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Well, folks, I just cancelled #Dropbox & signed up for #Sync. Unfortunately (or fortunately), my Dropbox plan only just renewed, so I'll have both for almost a year. I plan to gradually copy stuff over to Sync in the coming months and see how it goes
The Sync plans are MUCH less expensive, so if you're looking for a Canadian sync and file sharing service, it might be worth checking out.
Of course (to mis-use an idiom) the proof will be in the pudding.
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Looking for a Canadian-based cloud storage provider? Try Sync.com.
They are currently running a discount on their Canadian Cloud Storage.
I've used their Windows app for 10 years, and it is reliable and secure.
They have a Mac app now, and recently introduced Team features, but I've not tried either of those. There is no Linux app.
Aside from being a customer, I have no business or personal affiliation with them.
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www.sync.comSync | Secure Cloud Storage, File Sharing and Document CollaborationSecure file storage and collaboration that helps you stay safe, secure and connected in the cloud.
Let's compile a list of non-US based computer technologies/applications for people looking for alternatives. Here are some that I use daily:
#Obsidian MD (Canada)
#SublimeText (Australia)
#Spotify (Sweden)
#Vivaldi (Norway)
#Tuta (Germany)
#Codeberg (Germany)
#Suunto (Finland)
#Runalyze (Germany)
#Mistral (France)
#Wise (UK)
#Sync (Canada)
#Mapy.cz (Czech Rep.)
#Windy (Czech Rep.)
#Ventusky (Czech Rep.)
#Meteoblue (Germany)
#aminus3 (France)
Feel free to expand 
#BoycottUSA
Been searching for an alternative to #Google Drive and I think I found it: #Sync is simple and does everything I need and not much else at a pretty good price. Bonus: They’re based in #Canada 
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#Storage #CloudStorage #DeGoogle #BuyCanadian https://www.sync.com/
SyncSync | Secure Cloud Storage, File Sharing and Document CollaborationSecure file storage and collaboration that helps you
stay safe, secure and connected in the cloud.
@Remittancegirl @Christo_459 Probably none. The connection between Russia and the Baltics has carried no energy either direction for a couple of years now. The Baltic electricity grid has been synced from the Russian network and now they are moving to the Continental European synchronisation.
This shouldn’t affect any electricity consumers in any of these countries.
elering.eeSynchronisation with continental Europe | Elering
If you are like me and are driving an old Ford Fiesta with Sync and the bluetooth part crashes sometimes after your phone's system updates, you need to pull the F10 fuse to force a reset of the center console. If you have a 2014 model, like I do, that means taking out the glove box to get to the fuses.
Thank you to @jcrabapple for pointing me to @floccus! This is absolutely an amazing tool. It's EXACTLY what I've been looking for. Appreciate you!!!
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No, you are not the only one. I came here to see if my sync problems, which have been going on for a while now, were me or if there is an issue. I am glad to see that there is an issue
I only noticed today that #Vivaldi has been experiencing #sync server issues for over a week. The users probably won’t even have noticed this UNLESS something untoward happens locally, like when all my mom’s bookmarks went missing and now they cannot be recovered. Local #backup would’ve been nice to have but now it’s too late to cry.
In earlier days I was using #unison to two-way (mostly manually) sync a directory between hosts. But this is becoming a huge problem, as unison requires the very same version on both sides, and my systems are quite different these days.
What other Linux tools out there can do a reliable two-way sync of a directory?
Edit: use case is manually sync work between multiple devices, not online all the time.
Just discovered that I can use #Obsidian to share files between my devices, thanks to #ObsidianSync. I have to do some more testing on this, but it could very well be a game changer... at least for me. 
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@jpsachse : or when your account gets pwned and the attacker does a better job proving that they are you than you - after all, *they* have access to your account - while you do not.
ANDROID PASSKEY BLACK HOLE
*Or* when you press a button "Clear data" (at the bottom of https://chrome.google.com/sync) which is accompanied by the text:
« This will clear your Chrome data that has been saved in your Google Account. This might clear some data from your devices. »
For you to subsequently find out that ALL OF YOUR PASSKEYS on (all of) your Android device(s) are IRRETRIEVABLE GONE (I reported this to Google in June 2023 and published it 6 months later in
https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Feb/15). It's still unfixed.
WHY NO EXPORT AND NO BACKUP
W.r.t. being able to export and/or backup all private keys belonging to all of your passkeys: that's a big dilemma (depending on your POV).
The main (advertised, not taking into account a possibly desired vendor lock-in) reason is simple: if *you* have direct access to such private keys, *malware* running on your device does too.
The compromise is that they are automatically synced to your cloud account, and from there to other devices (of the same brand, provided they run an OS version that's not too old), including a new device if you brick or lose your old device.
However, if there's serious malware on your device, then, even if the malware authors cannot steal all of your passkeys (that is, their private keys), then you're toast anyway; a RAT such as AnyDesk may fool you into believing that you're logging in to website A while in fact it's B and they steal it's session cookie - and pwn the webaccount.
SYNCING PRIVATE KEYS
BTW it's hardly being discussed, but being able to synchronize secrets between secure hardware enclaves in such a way that *you* are denied access, is quite an achievement (considering that, if you buy a new phone, the only available secrets to the transport system are your definitely weak passcode, and your, potentially weak, cloud password that may be used to encrypt the private keys in transit).
I *know* that it's complicated because I accidentally found out around June 2023 that Android can get confused: passkeys *seem* to sync just fine, but passkeys created on phone 1 do not work on phone 2 and vice versa. Somehow the phones had started using *different* encryption keys used to securily synchronize them (I also mentioned that issue in my reports to Google in the summer of 2023, and I mention it in the FD (seclists.org) message).
I don't know how Apple syncs secrets in iCloud keychain, and neither whether a situation may exist where passkey's private keys sync but are unusable (like may happen when using Android).
APPLE'S OWN PASSKEY MISERY
However, Apple has got their own bunch of problems with passkeys being usable *without* requiring biometrics or a passcode to unlock them from iCloud Keychain, see https://infosec.exchange/@ErikvanStraten/113050312014160350 and follow-up (it gets worse every time I look at it) https://infosec.exchange/@ErikvanStraten/113053761440539290 (more details in earlier toots in that thread).
In short: if you don't use biometrics to unlock your iPhone or iPad (OR you do, but you have -unlikely- disabled a specific configuration setting), then anyone with access to your iDevice in an unlocked condition (*), can sign in to:
https://appleid.apple.com
and/or
https://icloud.com
WITHOUT entering your passcode (or using biometrics).
(*) your child, spouse, someone you don't know (well) who borrows your phone to make a call (because their's battery is dead), NOTABLY including a thief who stole it while you were using it (or saw you type your passcode and can unlock it by themselves: https://youtu.be/QUYODQB_2wQ).
I'm not sure yet, but this may even render Apple's anti-theft system totally moot.
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Finally, nailed it! Notes from OrgMode going to the Palm PDA and backward
Tip of the day: When it comes to syncing #DEVONthink or #DEVONthinkToGo, people are sometimes unsure of how to set up sync locations. If you’re using an iCloud sync, there’s only one option: all databases sync to one location. But if you’re using another sync option, you may want to approach it differently. #collaboration #pkm #productivity #sync #tipoftheday https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20220608-devonthink-sync-locations
