Ask HN: How do you privately share pictures and video with family and friends?

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Post by bandrade » Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 4:32 PM UTC

I'm looking for something private and easy to use to share pictures and videos with my family. My extended family uses Snapchat and Instagram but we're concerned but privacy and tracking. Text chains? Whatsapp? What works for you and your family actually use?

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Post by ajharrison » Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 4:40 PM UTC

iMessage and iCloud Photo Sharing

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Post by gostsamo » Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 4:43 PM UTC

This might be what you are looking for if you are into self-hosting or at least have trusted host.

https://pixelfed.org/

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Post by onassar » Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 4:50 PM UTC

Mainly email/whatsapp/iMessage

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Post by thepete2 » Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 4:52 PM UTC

There is Syncthing of course [0], which is quite easy to set up. Also if you need your storage to be always online, there's rclone [1].

Some privacy focused mail providers (like mailbox.org) have cloud capabilities too.

[0] https://syncthing.net/

[1] https://rclone.org/

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Post by speedgoose » Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 5:16 PM UTC

We use WhatsApp, which I don't really trust but if I'm sharing a picture to my family I don't expect each member to keep it in a vault.

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Post by zenta » Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 5:48 PM UTC

Is there an appetite for something like an instagram/snap, but closed/paid/private? I'm working on something _similar_ for the education, but I also use it for my extended family. Wouldn't be hard to spin up a group if you're interested (unrulr.com). I'm will@ if you want to chat.

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Post by pdxandi » Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 5:48 PM UTC

speedgoose wrote: post #6

We use WhatsApp, which I don't really trust but if I'm sharing a picture to my family I don't expect each member to keep it in a vault.

Have you considered using Signal instead of WhatsApp for secure messaging?