Please recommend a boomer friendly photo sharing service that is also privacy conscious…if such thing even exists.
Looking for easier/better alternatives than doing Nextcloud, ownCloud, etc.
Ask HN: What are you using to replace shared iCloud Photos albums?
1–10 of 111 posts
Re: Ask HN: What are you using to replace shared iCloud Photos albums?
#2Dropbox does automatic photo backups on Android and iOS. It also allows you to share files and folders, though I'm not sure how it compares to Apple Photos for "boomers"
Re: Ask HN: What are you using to replace shared iCloud Photos albums?
#3Dropbox does automatic photo backups on Android and iOS. It also allows you to share files and folders, though I'm not sure how it compares to Apple Photos for "boomers"
Dropbox checks for CSAM too.
Re: Ask HN: What are you using to replace shared iCloud Photos albums?
#4Dropbox does automatic photo backups on Android and iOS. It also allows you to share files and folders, though I'm not sure how it compares to Apple Photos for "boomers"
Dropbox checks for CSAM too.
Checking for CSAM isn't the issue. The issue is that Apple's system design easily extends to checking all sorts of other things - political dissidents, journalists, etc.
Not only that, it commits a felony when it transmits found CSAM to a party other than NCMEC (i.e. Apple itself).
Re: Ask HN: What are you using to replace shared iCloud Photos albums?
#5I used google photo/google drive.
Re: Ask HN: What are you using to replace shared iCloud Photos albums?
#6Google photos
Re: Ask HN: What are you using to replace shared iCloud Photos albums?
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Dropbox checks for CSAM too.
Checking for CSAM isn't the issue. The issue is that Apple's system design easily extends to checking all sorts of other things - political dissidents, journalists, etc. Not only that, it commits a felony when it transmits found CSAM to a party other than NCMEC (i.e. Apple itself).
Scanning all your photos in the cloud easily extends to checking all sorts of other things as well.
Re: Ask HN: What are you using to replace shared iCloud Photos albums?
#8I have always used Mega[0]. It's real end to end encryption.
I would argue it also has a superior user experience across all the others.
[0] https://mega.nz/
Re: Ask HN: What are you using to replace shared iCloud Photos albums?
#9You want an end to end encrypted cloud provider like ProtonDrive or Sync.com. You can also consider using rclone or Cryptomator to encrypt data before adding it to a consumer cloud sync solution. All come with the usual caveats (do you really trust Sync.com to withstand a state actor?) and user experience compromises.
Re: Ask HN: What are you using to replace shared iCloud Photos albums?
#10iCloud photos is pretty good. I’d say it has a good balance between security and privacy. Probably best in class.