I deleted my account.
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.
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I would recommend proton drive as a great replacement if you want something that doesn’t need a server
Use your own NAS
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.
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.
i’ve recently figured out how dynamic DNSs work, i am unstoppable.
now i just need to figure out how to encrypt traffic…
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
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.
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.
We need to move away from proprietary “cloud” solutions.
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
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.
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.
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.
If you have to use cloud storage, encrypt the files before you upload them
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.
I never opted in, no DropBox, OneDrive nor GDrive.
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 😑😑🙄
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
