Curious about both android and iOS because I want to know what to recommend to friends. I’m asking about Google Drive because that’s what is simplest for my peers right now.
With Facebook adding AI directly into messenger, I have some people wanting to switch to Signal. However I’m not confident in my process for backups.
Right now I’m using FolderSync which is working well. The problem is deletion, where the deleted file sticks around in the trash for 30 days, eating up storage space until I manually delete it. Since the Signal backups can get quite large, the trashed backups are enough to put me over the limit.
I didn’t try WhatsApp that long, but it had a built-in feature to backup to Google Drive. I don’t need that level of simplicity, but something close would be nice.
iOS has its own internal backups that can either be done by connecting your device to a Mac or a PC with iTunes for local storage or you can use a part of your iCloud storage and upload it. There is no need to add an extra layer or another provider.
Is it possible for them to mark a specific folder for upload / backups? I think android has a similar backup option, but it’s for the entire phone’s contents.
Google drive is also privacy invasive, look at that guy who got banned for sending medical photos of his kid to the pediatrician. i’ve been using a self-hosted nextcloud instead of google drive, but these days back up to my laptop through rsync from termux over a usb cable. i’ve noticed with nextcloud, if I upload a folder with lots of photos, a few of them will fail and keep spamming notifications with retries. That is mostly on my old phone though.
I agree, and I’m planning something similar for myself
Since this is for friends, and since signal backups are encrypted, I wanted to see if it was possible with existing cloud backup services that they already use
Dont trust or use Google drive. Google wouldn’t offer that space for free…they get something out of it.
They get to comb thru all your stuff. And if you think “hey but that violates so many regulations”… LMAO
All the email you send through Gmail, all your search terms. Everything Google touches of yours is theirs basically. And if you think that’s some tinfoil hat shit and they’d be caught… LMAO.
I self host seafile. Nextcloud and syncthing are also good options. There are people that sell hosted nextcloud and seafile
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would you mind sharing those ppl?Altispeed technologies sells both otherwise I’m not familiar with anyone else that does it since I self host
Just use Syncthing and whatever chat app you like.
Thank you, I’ll try it.
What’s the difference between this and Syncthing-fork? I see both recommended in different threads
Syncthing-fork has a couple of mobile-specific enhancements, like only sync on a schedule, never on mobile data, etc.
But the official SyncThing was more recently updated, last I checked. Should that be of concern?
