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That's why I'm wary of browser sync as a concept. Maybe it's not as convenient, but I would better transfer bookmarks as an export file, and passwords as a pass

by r721 10y ago

That's why I'm wary of browser sync as a concept. Maybe it's not as convenient, but I would better transfer bookmarks as an export file, and passwords as a password manager encrypted container. As for browsing history I'm not even sure it has any long-term importance - useful browsed links can be bookmarked, saved to delicious/diigo/pinboard, tweeted, upvoted on reddit/hn, whatever.

CaptSpify 10y ago
FF used to have browser-sync that you could send to your own server. Last I checked they had disabled it, but I wish it could be revitalized.
- dvfjsdhgfv 10y ago
  Has anyone heard about an open source extension doing the same thing?
  - mrmondo 10y ago
    Firefox has the ability to save bookmarks and all settings for that matter to a local folder upon closing the browser, you could then use an open source and hopefully encrypted sync tool to replicate those backups. Might be a bit clunky at first but if it catches on I'm sure one of the open source sync tools will come up with some sort of integration.
  - Outpox 10y ago
    I wanted to make one for Vivaldi but it doesn't use Chromium bookmarks API and there was a discussion about it already where it was said to be implemented with the option to sync on a self-hosted server. (https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/5816/sync-settings-and-bookmarks https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/5816/sync-settings-and-bookm...) I've also been working on one for Chrome but haven't had time lately to work on it.
- pmontra 10y ago
  I didn't try but it doesn't seem to be disabled. They have two guides Self hosted sync server https://docs.services.mozilla.com/howtos/run-sync-1.5.html https://docs.services.mozilla.com/howtos/run-sync-1.5.html Self hosted accounts server https://docs.services.mozilla.com/howtos/run-fxa.html#howto-run-fxa https://docs.services.mozilla.com/howtos/run-fxa.html#howto-... The latter includes instructions about how to add the accounts server url to about:config
  - mziulu 10y ago
    Can confirm, still works fine as it always did.
  - CaptSpify 10y ago
    Ah, nice. I'll need to look into setting this up. Thanks!
- veeti 10y ago
  Both the old and new sync encrypt all data before storing it on the server.

by r721 10y ago

CaptSpify 10y ago

FF used to have browser-sync that you could send to your own server. Last I checked they had disabled it, but I wish it could be revitalized.

dvfjsdhgfv 10y ago
Has anyone heard about an open source extension doing the same thing?
- mrmondo 10y ago
  Firefox has the ability to save bookmarks and all settings for that matter to a local folder upon closing the browser, you could then use an open source and hopefully encrypted sync tool to replicate those backups. Might be a bit clunky at first but if it catches on I'm sure one of the open source sync tools will come up with some sort of integration.
- Outpox 10y ago
  I wanted to make one for Vivaldi but it doesn't use Chromium bookmarks API and there was a discussion about it already where it was said to be implemented with the option to sync on a self-hosted server. (https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/5816/sync-settings-and-bookmarks https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/5816/sync-settings-and-bookm...) I've also been working on one for Chrome but haven't had time lately to work on it.
pmontra 10y ago
I didn't try but it doesn't seem to be disabled. They have two guides Self hosted sync server https://docs.services.mozilla.com/howtos/run-sync-1.5.html https://docs.services.mozilla.com/howtos/run-sync-1.5.html Self hosted accounts server https://docs.services.mozilla.com/howtos/run-fxa.html#howto-run-fxa https://docs.services.mozilla.com/howtos/run-fxa.html#howto-... The latter includes instructions about how to add the accounts server url to about:config
- mziulu 10y ago
  Can confirm, still works fine as it always did.
- CaptSpify 10y ago
  Ah, nice. I'll need to look into setting this up. Thanks!
veeti 10y ago
Both the old and new sync encrypt all data before storing it on the server.