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by mehrdadn 2888 days ago
> That was worded a bit ambiguously then

Sorry, I hope it's clear now.

> You're not really going to get around having to install "something" to sync your passwords if you want to have your passwords synced

Huh? This is obviously wrong; I'm doing literally this with KeePass. I haven't installed anything, and it has a plugin to sync directly with Google Drive that doesn't mess with or care about anything in the rest of the system.
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alanbernstein 2888 days ago
So then you have installed a Google drive agent, or at least you use the service? That is the problem you're discussing.
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mehrdadn 2888 days ago
I don't follow you. I use Google Drive, and I don't install additional software on the OS. I just sync with it directly using KeePass. There is no "problem". It works just just fine.
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alanbernstein 2888 days ago
My understanding of the problem under discussion here is that there are some people who will refuse to use a cloud syncing service, period. Syncing with Google Drive does not get around this constraint, regardless of whether it requires any locally installed software.

Additionally, I was not personally aware of any way to "sync directly" other than using the Google Drive desktop client (https://www.google.com/drive/download/) and storing the database file in the synced folder. It sounds like you're saying Keepass has some direct integration with Google Drive?

All of that said, I am really not invested in this issue - I use multiple cloud sync services and it doesn't bother me.

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mehrdadn 2888 days ago
> I was not personally aware of any way to "sync directly" other than using the Google Drive desktop client. It sounds like you're saying Keepass has some direct integration with Google Drive?

Indeed it has a plugin for this, yeah. That's exactly what I'm saying. https://sourceforge.net/projects/kp-googlesync/

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adrianmonk 2888 days ago
Syncthing isn't very intrusive in my experience/opinion.

I created a keepass/syncthing directory somewhere inside my home directory, and I told Syncthing to sync only that directory. And the directory only contains the Keepass database plus a few Syncthing log files and such.

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