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You can't really compare Stingle to Google, Apple, or any other cloud photo services. Stingle's whole value proposition is encryption. Google and Apple don't of

You can't really compare Stingle to Google, Apple, or any other cloud photo services. Stingle's whole value proposition is encryption. Google and Apple don't offer encryption-at-rest, and Google in particular is using the photos you upload to learn about you and market to you. If you're looking for cheap cloud hosting and don't care about privacy, last I checked, Google offered unlimited photo storage (with restrictions on individual photo size that are perfectly fine for non-professional viewing and use).

perch56 6y ago
I’m not sure about Google however last time I checked Apple had both encryption at rest and E2EE. https://support.apple.com/en-ie/HT202303 https://support.apple.com/en-ie/HT202303
- divarre 6y ago
  No E2EE for photos saved in iCloud, but they're encrypted in transit (SSL/TLS) and at rest (they get encrypted on the servers and not your device so not using E2EE). You have to scroll a bit further down to see “End-to-end encrypted data” on the page you linked :)
- londons_explore 6y ago
  With Google photos are encrypted in transit and at rest, but not E2E
yters 6y ago
What is the need for encrypting photos?
- pfranz 6y ago
  It depends on your paranoia about attack vectors. From photo EXIF data you can figure out what phones and cameras you use, where you took the pictures, and dates and times you've traveled. With AI or looking at the photos you can ID people and other personal details. I sometimes take photos of personal documents that can be OCRed. Sure, techies tend to be more paranoid than the average person, but I do think people undervalue the long tail of data. Years ago I was talking to my wife about avoiding sensitive info in email with our tax preparer. I mentioned that we could send an email and a decade later he could get compromised and it would be trivial to scan old emails for specific data like w2s, social security numbers, or bank accounts.
- bald42 6y ago
  The Fappening - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICloud_leaks_of_celebrity_photos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICloud_leaks_of_celebrity_phot...

perch56 6y ago

I’m not sure about Google however last time I checked Apple had both encryption at rest and E2EE. https://support.apple.com/en-ie/HT202303 https://support.apple.com/en-ie/HT202303

divarre 6y ago
No E2EE for photos saved in iCloud, but they're encrypted in transit (SSL/TLS) and at rest (they get encrypted on the servers and not your device so not using E2EE). You have to scroll a bit further down to see “End-to-end encrypted data” on the page you linked :)
londons_explore 6y ago
With Google photos are encrypted in transit and at rest, but not E2E

yters 6y ago

What is the need for encrypting photos?

pfranz 6y ago
It depends on your paranoia about attack vectors. From photo EXIF data you can figure out what phones and cameras you use, where you took the pictures, and dates and times you've traveled. With AI or looking at the photos you can ID people and other personal details. I sometimes take photos of personal documents that can be OCRed. Sure, techies tend to be more paranoid than the average person, but I do think people undervalue the long tail of data. Years ago I was talking to my wife about avoiding sensitive info in email with our tax preparer. I mentioned that we could send an email and a decade later he could get compromised and it would be trivial to scan old emails for specific data like w2s, social security numbers, or bank accounts.
bald42 6y ago
The Fappening - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICloud_leaks_of_celebrity_photos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICloud_leaks_of_celebrity_phot...