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PrivateStorage.io: A secure and privacy-focused cloud storage solution

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Re: PrivateStorage.io: A secure and privacy-focused cloud storage solution

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Post by joekrill »

Looks like it's not actually ready yet? PIA has a great track record, though, so this seems promising.

I also like this when you give them your email:

>> This is not a mailing list, and your email will be permanently removed after we send a one‑time notification when PrivateStorage is available to the general public.

Re: PrivateStorage.io: A secure and privacy-focused cloud storage solution

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Post by moviuro »

adrianN wrote: post #2

How does this compare to tarsnap?

tarsnap's target audience is sysadmins and other UNIXy gurus. My grandma and my dad, who would benifit most from a secure sync mechanism would probably be unable to use it.

Also, I'm not sure how you can use tarsnap at good cost for p2p sync.

[0] https://www.tarsnap.com/

Re: PrivateStorage.io: A secure and privacy-focused cloud storage solution

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Post by comboy »

So on one hand, you just need some good open source software for that, there's enough cloud and there's no reason you wouldn't choose the cheapest one if you have everything client side encrypted and can add more redundancy. On the other hand..

> the system runs on Tahoe-LAFS

that got me very interested.

Re: PrivateStorage.io: A secure and privacy-focused cloud storage solution

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Post by moviuro »

FWIW, I've been using syncthing [0] for some years now [1] and am very pleased. Even though my data is unavailable on the cloud from any untrusted computer (like e.g. my corporate laptop), it's synced on my "fleet".

I'm not sure that PrivateStorage actually adds anything to the equation?

EDIT> The Tahoe LAFS [2] model is more that you spread your data over multiple providers. NAS at home, several VPS providers, or what have you. It feels like RAID in the network, and it allows very precise setting of redundancy policies.

So syncthing actually only runs on trusted machines, whereas PrivateStorage will be able to run on both trusted (tightly managed) and untrusted machines (like a VPS in the USA).

[0] https://syncthing.net

[1] https://try.popho.be/byeunison.html

[2] https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs

Re: PrivateStorage.io: A secure and privacy-focused cloud storage solution

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Post by anoncoward111 »

moviuro wrote: post #5
adrianN wrote: post #2

How does this compare to tarsnap?

tarsnap's target audience is sysadmins and other UNIXy gurus. My grandma and my dad, who would benifit most from a secure sync mechanism would probably be unable to use it. Also, I'm not sure how you can use tarsnap at good cost for p2p sync. [0] https://www.tarsnap.com/

time for me to make a tarsnap gui ?? XD

Re: PrivateStorage.io: A secure and privacy-focused cloud storage solution

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Post by simias »

moviuro wrote: post #5
adrianN wrote: post #2

How does this compare to tarsnap?

tarsnap's target audience is sysadmins and other UNIXy gurus. My grandma and my dad, who would benifit most from a secure sync mechanism would probably be unable to use it. Also, I'm not sure how you can use tarsnap at good cost for p2p sync. [0] https://www.tarsnap.com/

Tarnsap is for backup, I don't think it can really be used for sync in the general sense. It's also hard to predict how much it's going to cost you if you don't exactly know how much data you're going to upload (and is IMO prohibitively expensive for even moderately-sized backups).

I love the tech behind tarnsap, I love that the client is open source, I love the whole philosophy of it but I really struggle with the pricing.

Re: PrivateStorage.io: A secure and privacy-focused cloud storage solution

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Post by zorked »

moviuro wrote: post #7

FWIW, I've been using syncthing [0] for some years now [1] and am very pleased. Even though my data is unavailable on the cloud from any untrusted computer (like e.g. my corporate laptop), it's synced on my "fleet". I'm not sure that PrivateStorage actually adds anything to the equation? EDIT> The Tahoe LAFS [2] model is more that you spread your data over multiple providers. NAS at home, several VPS providers, or wh…

A big thing is that Tahoe LAFS can be run on untrusted computers.
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