Hello,
I'm just posting this as a warning to anyone using Cryptomator for serious stuff. I've been using it in not-very-critical stuff for some years now and the reality is that I've had data loss on multiple occasions under Windows.
I had two major incidents:
- After creating a vault in Google Drive (via Cyberduck) it worked fine for some time but eventually the vault was empty;
- Long file names seem to f*k something and the files simply vanish after opening the vault a few times.
If you google "cryptomator data loss" there are a LOT of complaints and frankly I'll ditch it now.
14 Comments
mirisbowring@lemmy.primboard.de · 6 pts · 3y
This is why a backup strategy is only as good as the tested restore procedure!
But i agree - same was for me (years ago) with restic and minio S3.
Since then, i restore a full backup once or twice a year to a second machine to test it
andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun · 8 pts · 3y
A good reminder that backup was never the feature. Restore is the feature.
spookedbyroaches@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y
What was the problem with restic? Were you able to mitigate the issue at least?
mirisbowring@lemmy.primboard.de · 1 pts · 3y
I mitigated the issue by testing my restore procedure:D
I am still not sure if it was an restic or minio problem, but many files were corrupt.
today i am using borg.
pipariturbiini@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 3y
Are there any better alternatives for use with cloud storage?
bin_bash@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Why people try to find another software alternatives instead of the use of the best and practice:
The GPG!
Works flawless for years.
spookedbyroaches@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y
GPG is great, but is there an android tool to easily unlock your files? I know there is the GPG agent on the desktop but nothing came up when I looked it up for android
bin_bash@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Well i do that with termux just import the keys to android
TCB13@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
I'm not going to "vote" for a solution, but I know Cryptomator is weak and it fails. For me Veracrypt is the only solution I trust but that isn't cloud compatible.
aksdb@feddit.de · 1 pts · 3y
gocryptfsis quite nice, but I haven't found an iOS client yet. On Android there is DroidFS at least.grehund@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
I use it with Dropbox. I haven’t noticed any data loss. I’ll have to investigate.
TCB13@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Well we never notice until it is too late. My experience (and others apparently) is that files go missing randomly inside your folder, usually long names / very deep stuff that you won't look at everyday. I also got a few image files that got corrupted.
Oozy@u.fail · 1 pts · 3y
What are the alternatives?
Dark_Arc@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
I used to use https://www.cryfs.org/ for my notes, but I just moved everything into standard notes. I wasn't happy with the lack of mobile access