privacy (the company who hosts my data won't mine it for their purposes)
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#39Long term, personal, and/or sizeable data, like my photos: my own hard drives, backed up every few months. Stuff I work on daily: sync with a VPS I pay a small monthly fee for, using version control.
What would happen to your personal data if you got burgled?
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#40I sync my photos, iPhone backups, and documents to iCloud Drive.
My documents folder is backed up by Google Drive.