What is Reddit's opinion of Cryptee?

> Apple does not have a good record of resisting such pressure in China, for example, having moved Chinese citizens’ data to Chinese government servers. Even some democracies criminalize broad categories of hate speech and blasphemy. Would Apple be able to resist the demands of legitimately elected governments to use this technology to help enforce those laws?

This right here and PRISM is why I've always kept one eye open with Apple. I think there comes a certain point when they will or have to give in somehow. Possibly be given a gag order to not tell the public about something either.

Over the past couple years I've been leaning more towards open source software and now I am even more. I got onto FF a few years ago and don't have any reason to switch. I looked into and started using cryptee. I'm willing to give up convenience for privacy and personal security. I'm rethinking what software and apps I use and working on replacing them.

For a second I started to actually think that Apple really was for the user. What goes on in China and the latest developments show that they really are not.

The easiest alternative would be to use something like Cryptee or a Nextcloud provider which are almost a direct alternative to a lot of Google services. They have limited free tiers and paid options for a couple dollars a month.

You can also host your own Nextcloud server but that requires a greater upfront cost if you don't already have a server and learning to how to set one up. Instructions

>One last question! When can I see the warranty canary in the future? :)

Already have one right here as a part of the Transparency Report. If we get woken up at 03:00 with a phone call or email regarding any legal situation, we'll post it there as long as the law permits. 😎

Yup already done. Went from the 50GB plan to free, took everything out and disabled iCloud photos and iCloud drive. I am switching to Cryptee and saw it recommended from a comment here a few days ago as well in /r/privacy and /r/privacytoolsIO and so far liking cryptee and got the 400GB plan. I'm also curious now to see how cryptee develops. The small team behind it which I believe is two devs at the moment are active and the main dev is active on reddit.

I've become very skeptical of Apple now though always kept one eye open because of PRISM etc. But now it's all getting worse. Now I'm set on encrypting everything.

crypt.ee.

I think it's the best solution for encrypted photo backup.

- it's easy to use

- for me most important: open source

Though there are a few convenience trade-offs, what the developer (u/johnozbay) is very honest about.

https://crypt.ee/help?article=convenience-trade-offs-you-need-to-make-while-using-cryptee-photos

Give it a try, the Starter Plan is free(100mb)

It's all about sharing I think.

If you do NOT need to share photo albums with small groups of people, then just backup offsite via sync (Syncthing or Reslio Sync) or get Crashplan or Backblaze. I currently have 8TB of files with Backblaze, most are photos with maybe 1/4 being video.

If you need to share albums, then it gets tricky. Onedrive will do an OK job but you're in the Microsoft world which is dubious (perhaps better the Google, but how much?).

I'm liking https://Piwigo.com which is open source and allows unlimited personal images at reasonable cost (but jpg, not TIFF, and no RAW... though it makes little sense to share raw files). Or you can host your own Piwigo photo site for free.

I looked at Ente.io a year ago and it couldn't cut it at the time as far as sharing album goes, but I'll revisit again, same with Cryptee .

For something a lot cheaper than standard notes ($3 for 10gb vs SN's hefty $10/month fee) that has image and markdown support right out the gate, try out crypt.ee. It doesn't have subfolders quite yet, but I've been in talks with u/johnozbay (the dev) about it lately.

Shameless plug here, I'm the maker of Cryptee!

It's AES256 client side encrypted, realtime syncs with all your devices, and it's a progressive web app that runs natively on all your devices when you pin it. You can use markdown + all types of styling, attach PDFs, photos and files to your journals or tag them inline, and it's free up to 100MB. So if your main use case is text-only you should be able to use it for free for a very very long time

Happy to answer any questions you may have if you'd like to know anything ✌🏻

Give it a try and let me know if you run into any issues or would like any specific features added that could make journaling easier and better!

It is one of the reasons. They explain it in detail here - https://crypt.ee/help?article=why-is-cryptee-not-in-the-ios-app-store-or-android-play-store

Their threat model is here - https://crypt.ee/threat-model

Depending on how much storage you need and accessibility, check out creating your own next cloud instance (sort've complicated) or https://crypt.ee by fellow redditor johnozbay.

Cryptee is an encrypted cloud storage for photos and documents with a fantastic privacy policy and quite privacy centric. This option is easy to use and fairly straight forward, although you may not have the quick access to your photos like you did with google photos. I know johnozbay is always developing / coding for cryptee so I'm sure he's got quite the roadmap planned.

Nextcloud / Owncloud you can self host on a server, VM, raspberry pi, a VPS or purchase a nextcloud instance from an online provider. You can easily integrate files editing with collabora and photos has a built-in application. (Nextcloud requires more work/setup). You can also set up nextcloud to auto upload your phone contacts, calendar events, and photos from your phone to your nextcloud instance.

Been using crypt.ee for more than a year now and I'm a fan. Developer u/johnozbay is very active on reddit, and adds new features regularly. It's open-source, encrypted, and customer support has always been friendly, personal and fantastic.

Check out Cryptee (https://crypt.ee) It's more for documents and photos but can also serve as an Evernote/Keep replacement. Free plan offers 100mb so you can try it out and paid plans are very reasonable. Web clipper is in the works per developer (u/johnozbay)

I know you said you want "only a password" and not a private key but good encryption will employ the use of both. I highly recommended you check out Cryptee (https://crypt.ee). It is a client side encrypted service that offers a free 100mb plan so you can try it out. Paid plans range from 10gb to 2tb! It's very reasonable and the dev is a great guy that is extremely passionate about privacy.

Actually, there is a really good option- Cryptee (https://crypt.ee) is client side open source, zero-knowledge encryption, and outside the 14 eyes. Storage prices are a little high ($3/10gb) but per the developer, things may change soon...give it a look

For a few months now I've been searching for a secure alternative to Evernote, and the best advice I can give you is to just give them a try. I can't really speak about privacy and security, but in terms of features and usability all of them have their strengths and weaknesses. It really depends what you want to do.

In regards to Joplin, I've liked it a lot, and it was the only note taking app I've found with a web clipper. At the same time, file attachements can't exceed 10MB and you need to be able to install/run the application in order to use it, which wasn't ideal for me. Overall it's really solid though, actively developed and you can store the notes on your own server, which is great.
Standard Notes was a bit lacking for my taste, you can only add To-Dos with another editor, inline-images are only possible with externally hosted images, and while they recently added support for file attachments, the Android App doesn't support them yet. I like their apps though, and you can also use it as a publishing platform through their "Listed"-Service.
Recently I gave Cryptee a try as well, and I've liked it the best so far. Although it's missing native Apps, is a bit on the slow side and you can't create tables in notes, their interface is really pretty and their editor is great as well. It's also way cheaper than Standard Notes.

At the moment, I'm paying for Evernote, Cryptee and Standard Notes. Hopefully one of the latter will continue to grow and mature, but at this moment, none of them is "perfect". Maybe you'll find a service/app that suits your needs, though.

Absolutely. He's doing it right. Too many of these rely on venture capital who always find a way to screw things up for idealists. I'm proud of John and highly recommend Cryptee. Just try the free account and you will definitely want the paid 10gb version at $30. https://crypt.ee/#features -

Thanks, I subscribed to that sub. crypt.ee looks promising, though I'm seeing with 50GB+ it can get pricey, even on the yearly plan. Do you know anything about that "Smart Search" feature it uses?

Just FYI all that emby server stuff went completely over my head haha, I have no idea what that is but I'll do some digging around and see what I can find.

Also, about Ghost Folders, that is correct. I've built Cryptee based on plausible deniability in mind. By which I mean you can hide a folder, and say if you've got an abusive partner forcing you to unlock your device, they would have no idea if you have a folder there or not. (or what's in it etc) And yeah technically this could be used in restrictive countries like China, however I think once you're dealing with a nation-state-level entity, Ghost folders may only work at basic checkpoints etc. If they decide to go full targeted surveillance on you, your milage may vary.

[shameless plug]

Give https://crypt.ee a try!

Been building this for a year and a half now.

It's finally out of beta this week. The 'official' launch is 10 days-ish away. (marketing etc.)

I'll post here something more detailed in a few days!

It uses openpgpjs, AES256 client side encrypted, runs on every device, client side open sourced.

Has a small free plan to try out, so feel free to give it a try and let me know what you think ~

You can use "REDDITPRIVACY" at the checkout and get 10% off if you wish to switch to paid plan.

I would love to hear the community's feedback on what can be improved as well, so I can start making the platform better.

https://crypt.ee

Been building this for a year and a half now for the same reason.

It's ready for public use and live. The official launch is 10 days or so away. (marketing etc.)

I'll post here something more detailed in a few days!

It uses openpgpjs, AES256 client side encrypted, runs on every device, client side open sourced.

Give it a try with the free version and let me know ~

You can use "PRIVACYTOOLS" at the checkout and get 10\% off for lifetime if you wish to switch to paid plan.

I would love to hear the community's feedback on what can be improved as well, so I can start making the platform better.

[Edit: clarified the 10% off is for lifetime]

I can also recommend Cryptee (https://crypt.ee) Like someone else noted, it doesn’t offer background/auto upload (impossible for a PWA) but it is well worth uploading your photos manually to have them in a safe, beautiful place. Seriously, give it a try

>https://crypt.ee/help?article=how-can-i-search-documents-for-their-text-content

Much appreciated - I didn't look hard enough for the help it seems. Now I also got an answer if tags are supported. Awesome, thanks!

As other people said for Instagram replacement : Pixelfed.

For GooglePhotos you can have a look into Piwigo : https://piwigo.org which is well established and well known. Or Recall : https://app.recall.photos which is pretty new but seems very promising on paper (open source, end to end encrypted, etc..).

EDIT : forgot to mention Cryptee : https://crypt.ee. Very well known and trusted and very easy to use.

Just two thoughts. If you want more sophisticated formatting then I would recommend using the Markdown Basic editor as that is a 'custom editor' which means they make it themselves and not a third party, see - https://standardnotes.org/help/77

The other benefit of that is should you want to leave in future Markdown is a standard and so very portable whereas if you use some other editors they may be much harder to use in other apps.

Finally for extremely sensitive stuff something like crypt.ee/ might be something of interest to you. It has a greater security focus at the expense of convenience and so I would only recommend that for rarely accessed but highly sensitive documents. Obviously for most things Standard Notes is much more convenient and perfectly suitable.

Hi! I use Cryptee myself and had the same question about the google sign-in. I found the answer in the FAQ of cryptee.

If I sign up with my Google Account, can Google access my files?

Hope this helps!

I honestly think the best option for you is Cryptee (https://crypt.ee) it's fully encrypted, client side open source, free plan of up to 100mb, paid starts at $3/month, you can upload .txt files and convert them to encrypted docs, has a PWA (Progressive Web App) so nothing to install. It works great and the developer has big plans coming soon!

I recommend a service called Cryptee (https://crypt.ee) for encrypted photo (and doc) storage. The developer u/johnozbay is very active here on Reddit in case you have any questions that the website doesn't address. It's a great service!

May I humbly suggest Cryptee (https://crypt.ee) as a safe, encrypted alternative home for your photos. The developer u/johnozbay is very active here on Reddit and can answer any questions you may have :)

Absolutely :)

So, my recommendation is a service called Cryptee (https://crypt.ee) it is an excellent alternative/replacement for those seeking a more private home for documents and photos. The creator r/johnozbay is constantly active with development and here on Reddit. Thx

Shameless plug here, I'm the maker of Cryptee! [as seen here on reddit]

It's an AES256 client side encrypted Docs & Photos alternative. Realtime syncs with all your devices, and it's a progressive web app that runs natively on all your devices when you pin it. You can use markdown + all types of styling, attach PDFs, photos and files to your docs or tag them inline, and it's free up to 100MB. So if your main use case is text-only you should be able to use it for free for a very very long time.

Offline mode is nearly complete as well, and sharing/collaborative editing is on the roadmap.

Happy to answer any questions you may have if you'd like to know anything ✌🏻

Give it a try and let me know if you run into any issues or would like any specific features added!

Hello there!

Thanks a lot for checking it out!

Currently there is no handwriting / annotation support. BUT, Cryptee has a unique feature that I've built with feedback from friends who are in academic / research fields. It's like a PDF picture in picture. You can see it here. Essentially you can keep writing notes, while looking at the PDF in the same screen. You can minimize the PDF as well if you need more screen real estate.

Some of my friends in academia said their biggest pain is switching between a PDF and a note-editor. And their feedback was that they're only using handwritten annotations, because it's impractical to switch back and forth so often. And according to their workflow this picture-in-picture solves the problem.

Also, you can easily link "attach" PDFs to documents/notes inline, and quickly open those by clicking on them. You can see how they look like here. These little inline attachment bubbles basically allow you to quickly link to PDFs that are on Cryptee, click on them and open them up in the pic-in-pic viewer.

I admit that this is just one workflow, and I'm pretty sure this may not fit some. Handwritten annotations are on the list of features to add. It'll take a little bit, but it is possible, and I have a preliminary idea on how it can be done as well. I am actively expanding and improving Docs rapidly with feedback from the user-community.

So feel free to give it a try, and let me know if it fits your workflow, and if not, let me know what I can improve, and I'll happily make improvements and add features to make things work for you as well!

Thanks!

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