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  1. I have no idea how WesternDigital managed to make their UPS client configuration tool so … annoying that despite basically running NUT I can’t get it to agree to use my real NUT server.

    Their config tool scans the NUT server for a set of particular names (fine, I can provide those), but then apparently also expects some magic strings in the answer that short of reverse engineering their 32-bit ARM I can’t figure out for the life of it.

    1/n #MyCloud

  2. I have no idea how WesternDigital managed to make their UPS client configuration tool so … annoying that despite basically running NUT I can’t get it to agree to use my real NUT server.

    Their config tool scans the NUT server for a set of particular names (fine, I can provide those), but then apparently also expects some magic strings in the answer that short of reverse engineering their 32-bit ARM I can’t figure out for the life of it.

    1/n #MyCloud

  3. I have no idea how WesternDigital managed to make their UPS client configuration tool so … annoying that despite basically running NUT I can’t get it to agree to use my real NUT server.

    Their config tool scans the NUT server for a set of particular names (fine, I can provide those), but then apparently also expects some magic strings in the answer that short of reverse engineering their 32-bit ARM I can’t figure out for the life of it.

    1/n #MyCloud

  4. I have no idea how WesternDigital managed to make their UPS client configuration tool so … annoying that despite basically running NUT I can’t get it to agree to use my real NUT server.

    Their config tool scans the NUT server for a set of particular names (fine, I can provide those), but then apparently also expects some magic strings in the answer that short of reverse engineering their 32-bit ARM I can’t figure out for the life of it.

    1/n #MyCloud

  5. I have no idea how WesternDigital managed to make their UPS client configuration tool so … annoying that despite basically running NUT I can’t get it to agree to use my real NUT server.

    Their config tool scans the NUT server for a set of particular names (fine, I can provide those), but then apparently also expects some magic strings in the answer that short of reverse engineering their 32-bit ARM I can’t figure out for the life of it.

    1/n #MyCloud

  6. The Mature Phone Photo Backup Landscape

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    Many years ago, if I took photos with a nokia phone I had to sync them via a memory card. With the arrival of the Android Nexus on and the Apple iPhone our digital photography habits changed. With time we would leave our cameras at home, and carry our mobile phones, and photograph paries and hikes with these.

    In the process we had two apps to backup. Google Photos and iPhoto. Both of these were optimal for whether we were on iOS or Android. For a while this was fine because they automatically backed up to our computers. With time though, the backup was more and more cloud centric, to the point where our photos were now either on iCloud or Google Photos.

    iCloud and Google One

    People like me, of course, had a backup in iCloud and Google Photos. For a considerable amount of time Google Photos had a counter that increased every day so storage felt unlimited, until they decided to charge for storage. By then emmigrating from their cloud solutions was complicated by the time it would take to download the data, but also because with Google Takeout the photo data was separated from the photo files. Migrating would now be a hassle but that is a topic for another post.

    Telecom Operators

    Today we have a multitude of photo backup solutions. Some are provided by our telecom operator. MyCloud is provided by Swisscom for example. Infomaniak has both the kDrive app, if you want to backup with their own tool, or you can setup a Nextcloud instance that you host via their 'self-hosting' offerings.

    Self-Hosting

    NextCloud can also be self-hosted on a Pi, personal laptop or other but in my experience it can be fragile.

    Immich and Photoprism are two interesting alternatives. Immich feels a lot like Google Photos and Photoprism is similar. Photoprism is developed in the EU.

    There are other options but I mention two of the key players.

    Flickr

    If we think laterally then Flickr is another option. For around 8 CHF per month you can backup an unlimited amount of photos, and you can then choose to make some of them public and share them to groups.

    Since this is a community of photographers, rather than influencers quality is higher, and the focus is on landscapes, urban views, people and more. This is an expensive option that fills a niche that other apps do not fill.

    Google Photos and Photos

    The key difference between Google Photos, Photos, on MacOS and iOS and third party options such as Kdrive, immich and others is that they usually do not run in the background automatically. with Google Photos and Photos as soon as you take a photo it is backed up. With almost every other app you need to open the app, and keep it open until uploading ends.

    With Immich and Photoprism I kept the apps open, on a specific screen to backup years of photos. This could take the entire night. That's why iCloud is a good parachute, until you've backed up to third party solutions.

    The Temporarily Free Trap

    iCloud, Google Photos and MyCloud were all free for long enough for us to store photos with them, and when they became paying we had to choose between abandoning photos or paying for their service. That's why Immich and Kdrive are interesting options. Immich is local, and kDrive can be backed up locally with ease.

    And Finally

    For me the ideal setup includes Immich, Kdrive and iCloud if you're on iOS. Immich is the primary photo app, used to backup and catalogue photos. Kdrive is excellent as an offsite backup, but it also has the advantage of automatically backing up to a hard drive in my home. If I see a cheaper contract I can easily slide to that one within minutes, in theory.

    Finally icloud is the parachute. As soon as photos are backed up to Immich and Kdrive they can be deleted from the phone, saving space.

    #Google #icloud #immich #kdrive #MyCloud #NextCloud #photoprism #selfHosting
  7. The Mature Phone Photo Backup Landscape

    Reading Time: 3 minutes

    Many years ago, if I took photos with a nokia phone I had to sync them via a memory card. With the arrival of the Android Nexus on and the Apple iPhone our digital photography habits changed. With time we would leave our cameras at home, and carry our mobile phones, and photograph paries and hikes with these.

    In the process we had two apps to backup. Google Photos and iPhoto. Both of these were optimal for whether we were on iOS or Android. For a while this was fine because they automatically backed up to our computers. With time though, the backup was more and more cloud centric, to the point where our photos were now either on iCloud or Google Photos.

    iCloud and Google One

    People like me, of course, had a backup in iCloud and Google Photos. For a considerable amount of time Google Photos had a counter that increased every day so storage felt unlimited, until they decided to charge for storage. By then emmigrating from their cloud solutions was complicated by the time it would take to download the data, but also because with Google Takeout the photo data was separated from the photo files. Migrating would now be a hassle but that is a topic for another post.

    Telecom Operators

    Today we have a multitude of photo backup solutions. Some are provided by our telecom operator. MyCloud is provided by Swisscom for example. Infomaniak has both the kDrive app, if you want to backup with their own tool, or you can setup a Nextcloud instance that you host via their 'self-hosting' offerings.

    Self-Hosting

    NextCloud can also be self-hosted on a Pi, personal laptop or other but in my experience it can be fragile.

    Immich and Photoprism are two interesting alternatives. Immich feels a lot like Google Photos and Photoprism is similar. Photoprism is developed in the EU.

    There are other options but I mention two of the key players.

    Flickr

    If we think laterally then Flickr is another option. For around 8 CHF per month you can backup an unlimited amount of photos, and you can then choose to make some of them public and share them to groups.

    Since this is a community of photographers, rather than influencers quality is higher, and the focus is on landscapes, urban views, people and more. This is an expensive option that fills a niche that other apps do not fill.

    Google Photos and Photos

    The key difference between Google Photos, Photos, on MacOS and iOS and third party options such as Kdrive, immich and others is that they usually do not run in the background automatically. with Google Photos and Photos as soon as you take a photo it is backed up. With almost every other app you need to open the app, and keep it open until uploading ends.

    With Immich and Photoprism I kept the apps open, on a specific screen to backup years of photos. This could take the entire night. That's why iCloud is a good parachute, until you've backed up to third party solutions.

    The Temporarily Free Trap

    iCloud, Google Photos and MyCloud were all free for long enough for us to store photos with them, and when they became paying we had to choose between abandoning photos or paying for their service. That's why Immich and Kdrive are interesting options. Immich is local, and kDrive can be backed up locally with ease.

    And Finally

    For me the ideal setup includes Immich, Kdrive and iCloud if you're on iOS. Immich is the primary photo app, used to backup and catalogue photos. Kdrive is excellent as an offsite backup, but it also has the advantage of automatically backing up to a hard drive in my home. If I see a cheaper contract I can easily slide to that one within minutes, in theory.

    Finally icloud is the parachute. As soon as photos are backed up to Immich and Kdrive they can be deleted from the phone, saving space.

    #Google #icloud #immich #kdrive #MyCloud #NextCloud #photoprism #selfHosting
  8. Alte Anmeldedaten ausgegraben. Scheints war mein #Swisscom #myCloud-Account nicht so gelöscht wie ich dachte. Beim nun hoffentlich definitiven Löschen kam natürlich ein office.com-Formular, das nach der Begründung fragte. Hoffentlich hält die Löschung.

  9. Alte Anmeldedaten ausgegraben. Scheints war mein #Swisscom #myCloud-Account nicht so gelöscht wie ich dachte. Beim nun hoffentlich definitiven Löschen kam natürlich ein office.com-Formular, das nach der Begründung fragte. Hoffentlich hält die Löschung.

  10. Alte Anmeldedaten ausgegraben. Scheints war mein #Swisscom #myCloud-Account nicht so gelöscht wie ich dachte. Beim nun hoffentlich definitiven Löschen kam natürlich ein office.com-Formular, das nach der Begründung fragte. Hoffentlich hält die Löschung.

  11. Alte Anmeldedaten ausgegraben. Scheints war mein #Swisscom #myCloud-Account nicht so gelöscht wie ich dachte. Beim nun hoffentlich definitiven Löschen kam natürlich ein office.com-Formular, das nach der Begründung fragte. Hoffentlich hält die Löschung.

  12. Alte Anmeldedaten ausgegraben. Scheints war mein #Swisscom #myCloud-Account nicht so gelöscht wie ich dachte. Beim nun hoffentlich definitiven Löschen kam natürlich ein office.com-Formular, das nach der Begründung fragte. Hoffentlich hält die Löschung.

  13. Technically, it's not a vuln because if you enable SSH via the supported route then you only get a root shell and there's no way to create low priv'd SSH users, but since there's no ability to persistently fix that issue, I ended up abusing IPC to write to the persistent storage a scheduled job which will give me a low priv'd SSH user 🤡.

    gist.github.com/timb-machine/a

    It just so happens that /if/ you did have a low priv'd SSH user, then the IPC would enable you to get root.

    #westerndigital, #mycloud, #y0day, #redteam, #linux, #bug

  14. Technically, it's not a vuln because if you enable SSH via the supported route then you only get a root shell and there's no way to create low priv'd SSH users, but since there's no ability to persistently fix that issue, I ended up abusing IPC to write to the persistent storage a scheduled job which will give me a low priv'd SSH user 🤡.

    gist.github.com/timb-machine/a

    It just so happens that /if/ you did have a low priv'd SSH user, then the IPC would enable you to get root.

    #westerndigital, #mycloud, #y0day, #redteam, #linux, #bug

  15. Technically, it's not a vuln because if you enable SSH via the supported route then you only get a root shell and there's no way to create low priv'd SSH users, but since there's no ability to persistently fix that issue, I ended up abusing IPC to write to the persistent storage a scheduled job which will give me a low priv'd SSH user 🤡.

    gist.github.com/timb-machine/a

    It just so happens that /if/ you did have a low priv'd SSH user, then the IPC would enable you to get root.

    #westerndigital, #mycloud, #y0day, #redteam, #linux, #bug

  16. Technically, it's not a vuln because if you enable SSH via the supported route then you only get a root shell and there's no way to create low priv'd SSH users, but since there's no ability to persistently fix that issue, I ended up abusing IPC to write to the persistent storage a scheduled job which will give me a low priv'd SSH user 🤡.

    gist.github.com/timb-machine/a

    It just so happens that /if/ you did have a low priv'd SSH user, then the IPC would enable you to get root.

    #westerndigital, #mycloud, #y0day, #redteam, #linux, #bug

  17. Technically, it's not a vuln because if you enable SSH via the supported route then you only get a root shell and there's no way to create low priv'd SSH users, but since there's no ability to persistently fix that issue, I ended up abusing IPC to write to the persistent storage a scheduled job which will give me a low priv'd SSH user 🤡.

    gist.github.com/timb-machine/a

    It just so happens that /if/ you did have a low priv'd SSH user, then the IPC would enable you to get root.

    #westerndigital, #mycloud, #y0day, #redteam, #linux, #bug

  18. Wer hat eine Idee, wie sich eine alte WD #mycloud z.B. unter #linux #ubuntu #debian zu neuem Leben erwecken lässt? Ich finde im Web leider gar nichts passendes.

  19. Wer hat eine Idee, wie sich eine alte WD #mycloud z.B. unter #linux #ubuntu #debian zu neuem Leben erwecken lässt? Ich finde im Web leider gar nichts passendes.

  20. Wer hat eine Idee, wie sich eine alte WD #mycloud z.B. unter #linux #ubuntu #debian zu neuem Leben erwecken lässt? Ich finde im Web leider gar nichts passendes.

  21. Wer hat eine Idee, wie sich eine alte WD #mycloud z.B. unter #linux #ubuntu #debian zu neuem Leben erwecken lässt? Ich finde im Web leider gar nichts passendes.

  22. Jak tak korzystam juz jakis czas z tego #QNAP.a i widze jakie to jest proste w uzytkowaniu to sobie mysle - czemu #WD nie potrafilo tak tego ograc?
    UI systemu w WD i w ogole korzystanie z backupowania, przynajmniej w tych starych dyskach z serii #MyCloud to bylo takie pain in the ass... 🤦‍♂️ 🤣

    #backup #tech #DyskSieciowy

  23. Jak tak korzystam juz jakis czas z tego #QNAP.a i widze jakie to jest proste w uzytkowaniu to sobie mysle - czemu #WD nie potrafilo tak tego ograc?
    UI systemu w WD i w ogole korzystanie z backupowania, przynajmniej w tych starych dyskach z serii #MyCloud to bylo takie pain in the ass... 🤦‍♂️ 🤣

    #backup #tech #DyskSieciowy

  24. Jak tak korzystam juz jakis czas z tego #QNAP.a i widze jakie to jest proste w uzytkowaniu to sobie mysle - czemu #WD nie potrafilo tak tego ograc?
    UI systemu w WD i w ogole korzystanie z backupowania, przynajmniej w tych starych dyskach z serii #MyCloud to bylo takie pain in the ass... 🤦‍♂️ 🤣

    #backup #tech #DyskSieciowy

  25. Jak tak korzystam juz jakis czas z tego #QNAP.a i widze jakie to jest proste w uzytkowaniu to sobie mysle - czemu #WD nie potrafilo tak tego ograc?
    UI systemu w WD i w ogole korzystanie z backupowania, przynajmniej w tych starych dyskach z serii #MyCloud to bylo takie pain in the ass... 🤦‍♂️ 🤣

    #backup #tech #DyskSieciowy

  26. Das Coole an meinem #MyCloud EX2 Ultra NAS von #WesternDigital ist ja wie alle paar Tage der SMB Dienst abstürzt und ich das NAS neu starte damit Backups wieder funktionieren.

  27. Das Coole an meinem #MyCloud EX2 Ultra NAS von #WesternDigital ist ja wie alle paar Tage der SMB Dienst abstürzt und ich das NAS neu starte damit Backups wieder funktionieren.

  28. Nach einem Sicherheitsvorfall bei #WesternDigital gibt es jetzt erste gute Nachrichten für #MyCloud-Nutzer, die nicht auf ihre Daten zugreifen konnten: winfuture.de/news,135581.html?

  29. Nach einem Sicherheitsvorfall bei #WesternDigital gibt es jetzt erste gute Nachrichten für #MyCloud-Nutzer, die nicht auf ihre Daten zugreifen konnten: winfuture.de/news,135581.html?

  30. Nach einem Sicherheitsvorfall bei #WesternDigital gibt es jetzt erste gute Nachrichten für #MyCloud-Nutzer, die nicht auf ihre Daten zugreifen konnten: winfuture.de/news,135581.html?

  31. Nach einem Sicherheitsvorfall bei #WesternDigital gibt es jetzt erste gute Nachrichten für #MyCloud-Nutzer, die nicht auf ihre Daten zugreifen konnten: winfuture.de/news,135581.html?

  32. Nach einem Sicherheitsvorfall bei #WesternDigital gibt es jetzt erste gute Nachrichten für #MyCloud-Nutzer, die nicht auf ihre Daten zugreifen konnten: winfuture.de/news,135581.html?

  33. @CKsTechNews and Western Digital’s #MyCloud down since approx beginning of April smells like #ransomware attack as well. #wd

  34. @CKsTechNews and Western Digital’s #MyCloud down since approx beginning of April smells like #ransomware attack as well. #wd

  35. @CKsTechNews and Western Digital’s #MyCloud down since approx beginning of April smells like #ransomware attack as well. #wd

  36. @CKsTechNews and Western Digital’s #MyCloud down since approx beginning of April smells like #ransomware attack as well. #wd

  37. @CKsTechNews and Western Digital’s #MyCloud down since approx beginning of April smells like #ransomware attack as well. #wd

  38. 🎙️ la quotidienne iWeek | 365

    1⃣ #licenciements
    2⃣ #M3
    3⃣ #MyCloud
    4⃣ #Météo
    5⃣ #brevet

    👨‍✈️ @benjaminvincent @fabriceneuman

    Abonnez-vous !
    🎧 apple.co/3lTrLe6
    🎧 spoti.fi/3FazvlR
    +
    🙏 patreon.com/iweek

    #iweekLQI #podcast #Apple

    P.S.: Avec mes excuses pour la qualité de l'audio de mon côté, j'ai (encore…) oublié de vérifier que l'enregistrement était lancé comme il faut. #grumpf Mais le contenu est formidable, n'est-ce pas ? 😉 FN

  39. 🎙️ la quotidienne iWeek | 365

    1⃣ #licenciements
    2⃣ #M3
    3⃣ #MyCloud
    4⃣ #Météo
    5⃣ #brevet

    👨‍✈️ @benjaminvincent @fabriceneuman

    Abonnez-vous !
    🎧 apple.co/3lTrLe6
    🎧 spoti.fi/3FazvlR
    +
    🙏 patreon.com/iweek

    #iweekLQI #podcast #Apple

    P.S.: Avec mes excuses pour la qualité de l'audio de mon côté, j'ai (encore…) oublié de vérifier que l'enregistrement était lancé comme il faut. #grumpf Mais le contenu est formidable, n'est-ce pas ? 😉 FN

  40. 🎙️ la quotidienne iWeek | 365

    1⃣ #licenciements
    2⃣ #M3
    3⃣ #MyCloud
    4⃣ #Météo
    5⃣ #brevet

    👨‍✈️ @benjaminvincent @fabriceneuman

    Abonnez-vous !
    🎧 apple.co/3lTrLe6
    🎧 spoti.fi/3FazvlR
    +
    🙏 patreon.com/iweek

    #iweekLQI #podcast #Apple

    P.S.: Avec mes excuses pour la qualité de l'audio de mon côté, j'ai (encore…) oublié de vérifier que l'enregistrement était lancé comme il faut. #grumpf Mais le contenu est formidable, n'est-ce pas ? 😉 FN

  41. 🎙️ la quotidienne iWeek | 365

    1⃣ #licenciements
    2⃣ #M3
    3⃣ #MyCloud
    4⃣ #Météo
    5⃣ #brevet

    👨‍✈️ @benjaminvincent @fabriceneuman

    Abonnez-vous !
    🎧 apple.co/3lTrLe6
    🎧 spoti.fi/3FazvlR
    +
    🙏 patreon.com/iweek

    #iweekLQI #podcast #Apple

    P.S.: Avec mes excuses pour la qualité de l'audio de mon côté, j'ai (encore…) oublié de vérifier que l'enregistrement était lancé comme il faut. #grumpf Mais le contenu est formidable, n'est-ce pas ? 😉 FN

  42. Users fume after My Cloud network breach locks them out of their data

    Users of the #WesternDigital #MyCloud service are fuming after a network #breach has locked them out of their data for more than 24 hours and has put company-handled information into the hands of currently unknown hackers.

    arstechnica.com/?p=1928711

  43. Users fume after My Cloud network breach locks them out of their data

    Users of the #WesternDigital #MyCloud service are fuming after a network #breach has locked them out of their data for more than 24 hours and has put company-handled information into the hands of currently unknown hackers.

    arstechnica.com/?p=1928711