When using Joplin using the built in sync features is the way to go. Trying to sync files manually or via something like syncthing will just result in pain. My family and I have personal and shared notebooks all synced via my self hosted Joplin sync service and it works swimmingly. Before I set that up I used OneDrive and that worked too, although a bit slower.
If people are wondering why Joplin has such weird back end files it’s because Joplin keeps note history. Convenient, but makes for a messy file backend if you peak behind the curtains.
Not OP but the reason 2FA does not help is because “hackers” who might be stopped by 2FA are not the people violating your privacy.
It’s the mega corps that you use 2FA to log into that violate your privacy.
This all being said everyone should turn on 2FA for security reasons. Just know that this does not help privacy.
One addition. People say to use a VPN but I would argue that this is virtually pointless if you continue to use privacy violating services from privacy violating companies.
If your connect to what’s app or Snapchat or gmail over a https collection inside a secure VPN you are still sending them your data. Just with an extra lawyer of encryption. Google doesn’t need your IP if you give them your complete email inbox.
Security is not equal to privacy. Even if you do use 2FA and change your passwords all the time. You don’t gain any additional privacy.
Changing your google password and adding 2FA to your google account does nothing to make your life more private because google still can read all your emails, and sell your data regardless of 2FA.
The best habits to maintain privacy are to avoid using the services of companies that’s business model is violating your privacy.
Some pro privacy habits might be:
- Avoid any google products or services.
- Avoid and Meta products or services.
- Don’t use any free software or services that are not community run / non profit. They make money from selling your data.
In a positive light these habits might be reflected as:
- Using a google free phone. (i.e. GraphineOS or CalyxOS or /e/OS or even an iPhone as a last resort.)
- Use Lemmy, mastodon and other alternatives to big social media corps.
- Pay for reputable e-mail hosting with a reputable provider, (Ie Microsoft365 Business Account, Tutanota, or Proton Mail) or host your own.
Privacy isn’t all or nothing. Small steps are still improvements. Microsoft respects their business client’s privacy because that is what is demanded and Microsoft makes money by providing B2B services. Apple is in the business of selling expensive hardware and iCloud services so they don’t need to violate your privacy as much. These products while not perfect are leaps and bounds better then using any google or meta product.
Small steps are good steps.
If I had to choose one thing to do I would say to drop any phone that has the play store pre installed.
Idea #2. Why not just use apple’s iCloud with advanced data protection turned on? It’s not perfect from a privacy perspective but at least apples business model isn’t data mining you.
Maybe buying a single seat enterprise license of Microsoft365 might work for you. Microsoft treats enterprise clients very differently than end users. Only (potential) down side is that you will have to set your own security policies and manage a bunch of things that go beyond a calendar. There is a bonus though. A single enterprise seat license includes 1TB of private-ish enterprise cloud storage.
Consider yourself one of today’s 10.000. :)
What differentiates a podcast from other forms of media like YouTube is that it is delivered via RSS feeds. This lets people subscribe to the podcast using any sort of RSS reader or standards compliant podcast app.
RSS is an open source standard way subscribe to a stream of content. Sort of like a proto version of pub/sub protocol that the fediverse uses.
The reason why podcasts took off in the first place was that any mp3 player (or now days smart phone) could receive the media by subscribing to the open standards RSS feed. There was no proprietary lock in.
Mega corps obviously are not a fan of that so they try to lock people into their services regardless of this open standard. When Spotify did that exclusivity deal with Joe Rogen it was very controversial because it took the most popular podcast of the time and turned it into a proprietary media stream that you can only listen to on Spotify.
https://github.com/Podcast-Standards-Project/PSP-1-Podcast-RSS-Specification
Podcasting is the preparation and distribution of audio files using RSS feeds to the devices of subscribed users.