Comment by 16bitvoid
2 years ago
> Does that mean it doesn't sync across the internet?
They currently host their own backup node, so it does sync across the internet, but you only get 1GB of storage (or 10GB if you were in the alpha) on their backup node. Once that's exceeded, additional files are only synced P2P.
They're planning on providing extra storage for a cost and soon anyone will be able to self-host their own backup node.
P2P sync over the internet on our roadmap. We plan to release it later this year. Our protocol already supports it, but we need to implement peer discovery.
Right; should have been more specific, thanks!
I meant to ask if the app syncs P2P over the internet, rather than just through their provided storage.
My solution is to have short-lived data so that they can't reach more than a few MBs of memory on my server, but if there's a straightforward way to do P2P across the globe, I'd very much prefer that option. Asking people to believe that I can't look at their (encrypted) data is fine, but preventing me from having their data at all is ideal.
Given what you pointed out, I definitely figure they're not doing WWW P2P syncing, but you'd be surprised the technical stuff you can figure out by just asking someone who spent way too long building it. They're usually happy to tell you all kinds of interesting details (especially when it comes to 'interesting' bugs/workarounds/hacks)!