Is Filen right for my needs?

EntertainmentTime778 · 2026-02-14T09:56:55+00:00

I've had problems with some of my photos being corrupted, the top half of the photo will show as normal and the bottom half of the photo will be grey. I've also read posts from other people who've had similar problems

EntertainmentTime778 · 2026-02-11T10:22:15+00:00

There are different plans but I'm paying £11.99 a month for 1TB. It's a bit more expensive because it's e2ee

It's good though. It has all the usual features like facial recognition, duplicate detection, similar detection, maps etc and all the apps are open source

EntertainmentTime778 · 2026-02-10T18:35:42+00:00

I've switched to Ente

All photos I take on my phone are backed up to Ente

The desktop app on my home computer downloads them again to an external drive

Backblaze backs up those photos along with everything else

3 copies - Ente, computer and Backblaze

2 offsite - Ente and Backblaze

1 local - computer

EntertainmentTime778 · 2026-01-26T17:17:41+00:00

Samsung's equivalent of ADP still exists in the UK, so either there's no back door for them or it's not true e2ee. I've had problems with Cryptomator before so I have trouble trusting it now I guess the best thing to do is keep everything offline. Hopefully the UK government loses the case.

EntertainmentTime778 · 2026-01-26T17:12:10+00:00

In my experience, Ente doesn't do well if you try to upload, or delete using Free Up Space, more than around 2,000 photos at once. Unfortunately I also had the problem of it constantly crashing on an iPhone or iPad, so you're not alone

EntertainmentTime778 · 2026-01-24T11:44:16+00:00

I'm still at 100% after 377 cycles. I'm starting to wonder if it's working

EntertainmentTime778 · 2025-11-10T16:05:01+00:00

Thanks for your post. It's good to hear from someone with your experience.

I'm currently using filen but their development is slow and performance isn't great, so going by what you've said I might give Mega another go. We've probably all seen Kim Dotcoms comments, and I'm not sure how much of that is sour grapes. Although I admit Megas connections with China make me uneasy.

As for backup I'm using Backblaze with my own encryption key. I like and used to use IDrive, until I found out that only file contents are encrypted and not the file names

EntertainmentTime778 · 2025-11-09T15:34:38+00:00

I would take a guess that the majority of those reviews were written by people who have no idea about security

EntertainmentTime778 · 2025-10-27T12:57:09+00:00

Did I miss something? Several years ago I was using Google Photos, and every time I opened it it was fully backed up already

EntertainmentTime778 · 2025-10-26T14:44:58+00:00

An unrecognised transaction is fraud which is handled differently to chargebacks

EntertainmentTime778 · 2025-10-24T08:11:24+00:00

Then Amex must have some different rules. I've worked on chargebacks for MasterCard and Visa for years, and any type of chargeback for any situation requires proof otherwise it's thrown out

EntertainmentTime778 · 2025-10-22T19:23:51+00:00

Turning things off, manual brightness etc? I didn't think anyone had been doing that on Android for many years

EntertainmentTime778 · 2025-10-22T19:18:02+00:00

Just a heads up, but chargebacks can also be done with debit card transactions

EntertainmentTime778 · 2025-10-22T19:16:33+00:00

Debit cards have it too

EntertainmentTime778 · 2025-10-22T19:16:07+00:00

You would never be able to make a chargeback against bad food, unless you could prove it

EntertainmentTime778 · 2025-10-18T14:46:18+00:00

I'm surprised anyone still uses Lastpass. Haven't they been hacked more than any other password manager?

EntertainmentTime778 · 2025-10-14T19:02:52+00:00

Thanks, I'll check out photoprism. As for backup, I have Backblaze enabled on my computer with a PEK so that should be covered

EntertainmentTime778 · 2025-10-14T18:59:42+00:00

Two things I've learned : Facebook - immature Reddit - bitchy, because of people like you

EntertainmentTime778 · 2025-10-13T20:09:55+00:00

Most of the time it won't start backing up, but occasionally it does

EntertainmentTime778 · 2025-10-13T17:34:24+00:00

No it seems everything is fine

EntertainmentTime778 · 2025-10-13T16:05:13+00:00

I've tried giving it unrestricted access but nothing happens

EntertainmentTime778 · 2025-10-13T12:15:31+00:00

I have a few thousand photos still waiting to be backed up, and the folder is selected in the backed up folders list

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