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Comment by flanbiscuit

5 months ago

I was using this but when I switched to iOS I switched to Bitwarden.

What are you using for Syncthing on Android? There used to be an official Syncthing app for Android but then they stopped maintaining it. There was a popular fork but then that person stopped as well.

I looked into using Syncthing on iOS but there was only Möbius Sync and it didn’t run in the background. This is was made me finally switch to Bitwarden. But of course now I need figure what to do next.

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kreyenborgi  5 months ago

I use syncthing-fork from fdroid, works great

  • IG_Semmelweiss  5 months ago

    same. Recommend

    as long as the house doesn't catch fire, or as long i run outside with 1 of my syncthing devices (have several), local cloud is the best.

    • red369  5 months ago

      Can I ask questions about your setup? I don't intend to grill you on it or pick it apart - I would like to go down this route further, but find myself gradually moving away from it. I switched from Keepass to Bitwarden in 2020, knowing it was just a move towards convenience.

      I suppose you realised you could protect against the scenario where you run outside without any devices, by just having a copy of the encrypted data sent to some cloud service, e.g. iCloud/OneDrive/Google Drive, but decided you couldn't trust any?

      I know everyone's threat models are different, but I'm still curious to know your thoughts. There's no one you would trust with an encrypted copy?

      Do you have any automated backup of your phone to a cloud service, or only local? If a cloud service, do you make sure it excludes your password manager? If no cloud backup, then do you make sure you have a copy of your data outside the house?

      I have incomplete thoughts about the robustness of my password/OTP code backups. It is the 2-factor codes, which one day in the distant future, when I am overseas holding a new replacement for a lost phone, looking at the text "Enter the 6‑digit verification code", I will wish I'd thought about more carefully.

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