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    11 months ago

    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.

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    11 months ago

    If you’re fed up with companies fucking you over there’s an alternative.

    There software called Nextcloud which you can run on a server which works in comparable ways as Onedrive/Google Drive/Dropbox/etc. works.

    You could host it yourself on a server if you know how.

    If you’re not familiar with forwarding ports or setting static IP adresses you can rent some server space from Hetzner where Nextcloud is included.

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      i’ve recently figured out how dynamic DNSs work, i am unstoppable.

      now i just need to figure out how to encrypt traffic…

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      Yep, I have a decently large free dropbox account and just use Cryptomator to continue using it

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    11 months ago

    DropBox has been dead to me since 2014 when they put former US Sec. of State Condoleezza Rice on their board of directors.

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    11 months ago

    The only real way to opt out of this shit is to start using a better cloud and nuke Dropbox from every computer you own

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      11 months ago

      If it’s not open source and self hosted, I think it will probably turn out just the same as Dropbox. It’s the power dynamic. Closed SaaS, on someone else’s computers, is a very weak position. Not surprising when the relationship turns abusive.

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      There is pCloud which is based in Switzerland which has mostly the same regulation as the EU. They specifically state that they won’t use your data for commercial purposes. Until the company merges or gets bought I guess.

      Ofc if it’s not end-to-end encrypted and all open source and self hosted, you can’t really be sure.

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        They specifically state that they won’t use your data for commercial purposes. Until the company merges or gets bought I guess.

        Which you won’t hear about until after all the existing data has been scraped off the servers. The company, if bought, will be bought for the value of their data stores and whatever corporation purchases them will specifically want to keep the news quiet until after they’ve gotten their value out of the data store. Therefore this is a non-starter as you may as well just hand the info to Dropbox today.

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    The problem with cryptomater in my mind is eventually with quantum computing the encryption will be cracked. Even if you delete the file its stored somwhere else in their backups. There will be a treasure of good information even if its 10 yearas from now to be harvested.

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    11 months ago

    Don’t forget Syncthing, I always suggest it first since it doesn’t require a server or advanced knowledge to work.