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Is Skiff trustworthy? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Darth_Vader__@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I've been using skiff. com for sometime, as they claim to be a fully privacy preserving app suite like GApps or proton. One thing I like is they provide 10GB storage even for free accounts, where proton eventhough much bigger provides only 500MB.

But that got me wondering... Are they trustworthy as proton? Is there a chanve they end up being a honeypot? Does data actually gets encrypted before sending to the servers in a trustworthy way?

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[–] otl@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 year ago

I've never heard of Skiff. Beyond studying the protocols and system design, here's a couple of things off the top of my head to help:

Follow the money. Are they charging enough to not be tempted to sell data about their users?
Who is in charge? Have leadership demonstrated respect towards their user's privacy in the past? See their About Us page
Read their privacy policy
Keep up-to-date. Lots of services start out with good intentions, but over time they get acquired, acqui-hired, big investments.. and policies change.