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by drivebyacct 5840 days ago
Oh I know, I'm just paranoid and have (yes, even me, the Google fanboy) my limits on what I'm willing to store on others' servers.

I know, I can use xmarks or del.icio.us or whomever, but having bookmarks/extensions or (at least eventually) all of my browser state synced in a single place... that's just unbeatable IMO. Especially because I have a desktop, laptop and work laptop that are used about equally. It's a nightmare to remember, "Oh where did I bookmark that page at?" etc. Not to mention extensions, cookies, etc, etc.
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sliverstorm 5840 days ago
XMarks has a version that lets you run your own sync service (WebDav or FTP, IIRC). That only covers bookmarks though.

Paranoia or convenience. Take your pick. You can't really have both.

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drivebyacct 5840 days ago
I didn't know that, that's awesome and definitely worth further consideration. Thanks for the information!
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e1ven 5840 days ago
IIRC, Mozilla Weave (now Firefox Sync) encrypts all of your data on your PC before uploading it to a webdav share- Either your own, or theirs.

If you use your machine, they never see it, and if you use theirs, they can't decrypt it.

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logic 5840 days ago
Weave is about the only thing I really miss since switching to Chrome; I ran my own server, but encrypting the data prior to transmission meant I wouldn't have felt terrible about sending it to them. Architecturally, I felt pretty good about it.

Chrome's syncing? Not so much.

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