For my purposes, it sort of works, but it tends to be a bit of a battery hog. It’s got to watch a folder and synchronize any updates to other devices, after all.
It’s also distinct from backup solutions, because you can’t* upload files to a different device (even a cloud one) and then delete them from your source device.
* (technically you can, but the development team vocally advises against this, tells you you’re on your own when folders start falling apart, and insists that you cannot and should not use SyncThing as, for example, a camera backup solution. I’ve ignored their warnings and tried this myself. Thank goodness the test data was worthless, as I had a bad time, and probably would have had a worse time if I had used it for something I cared about.)
Depends how you use it. For me, I would want to get those files into the cloud so that they could be removed from my phone when the syncing was done. SyncThing just isn’t good at doing that.
Frustratingly, no. They have file system integration in iOS, but not Android… Which is great for iOS users, but Android people basically need to enter the app to manually import or export files from it.
I’m pretty sure from previous checks that it doesn’t handle point 3. (That point basically means “if you open up the native Android file manager, it shows up alongside the phone storage.”)
And I’m a little worried that the site is really, really vague about whether it’s even E2EE at this point.
Nextcloud features an enterprise-grade, seamlessly integrated solution for end-to-end encryption. It enables users to pick one or more folders on their desktop or mobile client for end-to-end encryption. Folders can be shared with other users and synced between devices but are never readable by the server.
It sounds like now all I need to do is figure out what server version supports this, and sign up more or less anywhere that has a half decent reputation behind it.
Thank you for bringing this to my attention, as I had initially hand waved it.
Update: I couldn’t get E2EE to work, not really. My desktop and mobile clients refused to accept the same passphrase. Even after logging out and logging back in on both sides, my desktop would only accept the passphrase initially given by my desktop, and my phone would only accept the passphrase given from my phone.
There was other wackiness too. I wasn’t able to delete encrypted folders from my phone, I couldn’t encrypt folders from my phone, and I needed to empty out a folder before setting it as an encrypted one on my desktop.
If I get it working, I’ll figure out whether it’s actually ready for primetime… Unfortunately, signs point to no
A cloud storage app that:
I still haven’t found it. The closest was Proton Drive but it can’t save from my KeePass Android app
Not directly what you are looking for, but did you check syncthing?
For my purposes, it sort of works, but it tends to be a bit of a battery hog. It’s got to watch a folder and synchronize any updates to other devices, after all.
It’s also distinct from backup solutions, because you can’t* upload files to a different device (even a cloud one) and then delete them from your source device.
* (technically you can, but the development team vocally advises against this, tells you you’re on your own when folders start falling apart, and insists that you cannot and should not use SyncThing as, for example, a camera backup solution. I’ve ignored their warnings and tried this myself. Thank goodness the test data was worthless, as I had a bad time, and probably would have had a worse time if I had used it for something I cared about.)
I use syncthing as camera backup, what could be the problem? 🤔
Depends how you use it. For me, I would want to get those files into the cloud so that they could be removed from my phone when the syncing was done. SyncThing just isn’t good at doing that.
Why, works perfectly for me
I map the my cloud import directory to syncthing, or the other way
And like once in a week, or by a timer, import all the photos
I don’t know, hearing that syncthing isn’t good for something doesn’t set that easy for me
I use for the last two or even more years, and I didn’t disappoint me even once
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Could Cryptomator and any cloud service be a solution for your needs?
Frustratingly, no. They have file system integration in iOS, but not Android… Which is great for iOS users, but Android people basically need to enter the app to manually import or export files from it.
Does sync.com meet all your needs? Not sure about point 3 as not sure what you mean
I’m pretty sure from previous checks that it doesn’t handle point 3. (That point basically means “if you open up the native Android file manager, it shows up alongside the phone storage.”)
And I’m a little worried that the site is really, really vague about whether it’s even E2EE at this point.
Sounds like something like that should exist, there are many alternatives to nextcloud, plus nextcloud itself is working again on its e2e
It does, doesn’t it?! I’ve got my pocketbook open for whoever can figure it out.
I gave up on Nextcloud a while ago, back when it looked like they gave up entirely on encryption. I didn’t know they’d started up again.
You should just ask this separately on selfhosted@lemmy.world
I’m not really into different clouds, I use nextcloud only for work/business stuff, for everything else I use syncthing, sorry
I’ve used it some time ago and it seemed to work
I thought, surely you were wrong, that they had abandoned their end to end encryption module long ago and had never resuscitated it.
I’m happy to say, judging by their latest website, I was entirely wrong.
It sounds like now all I need to do is figure out what server version supports this, and sign up more or less anywhere that has a half decent reputation behind it.
Thank you for bringing this to my attention, as I had initially hand waved it.
Update: I couldn’t get E2EE to work, not really. My desktop and mobile clients refused to accept the same passphrase. Even after logging out and logging back in on both sides, my desktop would only accept the passphrase initially given by my desktop, and my phone would only accept the passphrase given from my phone.
There was other wackiness too. I wasn’t able to delete encrypted folders from my phone, I couldn’t encrypt folders from my phone, and I needed to empty out a folder before setting it as an encrypted one on my desktop.
If I get it working, I’ll figure out whether it’s actually ready for primetime… Unfortunately, signs point to no