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Ask yourself: Are your photo backups *actually* private?

Privacy pioneer and advocate @naomibrockwell explores the dangers of using default Apple and Google photo backups, recommending Nextcloud as a top go-to solution to keep your photos private.

#WhoOwnsYourPhotos? #privatephotobackup

https://youtu.be/n_kTzu8NEyg


Don't Use Google For Photo Backup!

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jomo
jomo
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my photo backups are gone after my Nextcloud had some sort of hiccup and fails to decrypt half of my files.
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Lars Marowsky-Brée 😷
Lars Marowsky-Brée 😷
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They're only private when you physically own and control the media, or when they're E2EE. Hosted Nextcloud doesn't by itself suffice, unfortunately.
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Robo V.
Robo V.
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Yeah, the NextCloud solution is great until… your iOS NextCloud client de-auths every few months and after re-login the auto upload is disabled, you have to configure it again and guess what was the last photo synced and do a boring manual sync.
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Internet Rando
Internet Rando
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Yeah, I've been using #nextcloud to upload my photos from my (and my fam's) phones for YEARS, i can't imagine ever sending them to google/apple, what a nightmare!

My favorite part is, when my phone can't reach my nextcloud server it waits, and uploads when it can.

i also overuse the ability to keep my MP3s synced on my phone, because screw using bandwidth to stream. Music in Airplane Mode? βœ…

#Nextcloud

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