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The rclone api access key was revoked. A few months ago, I was doing extensive research on personal cloud backups (Backblaze, Amazon Cloud Drive, etc). My req
by jasode 9y ago
The rclone api access key was revoked.
A few months ago, I was doing extensive research on personal cloud backups (Backblaze, Amazon Cloud Drive, etc). My requirement was to have client-side encryption synced to the cloud. A modicum of googling led me to rclone. After reading about how rclone works, I immediately made a mental comparison to Amazon's "official" client GUI sync program and thought, "there's no way Amazon has blessed rclone." It would be very risky to invest hours into building custom backup scripts built on top of rclone if Amazon blocks it. Well, it turns out that's exactly what has happened.
- pvg 9y agoHow does rclone work and/or what made it susceptible to this?
- DanielDent 9y agorclone was blessed by Amazon. It was an official app developed by a developer using their official API. And now, without any warning, it is not. For many use cases, rclone is the only practical way of getting data in and out of Amazon Cloud Drive. Amazon still hasn't bothered contacting me to let me know. Despite the fact that rclone was used with my Amazon Cloud Drive account daily. "Oh hey FYI, we've disabled the app you use to access your data, good luck getting your data, have a nice day" would have actually been better than they approach they chose instead (disable my access + radio silence). Fortunately I planned for this eventuality. But this is yet another striking reminder of how foolish it would be to doing anything important while depending on just one cloud company. After the thunderstorm, when the sun shines, often the clouds are no longer there.