I will never use a non self-hosted notes service. I think it’s ridiculous. You can never fully trust such a system and it’s unnecessary power usage (DNS, all the middlemen, the server, its office etc). You can encrypt the files before sending them to a third party service but ehh that’s additional steps and good luck recovering the files in case you lose the key. And I don’t really have quite the amount of money, time and neural cells for a home server so I prefer my way. No offends against syncing though. It has its advantages but ONLY if it’s self-hosted. And tbh I’m just too old school for your unnecessarily overcomplicated syncing stuff. Analog items ftw.
I will never use a non self-hosted notes service. I think it’s ridiculous. You can never fully trust such a system and it’s unnecessary power usage (DNS, all the middlemen, the server, its office etc).
Private. None of your data is ever stored anywhere else other than on your computers. There is no central server that might be compromised, legally or illegally.
Encrypted. All communication is secured using TLS. The encryption used includes perfect forward secrecy to prevent any eavesdropper from ever gaining access to your data.
Authenticated. Every device is identified by a strong cryptographic certificate. Only devices you have explicitly allowed can connect to your other devices.
If you have a security concern, please see the security page for details and contact information.
Open
Open Protocol. The protocol is a documented specification — no hidden magic.
Open Source. All source code is available on GitHub — what you see is what you get, there is no hidden funny business.
Open Development. Any bugs found are immediately visible for anyone to browse — no hidden flaws.
Open Discourse. Development and usage is always open for discussion.
Easy to Use
Powerful. Synchronize as many folders as you need with different people or just between your own devices.
Portable. Configure and monitor Syncthing via a responsive and powerful interface accessible via your browser. Works on macOS, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, OpenBSD, and many others. Run it on your desktop computers and synchronize them with your server for backup.
Simple. Syncthing doesn’t need IP addresses or advanced configuration: it just works, over LAN and over the Internet. Every machine is identified by an ID. Give your ID to your friends, share a folder and watch: UPnP will do if you don’t want to port forward or you don’t know how.
I will never use a non self-hosted notes service. I think it’s ridiculous. You can never fully trust such a system and it’s unnecessary power usage (DNS, all the middlemen, the server, its office etc). You can encrypt the files before sending them to a third party service but ehh that’s additional steps and good luck recovering the files in case you lose the key. And I don’t really have quite the amount of money, time and neural cells for a home server so I prefer my way. No offends against syncing though. It has its advantages but ONLY if it’s self-hosted. And tbh I’m just too old school for your unnecessarily overcomplicated syncing stuff. Analog items ftw.
Syncthing is entirely self-hosted and end to end encrypted. Data only lives on your machines.
As I said in one of the replies, I do not have the money, time and neural cells for my own server
quoted from https://syncthing.net/
Private & Secure
Private. None of your data is ever stored anywhere else other than on your computers. There is no central server that might be compromised, legally or illegally.
Encrypted. All communication is secured using TLS. The encryption used includes perfect forward secrecy to prevent any eavesdropper from ever gaining access to your data.
Authenticated. Every device is identified by a strong cryptographic certificate. Only devices you have explicitly allowed can connect to your other devices.
If you have a security concern, please see the security page for details and contact information.
Open
Open Protocol. The protocol is a documented specification — no hidden magic.
Open Source. All source code is available on GitHub — what you see is what you get, there is no hidden funny business.
Open Development. Any bugs found are immediately visible for anyone to browse — no hidden flaws.
Open Discourse. Development and usage is always open for discussion.
Easy to Use
Powerful. Synchronize as many folders as you need with different people or just between your own devices.
Portable. Configure and monitor Syncthing via a responsive and powerful interface accessible via your browser. Works on macOS, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, OpenBSD, and many others. Run it on your desktop computers and synchronize them with your server for backup.
Simple. Syncthing doesn’t need IP addresses or advanced configuration: it just works, over LAN and over the Internet. Every machine is identified by an ID. Give your ID to your friends, share a folder and watch: UPnP will do if you don’t want to port forward or you don’t know how.
Listen it’s just my personal position that I want to OWN my notes completely and without exceptions. And about the security:
Are there any independent studies on the forward secrecy?
If 1 is false, how about bad actor attacks? Yes I know they can hack your home server but hey you can make it LAN only right?
EDIT: Imagine downvoting personal preferences