spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 23 hours ago
I had something similar happen with Google a few years ago. Even though I had my password and access to my email they decided I was trying to hack my own account and locked me out. Like you I immediately started to look for other solutions.
Syncthing file sharing is really easy to install and use. There are no ports to configure on your router and everything is encrypted in transit. I have my phone’s DCIM directory set up to sync to my home server and PC so new photos are backed up and available everywhere in a few seconds. I installed Syncthing intending to move to another solution eventually, but it works so well (aside from one or two files that occasionally don’t sync) that I’ve just stuck with it.
For passwords Keepass & KeepassXC work really well on just about every platform. I share the password file to every platform using Syncthing and in years of doing this I’ve never had a problem that I didn’t cause myself and those were minor.
You can get both of these up and running with very little effort and quickly limit your reliance on Google, then move to other solutions if you find they’d work better for you.
MTZ@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
“For passwords Keepass & KeepassXC work really well on just about every platform. I share the password file using Syncthing and in years of doing this I’ve never had a problem that I didn’t cause myself and those were minor.”
In the time since this happened, I have set up KeePassXC on all of my PCs as well as KeePassDX on my phone, and taken all of my passwords 100% out of Chrome.
I’ll absolutely look into SyncThing! I’ve heard of it many times, I just haven’t used it myself yet.
Thanks for the info!
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 hours ago
Syncthing is incredible. I use it on my devices, and everything is also backed up to my NAS.
trashboat@midwest.social 21 hours ago
Second this, Syncthing rocks. Only ever have rare, minor problems in day-to-day use