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Dropbox removed ability to opt your files out of AI training (news.ycombinator.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Happy I moved to Syncthing a long time ago. My data is replicated on several locations and instances on cheap old raspberries+drives and syncs instantly even on my phone, where I keep Obsidian notes. No size limits, no huge hassle, 10 minutes to get a new instance set up.

Every now and then I will rsync the encrypted version to an offline drive and store it somewhere else.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What do you use for encryption? I'm open to options for encryption. Any opinions about Veracrypt?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Syncthing has built-in encryption and works pretty well, it's also really easy to use. I have been using it for some time with several instances and never had a problem, it requires more CPU though, so some old raspies had a hard time working with my big photos folder (800GB) when encrypted. On instances that are not encrypted, the full HDD is encrypted (the option you have when installing Linux).

Not sure how secure it is, but from the docs: Encryption is XChaCha20-Poly1305 and AES-SIV with a key derived from the password and folder ID using scrypt. Considering how polished, huge user base and how much attention to detail Syncthing has, I trust it's good enough for my needs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Would your photos folder be handled quicker if you split it into two seperate folders of say, 400 gigs each?