commit fd5e5cb45e1961e075dffff62d3639737acd2b8a (tree)
parent 7be91dd980962ad3524ee1f7a2300bee9332c4af
Author: Motiejus Jakštys <motiejus@jakstys.lt>
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2024 22:56:53 +0200
back to synctech
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2 files changed, 215 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/app/signup/templates/signup/base.html b/app/signup/templates/signup/base.html
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
<div>
<section id="header">
<h1 class="brand-title"><a href="{% url "index" %}">e11sync.com</a></h1>
- <h2 class="brand-subtitle">Email for Everyone</h2>
+ <h2 class="brand-subtitle">Hosted Syncthing</h2>
</section><!-- #header -->
<main>
diff --git a/app/signup/templates/signup/index.html b/app/signup/templates/signup/index.html
@@ -4,29 +4,55 @@
{% block "body" %}
+<div id="leading-feature">
+
+ Synctech is a privacy-preserving way to back-up and synchronize files across
+ your and your colleagues' (or friends, or family) devices. With Synctech,
+ your files are always-synchronized, regularly backed-up, ensuring important
+ files are always there when you need them. Even though Synctech stores your
+ files, nobody can read them without a password, including us.
+
+</div>
+
<section class="leftright pure-g">
<article class="pure-u-1 pure-u-md-1-2">
- <h1 id="backup">Usage-based pricing</h1>
+ <h1 id="backup">Effortless and safe backup</h1>
- Tired of paying per e-mail address? e11sync.com offers unlimited domains
- and unlimited addresses. Pay only for the used storage and the emails sent
- and received (don't worry, limits are more than enough for fair use).
+ All files are backed up every few minutes and old copies are stored for
+ decades. Overwritten an important file by accident? No problem, restore it
+ with a couple of clicks. Synctech protects against ransomware: even if all
+ devices get compromised, backups will always work.
</article>
<article class="pure-u-1 pure-u-md-1-2">
<h1 id="opensource">Open-source</h1>
- Entirety of e11sync.com is open source, including the infrastructure to run
- it. No proprietary clients, tools or protocols.
+ Synctech is powered by <a
+ href="https://syncthing.net">syncthing</a>, an open-source file
+ synchronization tool, first released in 2013.
+
+ <p>Just like syncthing, Synctech is open-source, licensed under <a
+ href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html">AGPL-v3</a>.
</article>
<article class="pure-u-1 pure-u-md-1-2">
- <h1 id="privacy">Company mission and funding</h1>
+ <h1 id="privacy">Privacy</h1>
- We are a small bootstrapped company. We did not take funding and will not.
+ <p>You can <a
+ href="https://docs.syncthing.net/branch/untrusted/html/users/untrusted.html">protect
+ a folder with a password</a>.
+
+ When the folder is password-protected, the files can be read only on the
+ devices where password was entered. Nobody can access your data without a
+ password, including us.
+
+ <p>This is quite unique in the on-line synchronization and
+ backup space. While we very carefully protect your data, you are
+ additionally assured that it is impossible to read your files for anyone
+ else but you (or others, with whom you have shared the password).
</article>
@@ -67,4 +93,184 @@
</form>
</section>
+<section id="faq">
+ <h1>Frequently Asked Questions</h1>
+
+ <article>
+
+ <input type="checkbox" id="ac-05" />
+ <label for="ac-05"><h2>What is Synctech?</h2></label>
+ <div>
+
+ Synctech is a privacy-preserving way to back-up and synchronize files
+ across your and your colleagues' (or friends, or family) devices. With
+ Synctech, your files are always-synchronized, regularly backed-up,
+ ensuring important files are always there when you need them.
+
+ <div></div>
+ </div>
+ </article>
+
+ <article>
+ <input type="checkbox" id="ac-07" checked="checked" />
+ <label for="ac-07"><h2>How does Synctech differ from other file-hosting providers?</h2></label>
+ <div>
+
+ <p>When setting up Synctech, you are entering your password on your trusted
+ devices. All your files are encrypted with that password. That way,
+ nobody can read your files without a password, even us (since you are not
+ entering the password on Synctech; it is deliberately impossible).
+
+ <p>At Synctech, we are protecting our customer data very carefully (stay
+ tuned for a blog post with technical details). Even with that, it is good
+ to have extra assurances that the files are accessible only to the
+ devices you trust.
+
+ <p>End-to-end protected files is very uncommon in today's backup or
+ synchronization services. It is now possible for us to offer a service
+ that does it securely.
+
+ <div></div>
+ </div>
+ </article>
+
+ <article>
+ <input type="checkbox" id="ac-10" checked="checked" />
+ <label for="ac-10"><h2>What is a backup?</h2></label>
+ <div>
+
+ <p>A backup is a copy of your data stored somewhere else. If the original
+ data is lost, it can be recovered from a backup. Backups are essential
+ for data that is worth saving.
+
+ <p>Here are a few common ways how data is lost, when having a backup
+ becomes essential:
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>Hard-drive failure.</li>
+ <li>Loss of the computer (e.g. theft or leaving at the wrong place).</li>
+ <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ransomware">Ransomware</a>,
+ when data is locked out by an attacker unless a ransom is paid.</li>
+ <li>"Whoops, I permanently deleted the wrong folder".</li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <div></div>
+ </div>
+ </article>
+
+ <article>
+ <input type="checkbox" id="ac-20" checked="checked" />
+ <label for="ac-20"><h2>What is file synchronization?</h2></label>
+ <div>
+
+ It is an automatic process that ensures files in two or more computers
+ (phones) are the same.
+
+ <p>Synctech uses a free and open-source program <a
+ href="https://syncthing.net">syncthing</a> to synchronize files both
+ across your devices, and across your devices and Synctech itself. Once
+ files are synchronized between your devices and Synctech, it will
+ periodically create backups.
+
+ <div></div>
+ </div>
+ </article>
+
+ <article>
+ <input type="checkbox" id="ac-30" checked="checked" />
+ <label for="ac-30"><h2>How do I sign up?</h2></label>
+ <div>
+
+ Synctech is currently in Private Alpha. Which means it is open only for
+ the early adopters, who are not charged for the service.
+
+ As soon as we are ready for a wider audience, we will start sending
+ signup invitations on first-come-first-serve basis; enter your email
+ <a href="/">here</a> to add yourself to the queue.
+
+ <div></div>
+ </div>
+ </article>
+
+ <article>
+ <input type="checkbox" id="ac-35" checked="checked" />
+ <label for="ac-35"><h2>How do I use Synctech?</h2></label>
+ <div>
+
+ Once signed up for Synctech, you are presented with a guide which will
+ guide through:
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>Install Syncthing on your computer/phone/tablet.</li>
+ <li>Select folders which you want to share.</li>
+ <li>Optional: configure sharing: between yours or devices of your
+ colleagues/friends.</li>
+ </ul>
+
+ Once Synctech and your local Syncthing are ready, your files are safe,
+ backed-up, and always available. Folders can be recovered from backups
+ via the User's Control Panel in Synctech.
+
+ <div></div>
+ </div>
+ </article>
+
+ <article>
+ <input type="checkbox" id="ac-40" checked="checked" />
+ <label for="ac-40"><h2>Where is the source code?</h2></label>
+ <div>
+
+ Source code will be released as soon as Synctech leaves private alpha
+ (i.e. we start charging for the service). As a heads up, Synctech
+ consists of two parts, licensed differently:
+
+ <ul>
+
+ <li>User's control panel:
+ <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html">MIT license</a>.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>Everything else:
+ <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/AGPL-3.0-only.html">AGPL-v3</a>.
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+ We are licensing user's control panel under a more permissive MIT
+ license, so it can be uplifted to the MIT-licensed
+ <a href="https://syncthing.net">syncthing</a> more easily.
+
+ <div></div>
+ </div>
+ </article>
+
+ <article>
+ <input type="checkbox" id="ac-50" checked="checked" />
+ <label for="ac-50"><h2>Who is behind Synctech? What are your values?</h2></label>
+ <div>
+
+ Synctech is run by Motiejus Jakštys, an engineer from Lithuania. I have a
+ software engineering dayjob, and am developing Synctech during my
+ personal time. Synctech is fully self-funded (bootstrapped).
+
+ <p>My main ethos are:
+ <ul>
+
+ <li>Respect the customer. Since the business is bootstrapped, I have
+ all the means to behave ethically.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>Attention to detail creates the best product.</li>
+ <li>Accessibility (and bandwidth) matter.</li>
+
+ </ul>
+
+ Stay tuned for a series of blog posts about creating the business, the
+ technical details, and the guiding principles.
+
+ <div></div>
+ </div>
+ </article>
+
+</section>
+
{% endblock %}{# "body" #}
