This may be a long shot, but it’s what I do, so it might be an option: Set up a crypto gateway like CipherMail which will automatically decrypt inbound email and sign/encrypt outbound. The result is that your Thunderbird will never get to see an encrypted email, decryption is handled transparently before it hit’s your inbox. Obviously, if you don’t trust your email provider, this is not an option.
This isn’t simple and hence not for everyone, also comes with dependencies on your email provider, but it works flawless for me ever since I set it up. I run my own email server, hence adding in CipherMail wasn’t a big deal.
Primarily on site with NextCloud for getting to my important documents via mobile.
Backups are going to Wasabi via restic but if you want to do something a little more “live”, rclone mount with Wasabi also works well, even on Windows.
As always, I suggest encrypting before putting it anywhere but your own devices.
So you want to backup or do you want to file share/work together on documents?
For backup I use Spideroak for all our families computers. It did a solid job over the last four Linux laptops and MacBooks I used. I only backup the home directory and the external drive with my Photo Library.
For Cloud Storage I use OneDrive. I don’t have much to share, so this is normally enough.
I’d say like 65% backup, 35% share/collaboration. It’s why this simple decision has become unnecessarily complex for me haha. I want a balance of privacy, yet I want the ease of access and user-friendliness of Dropbox.
From this thread, I think ente is partly perfect for my needs. I’ve been trying out filen and it’s been quite good, but I might stick with Dropbox till the Proton mac app launches and see how it is.
Might end up just doing NC + storej, though. Many have said NC has improved significantly as of late so it might be worth a look at once more.
I pay for it anyway since I was lucky enough to get a few accounts on a private forum where everything is shared via mega, it’s very active and a great community. Only a few times I haven’t found something I was looking for there, and that was quickly solved by posting a request. (The only way to join is to get personally invited. And no, I won’t use my invites for randoms, don’t ask).
Haven’t used torrents for close to a decade now, it’s nice to have basically anything easily findable with direct download from mega.
How do you like Filen so far? I tried it out with a few directories and it felt very snappy. Plus, the .fileignore feature is phenomenal and I wish more providers would do it!
I heard when filen was first launched there were some issues with their encryption and some file loss, do you happen to know if this has largely been fixed? Thanks!
I migrated all my cloud files to M-Discs because in the near future, even if I encrypt my files with PGP before sending them to the cloud, big tech will be able to break their encryption. I don’t trust any big tech.
Curious why M-disc specifically? Isn’t that storage media kind of expensive for the amount of storage space you get? Plus unless every disc is getting buried in a capsule, you would still have to baby it like any other optical disc even though its more durable.
One minor annoyance I have had is keepass .kdb files. You can’t just open from mega android, make changes and have it auto save back to the cloud. Have to save out, edit then share back in. There is a autosync app by a third party which I have not tried.
I have a self-hosted Nextcloud instance, but I don’t expose it to the internet, so I use Proton Drive if I need to share files with other people. I use self-hosted Immich to sync my photos from all of my devices.
I have Nextcloud on my Media Center. That is just on our LAN. For sharing I use Bitwarden Send. If I had a big file to share I probably would load it to Backblaze B2 and share the link. I pay for Bitwarden and I will pay for B2 once my use goes up more.
Hi guys, thanks for yur help. With “Simple clock” and “clock you” the problem is that when I turn my screen off, the alarm doesnt work. I don’t understand cause I unabled all authorisation possible with these apps. How can I solve it ? My phone is a TCL with Android 11.
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