[liberationtech] Safe app like Dropbox?

Karl Fogel kfogel at red-bean.com
Thu Jan 10 07:49:12 PST 2013


Gilson Schwartz <gilson.schwartz at gmail.com> writes:
>I did install Cloudfogger but after a trial I just can´t find my way
>out of the app.
>
>Any hints? Their Help desk was unsupportive after a first mail asking
>for help.

On the general topic of this thread:

FileRock just got open sourced.  I haven't used it, but have seen it
billed as "a secure Dropbox clone".

  http://blog.filerock.com/2012/12/were-going-open-source/

-Karl

>On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Brad Beckett <bradbeckett at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>    Or better yet -- encrypt your data with CloudFogger, it's free:
>    http://www.cloudfogger.com/en/
>    
>    
>    I told DropBox long ago that encryption would reck havoc on their
>    de-duplication and that people would continue to use it until they
>    feel their data is secure.
>    
>    
>    2 years ago I asked for two factor authentication. They ignored
>    me, and a lot of accounts were compromised. Now they have 2
>    factor.
>    
>    
>    I still do not trust my data on Amazon servers therefor I encrypt.
>    
>    
>    The nice thing about CloudFogger is that well it's free and also
>    has matching mobile apps.
>    
>    
>    - Brad Beckett
>    
>    
>    On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 2:05 AM, Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org>
>    wrote:
>    
>    
>        On Sun, Jan 06, 2013 at 09:49:25AM +0100, Jerzy Łogiewa wrote:
>        > Hello!
>        >
>        > Dropbox is completely convenient, but source is closed and I
>        do not really want storing my data on their server.
>        >
>        > What other app exist? Anything truly open and support own
>        remote storage, but working as: drop into folder, auto syncro
>        happens on a supported platform?
>        
>        
>        Try OwnCloud.
>        
>        
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