Encrypted Cloud solutions for keeping very little local data
reddit / selfhosted

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vothvovo · 2023-09-27 01:06

I am looking for a setup that allows me to keep very little data on my
phone(android) in case I lose it or it gets stolen.

\- When I take pictures, they should be moved from my phone, into an
encrypted cloud

\- Same for Journal Entries, Notes, entries into a habit app and
potentially more personal data in the future.

The cloud should be encrypted, in case I make a mistake with self
hosting and get hacked (also it would be nice that if my phone
actually gets stolen, the person doesn't just access my cloud without
having to de-crypt it with a password).

I guess the challenge here is that I need to/want to hold onto the
data for some time until I sent it to the cloud.

I thought a solution could be to have an "unsafe space", which is kept
for lets say 24h. And every 24h, I put pictures, notes, and so on,
into the encrypted cloud. Then the apps I use for note taking, habits,
journaling will have their data for the day without me having to
provide tons of passwords every time I want to access it AND I get to
have them stored in an encrypted cloud when I don't need them anymore.

I guess another solution is to sync asap and if sucess delete after
24h? and every edit renews the 24h timer? idk.

There is no way I am the first person to think of this. What's a good
solution here? Is there software or a common setup for this kind of
usecase?

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TrustyworthyAdult · 2023-09-27 01:48

Nextcloud does all of this

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ElevenNotes · 2023-09-27 06:36

It seems like you could use a NAS at home and store all your data
there?

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borouhin · 2023-09-27 09:44

If you are so much worried about a thief accessing your data - why
don't you just encrypt your phone? In fact, it should be already
encrypted by default if it's a fairly recent Android/iOS, you should
just use a password to unlock it (that's more secure than PIN or
biometrics, but if you consider only the possibility of accidental
theft, everything will suffice).

As for cloud backup - any private cloud solution will do it, but your
main problem may be getting files from all your applications. It's
easy with photos, but your note-taking app may as well store it's data
in some obscure proprietary internal database instead.

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fedroxx · 2023-09-27 23:48

You're asking in the wrong sub. This is *self*-hosted.