OT: Dropbox and Skydrive encryption

Posted by Prion
Sep 12, 2014 at 12:17 PM

Hi Franz

I have used Owncloud and Seafile, two self-hosted Dropbox alternatives. In the end, I found Seafile more robust and since I was mostly interested in file syncing and not so much calendars etc, I kept using the latter. The project originated in China, but it is open-source and has a large international group of developers and users.
It runs on a Mac mini but there are also ready-made solutions to host it on a Raspberry Pi.

In looking back, I never had such a trouble-free solution for keeping files in sync. If the 500GB of storage space will ever be limiting, I can increase it further for the price of a new hard drive. Once I got it running, I have only looked at it if I wanted to.

Best regards
P

Franz Grieser wrote:
Hi.
> >I hope it’s only half off-topic: I am about to move more of my stuff
>over to Dropbox because sharing databases and manuscripts via USB sticks
>and keeping things up-to-date is getting more and more cumbersome.
>So: What do you use to encrypt your content in the Cloud? I use mainly
>Dropbox across Windows, iOS and Mac OS X.
> >Or do you use a “private cloud”? If so: Which software?
> >Thanks, Franz