Dropbox is testing AI tools—an experiment that involves OpenAI getting access to users' documents and files if you start futzing around with the AI tools. You can opt out by…

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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.

  • KptnAutismus@lemmy.world
    25·
    11 months ago

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

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

    • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      21·
      11 months 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

    • EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website
      84·
      11 months ago

      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.