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I would love to do this without sharing my extension data and bookmarks with Google. They already know what I search for. I don't really want them to know my fa
by drivebyacct 16y ago
I would love to do this without sharing my extension data and bookmarks with Google. They already know what I search for. I don't really want them to know my favorite porn or cooking websites.
How difficult would it be to add a different provider for Chromium sync, or make a small server component that would allow anyone to decentralized-ly be their own provider of a sync repo for their browsers?
- buster 16y agoHow selfish of you, to save the good porn sites for yourself
- drivebyacct 16y agoUh, at least among male internet users I am a small minority. I wouldn't worry about my collection, heh. Besides, they're still there and finding is half the fun.
- yanw 16y agoThey don't "know" about your porn bookmarks, it's just stored on their servers, besides the sync is not obligatory you can use the xmarks extention if you're more comfortable with them.
- drivebyacct 16y agoOh I know, I'm just paranoid and have (yes, even me, the Google fanboy) my limits on what I'm willing to store on others' servers. I know, I can use xmarks or del.icio.us or whomever, but having bookmarks/extensions or (at least eventually) all of my browser state synced in a single place... that's just unbeatable IMO. Especially because I have a desktop, laptop and work laptop that are used about equally. It's a nightmare to remember, "Oh where did I bookmark that page at?" etc. Not to mention extensions, cookies, etc, etc.
- sliverstorm 16y agoXMarks has a version that lets you run your own sync service (WebDav or FTP, IIRC). That only covers bookmarks though. Paranoia or convenience. Take your pick. You can't really have both.
- drivebyacct 16y agoI didn't know that, that's awesome and definitely worth further consideration. Thanks for the information!
- e1ven 16y agoIIRC, Mozilla Weave (now Firefox Sync) encrypts all of your data on your PC before uploading it to a webdav share- Either your own, or theirs. If you use your machine, they never see it, and if you use theirs, they can't decrypt it.
- logic 16y agoWeave is about the only thing I really miss since switching to Chrome; I ran my own server, but encrypting the data prior to transmission meant I wouldn't have felt terrible about sending it to them. Architecturally, I felt pretty good about it. Chrome's syncing? Not so much.
- ZitchDog 16y agoWhy don't you write your own extension to sync your bookmark to AWS? (encrypted of course)
- drivebyacct 16y agoLaziness? Plus I like the fact that it's integrated into the browser itself. That might be irrational though, not sure how well integrated plugins can be in core browser stuff.
- ZitchDog 16y agoSo you want bookmark sync integrated into the browser, but you don't want the bookmarks stored anywhere where google can get at them. How could google put your bookmarks somewhere that they don't have access to?
- drivebyacct 16y agoUh, Chromium's open source, it could ask for FTP credentials and then upload them there...? There are any number of ways this could be done without giving any information to Google and only giving them to Chromium. Am I missing something?