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Show HN: SlikSafe – A decentralized, end-to-end encrypted alternative to Dropbox

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Re: Show HN: SlikSafe – A decentralized, end-to-end encrypted alternative to Dropbox

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Post by charvimittal »

goodpoint wrote: post #93

Syncthing seems provide all the features of Silk and has been around for many years. The main difference is that it uses your devices for storage and never touches somebody's else storage space. And you don't have to pay or use cryptocurrencies.

Hey, great points here.

Our focus is on developing a more consumer-friendly solution like Dropbox which has capabilities like search and collaboration so that anyone can privately store their sensitive data :)

Also, we have options to pay in crypto or through credit card.

Re: Show HN: SlikSafe – A decentralized, end-to-end encrypted alternative to Dropbox

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Post by Arubis »

I currently use Keybase for this purpose, and while it's not entirely dead yet (slow-but-present maintenance at https://github.com/keybase/client/issues/24636#issuecomment-...), the writing's been on the wall since Zoom acquihired them. If I can figure out how this works, I'll be happy to give you my money.

Re: Show HN: SlikSafe – A decentralized, end-to-end encrypted alternative to Dropbox

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Post by arpitagarwal »

nathias wrote: post #122
charvimittal wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We are using FileCoin and Storj for storage. :)

Nice, have you considered making storage free up to a point like web3.storage with filecoin plus?

Yes, to start out, we're providing 2GB of free storage. Beyond that our costs are inclusive of multi-device sync, egress, and storage.

Re: Show HN: SlikSafe – A decentralized, end-to-end encrypted alternative to Dropbox

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Post by snappythrowaway »

djrogers wrote: post #117
arpitagarwal wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Great points gtsop! We have a very similar understanding of decentralization. My co-founder and I are passionately working on making sure that we eventually reach that goal where Slik keep going, even if any one actor falls down. Here were our goals when we started this out - - Prove and implement the encryption technology [completed], - Switch over from centralized storage to decentralized storage [completed], The a…

> My co-founder and I are passionately working on making sure that we eventually reach that goal Isn't it a bit sketch to be calling it decentralized if that's merely a goal though?

  - Switch over from centralized storage to decentralized storage [completed],
kind of looks like they are already there?

Re: Show HN: SlikSafe – A decentralized, end-to-end encrypted alternative to Dropbox

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Post by dreadlordbone »

beedrillzzzzz wrote: post #87

Hey congrats, the product looks great! Love to see the rise of e2ee tools. Why did you all decide to go with Storj, a fairly centralized distributed storage aggregator, rather than a decentralized storage network like Filecoin or Sia/Skynet? Who pays for the storage on Storj? For a tool to be decentralized, the user needs a means to pay a node directly and the ability to seamlessly move between providers, ie intercha…

How would Storj be centralized when its node operators have a much lower barrier to entry compared to Filecoin?

Re: Show HN: SlikSafe – A decentralized, end-to-end encrypted alternative to Dropbox

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Post by arpitagarwal »

Arubis wrote: post #124

I currently use Keybase for this purpose, and while it's not entirely dead yet (slow-but-present maintenance at https://github.com/keybase/client/issues/24636#issuecomment-... ), the writing's been on the wall since Zoom acquihired them. If I can figure out how this works, I'll be happy to give you my money.

Hey Arubis, I was pretty bummed about that acquihire too, but was inspired to build Slik. Please feel free to read through our WhitePaper (https://sliksafe.com/whitepaper.pdf), to learn how the technology works. We've tried to keep it simple and short.

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out at arpit@sliksafe.com. Happy to support your use case.

Re: Show HN: SlikSafe – A decentralized, end-to-end encrypted alternative to Dropbox

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Post by rhamzeh »

howdydoo wrote: post #113
t0astbread wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Syncthing has ignore files which can be used to selectively not sync certain files or folders per device. I'm not familiar with Dropbox's smart sync, so if it's like a transparent on-demand sync then no, Syncthing doesn't have that. Maybe it's possible to implement that as an extra app though, without even touching Syncthing. Android seems to have some concept of virtual file systems provided by apps so perhaps one c…

Does Syncthing support manual on-demand downloading? What I'd really like is a way to browse files and download only what I need without eagerly syncing everything all the time. I'm using Seafile for that now, but I don't like that it needs hosting and I'd love to switch to something P2P and get rid of the server.

It's no longer maintained I think but probably still works: they did have Syncthing Lite which functions like a traditional client - https://f-droid.org/packages/net.syncthing.lite - https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing-lite

Re: Show HN: SlikSafe – A decentralized, end-to-end encrypted alternative to Dropbox

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Post by miohtama »

exdsq wrote: post #77
systemvoltage wrote: post #73

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Isn't git decentralized?

In theory, but who uses something other than either Github or Gitlab? Obviously I know some people do, but I've yet to work on a project that doesn't just stick with the one.

Sqlite

https://www.sqlite.org/whynotgit.html

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