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@AteshgaRubyTeeth@lemmy.world.

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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@TheFederatedPipe@kbin.social

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.

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@danileonis@lemmy.ml

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

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[–] 73 points 2 years ago* (21 children)

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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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    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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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    LetsEncrypt offers free SSL certificates, if you're familiar with reverse proxies then it's not too difficult to implement. I have mine set up to automatically renew my wildcard cert, then send a special signal to the nginx docker container for it to reload the SSL certs

    A more onedrive/google drive-like alternative to Nextcloud would be Syncthing, which is E2EE and doesn't need additional config of SSL certs and the like

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I got some angry letters from my ISP when I was younger for using dynamic DNS, ranging from it being a virus to it violating their terms.

    No idea of they still get pissy about it or not.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    With Nextcloud, when you, install maps, the location logging app, uploads your photos, you can see your life laid out over a time access. It's scary it you normally give all that to say Google or Apple.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Do you know if nextcloud is foss? Do you know any that are?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Any chance you could explain the basics of how the Hetzner thing would work? I'm noob

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    You go to this website from Hetzner:

    https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-share

    You sign up for one of the plans, cheapest is 5.11 EUR a month. You’ll get 1 TB of storage for this.

    Storage Share is essentially some space on a server from Hetzner where the Nextcloud software is already running.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    Their customer support is the worst I've ever experienced though. If nothing goes wrong,I guess they're okay.

    I'd recommend skiff instead as not self hosted alternative

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I havent yet dealt with the customer service so this is indeed something to keep in the back of my head.

    Does internxt and skiff also provide fully setup nextcloud instances or do you need to set it up yourself?

    I’m reading that nextcloud tends to break whenever you update it or perform administrative tasks. Hetzner does al this for you so that’s a bonus item.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I can copy past this on the resume ? Is it ok for you, I clearly agree, and don't use that shit of DB ofc. I keep this link for relatives though

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