I am thinking of getting a secure cloud storage service. I contemplated about using Nextcloud but I don't have a server at home or even a spare computer. I am against using the third party servers as I would have to do a lot digging to find out if they are good. SpiderOak ONE does not have proper official support for Solus. MEGA also does not provide a binary for Solus. pCloud and Tresorit seem to be the best options as they both support Solus. pCloud provides an AppImage and Tresorit gives an universal shell script as an installer. They both have end-to-end encryption and zero knowledge in their services. Tresorit is about twice as expensive as pCloud but it is far more secure. pCloud does not offer end-to-end encryption by default, though. I will have to pay for its addon service, pCloud Crypto, to get it. Tresorit has it built-in. pCloud has most of its servers in the US, though it is based in Switzerland. Tresorit has all of its servers in Europe. I am really confused about what to get. What do you guys think is the best secure cloud storage service for Solus? 😰

    I use Google Drive with OpenDrive (available as an AppImage). Works well.

      Justin It is not very 'private', Justin. I want something that provides a high level of privacy while being affordable and easy to use. Google Drive is way off the mark! Thanks for the suggestion, anyway. I appreciate it. 😀

          dlalinsp Private clearly has different meanings for some. I see it a lot in Linux communities.

              I actually moved from jottacloud to a nextcloud provider (hertzner, german). I am really happy with nextcloud as it supports many services I had separate third providers for (tasks, notes, password manager, etc.). So in the end it was a cheaper option as well.
              Also, nextcloud is in the software center and works like a breeze on solus.

              Also, some Nextcloud providers actually support E2E encryption, although I am not sure mine does.

                dlalinsp It is not very 'private', Justin. I want something that provides a high level of privacy while being affordable and easy to use. Google Drive is way off the mark!

                Tresorit is closed source and hasn't been audited as far as I know. That being said, I used it for a while and it worked great on Solus.

                    dlalinsp Does it really matter what cloud you use? I wouldn't trust any cloud, no matter who it is. So at the end of the day you encrypt your stuff anyway before uploading to "somewhere". But if you just don't like google (which I totally understand, I don't like them too). Maybe try to host your own "cloud" on a NAS for example. Or try Keybase.io, they give you 250GB free and it is E2E with pgp and has kinda good integration into the system without the need of syncing any files. The client for Linux is in the Solus Software Center. https://keybase.io/docs/kbfs and https://github.com/keybase/client

                        Justin Interesting...! Any examples?

                        dug Thanks! I knew that it was closed source but I did not know that it hasn't been audited. What do you think about pCloud?

                        sgvd I explained the reason why I don't like NextCloud or self-hosting in the first post. I don't have a server and I don't want to be digging up information on the third party servers. I need something that is a bit more easier, bro! I hope you understand.

                        nodq 😁 Yeah! I don't like Google. Thanks for understanding me, bro!

                        nodq So at the end of the day you encrypt your stuff anyway before uploading to "somewhere".

                        Great advice! I think I'll take it. I checked out Keybase. It looks like there is no GUI for Linux. It seems a little too complicated to use for me. Thanks!

                                    dlalinsp This is an example. Just look around at the millions of I don't trust Google etc threads.

                                        Justin Hey! It is true that I don't like Google but I also don't trust anything else very easily as well. I usually try to use something that has a verifiably high level of security and privacy. Privacy for me means that no one else should have access to my stuff without a valid reason and explicitly asking me. That is how I roll, bro! 😎

                                        dug Thanks anyway, bro! 👍️

                                              dlalinsp The only level of privacy you're going to get is self-hosted and offline. There is no true privacy once your information hits a public network.

                                                I just installed pCloud on Solus two days ago, since Dropbox told me I wasn't allowed to have more than 3 computers synced anymore. As far as I have noticed, pCloud works like a charm on Solus, and is far more fast than Dropbox in uploading files.

                                                  Bouquins Nice. I moved off of Dropbox in the last few days for exactly the same reason. I moved to Google Drive for mine but may try pCloud.

                                                    Ah, lifetime pricing, as tempting as that sounds it usually means they won't be around for long as people fill that up and then never have to pay again, no recurring revenue for these types of services = death.

                                                    I am glad to be of some service to you, guys! 😄 I tried pCloud too but I didn't like it. The product is good and it does what it is supposed to do. However, it makes using encryption and zero knowledge a headache! 😰 I wonder why they gave that as an addon service? Anyway, both sync and share don't work in the encrypted folder. I have to pay for that separately as well, if I continue. It is not worth it. Apparently, it will be a long time before we get those features in there. Hence, I am going to take Justin's advice and stick to using offline storage. I might check out Tresorit in the future, though. Thanks, guys!

                                                    I use Mega and Dropbox. I do encrypt my own private data, even though they both have end to end encryption. Just to be on the safe side. I find that using a browser (I use FF) with Mega is very easy, and Dropbox has a desktop app for Solus.
                                                    Mega is free, and Dropbox is very reasonably priced. Of course, I only transfer from/to my PC, no other devices (for now).
                                                    :-)

                                                      elfprince I am kind of an amateur on Linux and privacy related matters. So I would like to know how you encrypt specific folders or files before syncing or sharing? 🤔

                                                          I would assume they use veracrypt

                                                          Basically the application creates an encrypted container that... contains your files.

                                                          So you might have a file /home/username/volume1 Open it in veracrypt an its a mountable encrypted volume that contains your data. You enter a password to decrypt it and / or you can add things like a keyfile as a type of two factor authentication to unlocking the volume.