I was looking for a Google Drive alternative. Its mainly for storing small documents. 10GB is Filen’s limit on their free plan. Its more than enough.

But I am concerned about their privacy. Have anyone used it? I am ready to pay for a really good service but if they are giving it for free than I why should I pay if they are private enough?

They also have paid ones but they are an overkill for me. I mainly use offline HDD backups. These are for some quick access files. I don’t need an app or anything. Simple web login would be fine.

  • Libb@piefed.socialEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I use it and their free plan works fine but I’ve quickly upgraded to a paid tier. They claim zero knowledge E2EE, that’s all I know. Free and paid plans offer the same level of privacy, as far as I know. But, if you plan on sharing files (I don’t) make sure the free plan still offer that feature as I think I remember it was removed awhile ago (but I may be wrong).

    I also think most our governments will sooner than later decide those kind of fully privacy-respecting cloud storage should not be accessed by mere users like ourselves (because ‘think of the children’ and the usual bullshit). So, I don’t rely on it as my sole backup, I have another online backup solution (not cloud) and also keep a copy of all my files on a fully encrypted disk drive (two of them, as a matter of fact).

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    Edit: typos.