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AStonesThrow ◴[] No.41898655[source]
I used Syncthing for a while between various Linux distros, and I used Syncthing-Fork on my Android tablet, and it was okay when it worked, but it often borked up, and there were so many arcane settings and weird failure modes. I realized that the only reason I was using Syncthing was because it appealed to the vestigial, ultra-paranoid crypto-fascist BOFH in me, and I had grown out of those attitudes.

So today I just use Google Drive and MS OneDrive like a normal person. They work great. I love 'em. They don't fail like Syncthing. They're way more secure, and fully supported. Come join me! The water's fine!

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stavros ◴[] No.41899460[source]
How is Google Drive "way more secure" than a peer-to-peer encrypted solution?
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AStonesThrow ◴[] No.41899498[source]
Most of us do not have IDS/IPS/DLP tooling in our home networks, nor do we have a 24/7 on-call SOC team monitoring their SIEMs dashboards.

Google and Microsoft provision this stuff, even for consumers, with secure authentication and good protections.

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1. Evidlo ◴[] No.41901516[source]
It uses STUN/TURN so your first point is irrelevant.

I don't understand the second. Are you saying Syncthing is less secure?