Cloud Storage
Ideally I'd lick to backup and if necessary share data via a "cloud" account. Is there such a thing that aligns with or close to FSF guidelines?
Sorry guys I see there are a ton of other entries - please delete this entry if poss
Hi staticex, regarding storing your data on the internet or the issue
of Service as a Software Substitute (SaaSS), some of the best guidance
are Who Does That Server Really Serve by The GNU Project
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.en.html
and Keep Control of Your Computing, So It Doesn't Control you!
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/keep-control-of-your-computing.html.
I quote some paragraphs below:
"In the meantime, if a company invites you to use its server to do
your own computing tasks, don't yield; don't use SaaSS. Don't buy or
install “thin clients,” which are simply computers so weak they make
you do the real work on a server, unless you're going to use them with
your server. Use a real computer and keep your data there. Do your own
computing with your own copy of a free program, for your freedom's
sake."
"Then there is the issue of storing your data in companies' servers.
The largest such companies have little respect for users' privacy. For
instance, if you hand your data to Facebook, companies pay Facebook
(not you) for the use of it. They pay Facebook (not you) to run ads
using your face."
Sincerely yours,
Malsasa
Encrypt your data before sending them. Some backup systems propose that.
There are several smaller providers which use nextcloud to host your data, you can look into this yourself. But they don't automatically qualify for meeting FSF guidelines for eg. if you must use non-free javascript to sign up.
I am a translator!
For backup, if you have a connection with a good uplink throughput, a computer permanently on and a fixed IPv4 address (that one not absolutely necessary, there are workarounds), a solution could be to find someone in the same situation, both people run rsyncd and host backup for each other. Actually, I am in this situation and I would be interested :)
For sharing with a cloud account, I have installed a seafile server on a raspberry pi running debian (I'd prefer running that on a device that works with debian free only, I need to work on my rockpro64), it works fine for sharing. Ideally, once I manage to install Trisquel on rockpro64 (hopefully), I'll setup seafile there and document the installation (the official manual is already nearly ok).