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Dropbox is sharing users' files with OpenAI, here's how to opt out

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@AteshgaRubyTeeth.

If you’re fed up with companies fucking you over there’s an alternative.

There software called Nextcloud which you can run on a server which works in comparable ways as Onedrive/Google Drive/Dropbox/etc. works.

You could host it yourself on a server if you know how.

If you’re not familiar with forwarding ports or setting static IP adresses you can rent some server space from Hetzner where Nextcloud is included.

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@TheFederatedPipe

I’m totally in favor with your post, but not everyone is willing to self-host or is capable of doing it. So I recommendation would be and one that I’m currently using, is when uploading a file to these cloud services encrypt your files. I’m using , but I’m sure there are other alternatives, like . There is also , but to my understanding, is not great for cloud sync.

Cryptomator official website
Quick youtube video in how to use cryptomator (3:51)

Cryptomator is open source and free, but only on desktop. To use the mobile version, you will have to pay. Here is a list of alternatives to cryptomator, if you are familiar with one, please share your knowledge.

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@danileonis

Don’t forget Syncthing, I always suggest it first since it doesn’t require a server or advanced knowledge to work.

danileonis ,
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Don't forget Syncthing, I always suggest it first since it doesn't require a server or advanced knowledge to work.

ExtremeDullard ,
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Missing option that I use:

Free Google Drive mounted with rclone and then eCryptfs filesystem mounted on the Google Drive mountpoint.

I get the free space and Google only sees encrypted files.

davel ,
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DropBox has been dead to me since 2014 when they put former US Sec. of State Condoleezza Rice on their board of directors.

RustyShackleford ,
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Even less shocking, this can’t be disabled in mobile browsers.

AteshgaRubyTeeth ,

If you’re fed up with companies fucking you over there’s an alternative.

There software called Nextcloud which you can run on a server which works in comparable ways as Onedrive/Google Drive/Dropbox/etc. works.

You could host it yourself on a server if you know how.

If you’re not familiar with forwarding ports or setting static IP adresses you can rent some server space from Hetzner where Nextcloud is included.

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