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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 arpitagarwal »

trompetenaccoun wrote: post #60

The website and demo look cool, I like your clean and simple design. The supposed whitepaper however doesn't go into any details at all. It says in addition to Storj the files are also stored directly on "the blockchain". What blockchain? It's not even named. There are no technical details on the encryption process or anything else either. I'd love to like this because imo decentralized private storage is an importan…

That's some great feedback, trompetenaccoun. Slik's file storage is powered by Storj and Filecoin. About encryption, would love to hear what part you find missing in the 3 protocols for backups, sharing, and multi-device support, mentioned in our WhitePaper.

We're constantly improving our WhitePaper to provide as much clarity as possible about our systems and algorithms.

We had set lifetime storage for 10 years, and have clarified it on our website to prevent it from being misleading. Thanks a lot for your inputs! :)

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

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Post by gregwebs »

Have you looked at the use cases of small businesses? Dropbox being able to decrypt their files can be problematic in some cases.

The IPFS-based ransomware protection feature seems not quite right in this context. Storing encrypted data in public could be a negative for some as mentioned elsewhere. Instead, users often need to retain an immutable version history which would also provide similar protection.

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

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Post by thesausageking »

charvimittal wrote: post #62
norswap wrote: post #55

How are files stored ultimately? Something like Arweave or Filecoin?

We currently use Filecoin and Storj for file storage.

Can the user chose which network their content is stored on? Are you planning to add support for Sia at some point?

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

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Post by XorNot »

rspoerri wrote: post #44
newman314 wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

BTW this has now been renamed to Resilio Sync. I still use Resilio but am looking for an alternative since development seems pretty dead at this point (no updates for months).

syncthing

Definitely syncthing - it's incredible. I have all my files managed with it, bare git repositories managed with it, a common shared folder with my partner, my android phone auto uploads photos etc.

It all truly just works and it works well.

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

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Post by arpitagarwal »

ketzu wrote: post #120

After skimming the whitepaper and the storj website, I am not sure which parts are actually provided by Sliksafe. The website tells me I can pay by solana (or even by credit card!), but there seems to be no indication of how much I actually would have to pay. The claims are also not exactly thought out: > No Backdoors > > Since all your files are encrypted on your device, there is no way for us at Slik Safe to access…

> I am not sure which parts are actually provided by Sliksafe.

The full end-to-end encrypted backup and sharing experience is provided by Slik. We use Storj only for storing the encrypted blobs, or simply as a replacement of S3.

> The website tells me I can pay by solana (or even by credit card!), but there seems to be no indication of how much I actually would have to pay.

Our detailed pricing page is currently available within our web/desktop apps. You can pay - 0.1 SOL for 10 GB lifetime storage (10 years), or

  - $4.99/mo for 500GB storage, and so on..
> That does not follow from the provided info. Simply leaking the keys in some form would already be enough as a backdoor, as the data is obviously not only stored locally.

This is similar to the problem of leaving your device accidentally open, which unfortunately is a much harder problem to solve. However, we do provide a way for you to remotely wipe a device in case of unauthorized access.

> There seems to be a lot of metadata on sliks side, or is it using some form of encrypted search?

All your metadata is encrypted on your device before it is backed up to Slik. We provide client side search experience so that Slik is unaware of even the keywords that the user is searching for.

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

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Post by arpitagarwal »

neximo64 wrote: post #146

Looks good until I saw it was on IPFS, which isn't 'forever'. How can you guarantee it will be there for lifetime storage?

To ensure lifetime availability of data, we provide redundancy using Filecoin and Storj.
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