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I'm moving away from Dropbox today. Thanks for this jensen2k.

by dotsid 13y ago

chanux 13y ago
For me though, no linux support :(
- e3pi 13y ago
  I run linux into Dropbox. It's tedious having to manually select/enter files without the dragging the others get. There's language Dropbox API modules that automate this too.
  - josteink 13y ago
    Dropbox has an official Linux-client. I think the poster was complaining about the fact that there are no jottacloud-client for Linux. Which for me too is a show-stopper. In that regard Owncloud[1] looks like a better option, but that again lacks mobile clients. [1] http://owncloud.org/sync-clients/ http://owncloud.org/sync-clients/
    - tombrossman 13y ago
      Owncloud does have mobile clients. I'm using the Android version and it works fine. https://owncloud.com/products/mobileapps https://owncloud.com/products/mobileapps
      - josteink 13y ago
        And suddenly I'm very interested again. thanks for nudging me in the right direction.
e3pi 13y ago
If you crypt, Dropbox is fine. People need to use encryption. Every popular computer language has encryption routines, scroll through the source code until you find something accessible, twiddle something to personalize it while keeping it functional, perhaps convince yourself it will remain secure, etc, of course be cautious about that. Or simply, there's double encryption, fold it again. Know big 100 meg, gigabyte file size encryption, becomes vulnerable. Wikipedia is the best general crypto introduction I've see.
- negrit 13y ago
  Any recommendations and best practices to encrypt data ?
- dotsid 13y ago
  I'm not hiding state secrets or anything! For me it's the principle. I want to move away from hosting things in American servers.
- toyg 13y ago
  The main selling point of Dropbox is cross-platform support for umpteen platforms, so you'd need to find an encryption tool that will work on all platforms; say bye to iOS...
  - Spooky23 13y ago
    Check out boxcryptor, works in the OS's that you probably care about.
- gyardley 13y ago
  'Twiddle something'? Don't mess with publicly-vetted crypto code - you're far more likely to introduce a weakness. Instead, just follow the documentation and use it correctly.

I'm moving away from Dropbox today. Thanks for this jensen2k.

by dotsid 13y ago

I'm moving away from Dropbox today. Thanks for this jensen2k.

chanux 13y ago

For me though, no linux support :(

e3pi 13y ago
I run linux into Dropbox. It's tedious having to manually select/enter files without the dragging the others get. There's language Dropbox API modules that automate this too.
- josteink 13y ago
  Dropbox has an official Linux-client. I think the poster was complaining about the fact that there are no jottacloud-client for Linux. Which for me too is a show-stopper. In that regard Owncloud[1] looks like a better option, but that again lacks mobile clients. [1] http://owncloud.org/sync-clients/ http://owncloud.org/sync-clients/
  - tombrossman 13y ago
    Owncloud does have mobile clients. I'm using the Android version and it works fine. https://owncloud.com/products/mobileapps https://owncloud.com/products/mobileapps
    - josteink 13y ago
      And suddenly I'm very interested again. thanks for nudging me in the right direction.

e3pi 13y ago

If you crypt, Dropbox is fine. People need to use encryption. Every popular computer language has encryption routines, scroll through the source code until you find something accessible, twiddle something to personalize it while keeping it functional, perhaps convince yourself it will remain secure, etc, of course be cautious about that. Or simply, there's double encryption, fold it again. Know big 100 meg, gigabyte file size encryption, becomes vulnerable. Wikipedia is the best general crypto introduction I've see.

negrit 13y ago
Any recommendations and best practices to encrypt data ?
dotsid 13y ago
I'm not hiding state secrets or anything! For me it's the principle. I want to move away from hosting things in American servers.
toyg 13y ago
The main selling point of Dropbox is cross-platform support for umpteen platforms, so you'd need to find an encryption tool that will work on all platforms; say bye to iOS...
- Spooky23 13y ago
  Check out boxcryptor, works in the OS's that you probably care about.
gyardley 13y ago
'Twiddle something'? Don't mess with publicly-vetted crypto code - you're far more likely to introduce a weakness. Instead, just follow the documentation and use it correctly.