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Calyx made an effort to sponsor and integrate the backup tool Seedvault (https://calyxinstitute.org/projects/seedvault-encrypted-backup-for-android https://caly

Calyx made an effort to sponsor and integrate the backup tool Seedvault (https://calyxinstitute.org/projects/seedvault-encrypted-backup-for-android https://calyxinstitute.org/projects/seedvault-encrypted-back...) into their ROM - and other AOSP distributions benefit from this effort. Handhelds are tethered devices, its essential to have contacts and precious photos stored at a second place (online or offline) and easily restored or used when changing devices. A user friendly full backup solution not requiring root access of some sort was missing to date.

cdesai 5y ago
Thank you for bringing this up. We're continuing to fund work on it, both ourselves and also through applying for external funding. Full Storage backup support (Files / Photos) was recently added thanks to a grant from NLnet - https://nlnet.nl/project/Seedvault/index.html https://nlnet.nl/project/Seedvault/index.html https://github.com/seedvault-app/seedvault https://github.com/seedvault-app/seedvault Contributions welcome!
- alfiedotwtf 5y ago
  Does Seed Vault backup the whole device? Last time I used it, I found out that apps can opt-out of being backed up, along with their settings. In other words, every app i installed didnt get backed up :(
  - summm 5y ago
    As if an app should have any say about if it can be backupped or not. 'Muhh security model'. If your security model includes letting apps randomly deprives me as a user of backups of my own phone , it's just another creepy google-bigbrother-wannabe.
    - summm 5y ago
      https://github.com/seedvault-app/seedvault/issues/165 https://github.com/seedvault-app/seedvault/issues/165 this is the issue, and it seems they are working on it. Good. What I didn't understand is why one would need to fake some Device2Device transfer, when one could just as well patch the root cause. It's open source after all.
      - alfiedotwtf 5y ago
        Yep, that was my point. If you're backing up, apps shouldn't get a say

cdesai 5y ago

Thank you for bringing this up. We're continuing to fund work on it, both ourselves and also through applying for external funding. Full Storage backup support (Files / Photos) was recently added thanks to a grant from NLnet - https://nlnet.nl/project/Seedvault/index.html https://nlnet.nl/project/Seedvault/index.html https://github.com/seedvault-app/seedvault https://github.com/seedvault-app/seedvault Contributions welcome!

alfiedotwtf 5y ago
Does Seed Vault backup the whole device? Last time I used it, I found out that apps can opt-out of being backed up, along with their settings. In other words, every app i installed didnt get backed up :(
- summm 5y ago
  As if an app should have any say about if it can be backupped or not. 'Muhh security model'. If your security model includes letting apps randomly deprives me as a user of backups of my own phone , it's just another creepy google-bigbrother-wannabe.
  - summm 5y ago
    https://github.com/seedvault-app/seedvault/issues/165 https://github.com/seedvault-app/seedvault/issues/165 this is the issue, and it seems they are working on it. Good. What I didn't understand is why one would need to fake some Device2Device transfer, when one could just as well patch the root cause. It's open source after all.
    - alfiedotwtf 5y ago
      Yep, that was my point. If you're backing up, apps shouldn't get a say