Has anyone here used some cloud storage service for years without getting your account locked out? Example, using tutanota/protonmail to store files with a tor account is not great, because I have experienced how they randomly locked the accounts out (after a lot of attempts at trying to register s…

Free + Tor isn’t a great mix since it’s ripe for abuse. I’d try aging the account for a while before uploading things to it, otherwise you may either have to compromise on anonymity or cost if you want to stick with Proton or Tuta. You can try other services instead like Cryptomator/VeraCrypt + a fr…

[image] cooldude: I want a free service because I only need a few MB’s for documents, so anything that has a free service that does not randomly ban your account should do. I do not trust somebody else’s servers. If you have a small amount of encrypted data to keep offline, please consider a…

[image] TheDoc: Free + Tor isn’t a great mix since it’s ripe for abuse. I’d try aging the account for a while before uploading things to it, otherwise you may either have to compromise on anonymity or cost if you want to stick with Proton or Tuta. You can try other services instead like Cryptoma…

Both free and TOR supported are difficult requirements. Combined they are extremely difficult because most people looking for free services via TOR….are not the type of ‘customer’ services want to attract. If the files are already encrypted it may be worth considering if TOR is necessary for meeti…

[image] cooldude: IMO you have to balance out the risks of not having diversification (you don’t have diversification because you are hosting everything in your home) I understand what you are saying, but perhaps I should elaborate. I have “rsync” copies of my backups on various systems arou…

[image] Quantum: A Third option could be something different entirely. Do you have a trusted friend or family member that lives in a different region you could mail an encrypted drive to? That’s a good idea. Something similar would be OnionShare. A couple of family members in different loca…

If you have no technically capable family members, Hyphanet may be an option for free (shared) storage that is Tor friendly. [image] Hyphanet Hyphanet (until mid-2023: Freenet) is a peer-to-peer platform for censorship-resistant, anonymous communication. It uses a decentralized distribu…

[image] cooldude: TL;DR: I need a way to keep encrypted files in the cloud in any case because you also never know when the next tsunami type event hits. I know people in japan that lost all their backups and they had no cloud storage copies so yeah. The question is how to keep it safe without d…

Wouldn’t Hyphanet be a bit difficult for people who aren’t “technically capable”? Also isn’t it impossible to use Hyphanet over Tor without workarounds ?

You upload your data without Tor encrypted somewhere and your government becomes a totalitarian state. Said totalitarian state now knock knocks on your door because they want you to decrypt. Why gamble with that?

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Machkiel September 28, 2025, 10:03am 7

That’s a good idea.

Something similar would be OnionShare. A couple of family members in different locations could share storage for backups.

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