theprivacydad
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I write a blog about trying out online privacy tools for me and for my children: https://theprivacydad.com/.
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Comment · 1 month ago
Yes, that is a weakness. But people have to do the same thing when they install F-Droid, or any other software directly from a developer's website. Maybe it is safer to trust an app store, but I've recently heard stories of hundreds of malicious apps getting past app store verification too.
Comment · 2 years ago
Maybe take a look at pCloud.
Comment · 2 years ago
As a teacher, I have often been astounded how 17 or 18 year old students don't know about backups and lose big project files at crucial moments.
Comment · 2 years ago
I taught in high school for several decades and can tell you I saw this shift happen over the past 15 years (by the way I saw my students were just using search rather than folder hierarchies.)
Comment · 2 years ago
I clone my kids' drives with Clonezilla, but not often enough.
Comment · 2 years ago
Thanks for posting this here!
Comment · 2 years ago
I went from teaching in a Google environment to teaching in a Microsoft environment this year.
Though Google now feels familiar and relatively easy (though try moving documents from one folder to another online...), I'd almost forgotten that when it was first introduced, it was met with a lot of resistance, and teachers and students alike were confused for years.
Microsoft spaces (Teams, Edge) are far, far worse.
Since the schools I've worked at run their own servers locally, I think using Nextcloud as your main platform should be very doable. The apps you can install are mostly very slick and modern. (I use Talk for calls now, for example). https://nextcloud.com/blog/keep-your-data-in-your-school-use...
I see the point about the clunkiness of LibreOffice. But as a teacher, I see great value in thinking carefully about what you introduce students to, because once a decision is in place, the effect multiplies with each new cohort of students.