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Re:Show HN: I made a privacy-first minimalist Backblaze by agucova on Sunday March 06, 2022 @02:13PM (#30580205)
If this would allow me to check my files in a simple web UI (no need for collaboration or anything), and create share links for low-volume downloads I could just leave Google Drive permanently.
Re:Show HN: I made a privacy-first minimalist Backblaze by bimbashrestha on Sunday March 06, 2022 @02:24PM (#30580313)
Ah sadly that probably won't happen soon. All the data is encrypted with your master password (password manager style) and that master password isn't transfered to the server. So you'd have to use the desktop client to access your files.
Re:Show HN: I made a privacy-first minimalist Backblaze by jeroenhd on Sunday March 06, 2022 @03:06PM (#30580730)
You could create a sharing mechanism, though; let the desktop client encrypt a copy of the file with a randomly generated key and share that key in the download URL like Mega does it.

Requires extra data transfers and extra storage, but for small files that seems doable without invalidating the master password setup. You do end with two separate encryption systems, though.

A more scalable solution would be to encrypt every file with a different key and encrypt the key store with the master password (but that would obviously require a relatively extensive rewrite). You'd be able to get more fine-grained file access without sacrificing the single master password setup.

That way, you can simply share the file key when you want to generate a share link.

Re:Show HN: I made a privacy-first minimalist Backblaze by ianopolous on Sunday March 06, 2022 @06:53PM (#30582489)
If you want encrypted file storage with secret share links then you might be interested in https://peergos.org (disclaimer: I'm one of the creators)

Here's an example secret link: https://peergos.net/#%7B%22secretLink%22:true%2c%22link%22:%...

It's P2P, fully open source including the server, self-hostable, audited by Cure53, can use S3 compatible block storage or local disk and built on top of IPFS.

Re:Show HN: I made a privacy-first minimalist Backblaze by toomuchtodo on Sunday March 06, 2022 @03:20PM (#30580874)
Consider using https://wetransfer.com for one off transfers.
Re:Show HN: I made a privacy-first minimalist Backblaze by adenner on Sunday March 06, 2022 @05:43PM (#30582041)
I have had great luck using https://www.wesendit.com/ for this use case.
Re:Show HN: I made a privacy-first minimalist Backblaze by xupybd on Sunday March 06, 2022 @05:47PM (#30582078)
Is that related to the Chinese WeChat?

I'm a little paranoid about avoiding SAAS out of China.

Re:Show HN: I made a privacy-first minimalist Backblaze by toomuchtodo on Sunday March 06, 2022 @05:53PM (#30582112)
Re:Show HN: I made a privacy-first minimalist Backblaze by xupybd on Sunday March 06, 2022 @06:04PM (#30582172)
Thanks the name set off alarm bells for me. Good to know they're not affiliated.
Re:Show HN: I made a privacy-first minimalist Backblaze by jstummbillig on Sunday March 06, 2022 @02:56PM (#30580640)
You could, but would you, really.