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this post was submitted on 27 Dec 2023
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Same, it's kind of a symbolic gesture since I apparently haven't used DB since 2018, but still, I cited them sharing files with AI companies as the reason.
DropBox has been dead to me since 2014 when they put former US Sec. of State Condoleezza Rice on their board of directors.
Even less shocking, this can’t be disabled in mobile browsers.
not bad too, i will not edit the body with that because i think it can be against the ToS of Google, and if not and that's become a popular solution, that will be for sure in it then.
You can loose your account so easily with them, so its better to be "reliable" ^^
Don't forget Syncthing, I always suggest it first since it doesn't require a server or advanced knowledge to work.
Syncthing is great!
Yeah true,
Holidays or not, I'm in 420 consumer mod, I don't think XD. I edit :p
We need to move away from proprietary "cloud" solutions.
I'm totally in favor with your post, but not everyone is willing to self-host or is capable of doing it. So I recommendation would be and one that I'm currently using, is when uploading a file to these cloud services encrypt your files. I'm using #cryptomator, but I'm sure there are other alternatives, like #rclone. There is also #veracrypt, but to my understanding, is not great for cloud sync.
Cryptomator official website
Quick youtube video in how to use cryptomator (3:51)
Cryptomator is open source and free, but only on desktop. To use the mobile version, you will have to pay. Here is a list of alternatives to cryptomator, if you are familiar with one, please share your knowledge.
Body of the post edited :),
Thanks for your input,
I do not see that option under the Dropbox settings.
They are not testing this for every account. But you should check your settings every so often.
Or better yet just stop using dropbox.
This feature is a thing if your account:
- On Dropbox Professional, Essentials, Business, Business Plus, and some customers on Dropbox Standard and Advanced.
- In countries with the preferred language set to English. Excluding Canada, the UK (United Kingdom), and countries within the EEA (European Economic Area).
Would recommend going through that article in general, this is yet another great example how people start to go nuts without understanding something.
There's always Cryptomator too. VeraCrypt also works and syncs quickly.
Yep, I have a decently large free dropbox account and just use Cryptomator to continue using it
If you have to use cloud storage, encrypt the files before you upload them
How is this legal? Isn't this a violation of copyright law at the very least, plus any other licenses that might apply to the files?
i think its a scenario well accepted within the terms of uses...
Recently those of OpenAi changed btw, and that's very interesting.. to read.
They sent the mail the night of Christmas if i'm not wrong lmaooooo
If laws were made for citizens, we would know for now 😆
I never opted in, no DropBox, OneDrive nor GDrive.
As is usual in these cases, this is not legal in the EU and they cannot "legally" do this. However they might still choose to take the risk or factor in the cost of litigation.
Why not just encrypt your data before uploading to the cloud?
why return the problem on the user ?
Because if not this it will always be something else.
Users are responsible for their own privacy.
Having Open Source projects providing the tools for that is extremely important. But ultimately the responsibility lies in the users hands. End to End encryption is the way. My files should 100% be encrypted on my side, with private keys that I own and nobody else. :)
Not everyone can do it.
I agree, but in this society even with that in considerations, corpo have responsabilities and duty..
Don't misunderstand me, I'm on your technical philosophy. For my self, I trust my self. But society is manipulated with promises, and theses broken promises we have to talk about them, and outloud.
I would recommend proton drive as a great replacement if you want something that doesn't need a server
It's almost 2024 and we still don't have any significant open source project for cloud storage privacy.
rsync was created in 1996
Nextcloud,
Protondrive,
Bare os self hosted ? Termux + rsync or scp + bash,
Its just an "niche" business the privacy for now, except VPN 😑😑🙄
Nextcloud?