ba901d8aa3344ad99e5592eae8f12d4bQ: Would you consider a Nextcloud integration?
Nextcloud has the benefit of being self-hosted and open source so it's strengths would compliment Telios' strengths, and that could be a way of having a mobile app and web ui without having to build them and while not having to expose a web portal as well, since NC is by default on your local network only.
Also I would agree with others that for a 2 stack access to a Team plan would be huge
Gareth_Telios
May 14, 2024A: Thanks for this question! Telios isn't compatible with Nextcloud because we don't physically store your encrypted emails and files. Your encrypted emails and files are hosted on a decentralized storage blockchain called Sia and then that data is pinned and made available through IPFS (Interplanetary File System). The added advantage of this storage model is that you don't need to worry about spinning up your own server for self-hosting since your data is distributed through a decentralized network. You also get the added benefit of data redundancy through Sia so data loss is less of an issue and concern.
Our peer-to-peer tech and the way authorization works are not configured to run in a web browser which is one of the main reasons why that isn't an option.
Verified purchaser
Thanks, to follow up with that though, do you see a reason why there couldn't be a Telios server component that sits on the same server as NextCloud and has a NextCloud app middleware to faciliate the communication?
The issue here is the only way you're going to see your data in plain text is by reading it from your Telios client on your device. Any data you sync over to NextCloud is going to be the same encrypted data that's being decentrally stored, which is probably better than keeping all of that data stored on a central cloud somewhere.
If you wanted to read data within NextCloud you're going to have to sync or send private keys to that process which creates a new attack vector.
It's probably technically doable (with a lot of custom work), I just don't know if the benefits outweigh the costs.
Verified purchaser
Yeah i can see how it doesn't make sense financially, but were it feasible i think decentralized communication and document sharing would really take nextcloud to the next level, kind of like a microsoft office for privacy and security folks like us!