mozilla-services/syncserver on Hacker News

…way earlier; when Mozilla integrated Firefox Sync (unless you sync to your own server, ofcourse: https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver ) and more recently the acquisition of Pocket in 2017, after a 2 year partnership. Data mining…

comment by mindcrash · 2025-02-26 · in Does Firefox sell your personal data?

…available to do this, but the missing piece seems to be that it requires a mozilla account server. https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncstorage-rs https://mozilla-services.readthedocs.io/en/…

comment by m463 · 2024-06-23 · in Anybody have problems with bookmark organization like me?

…one, and they've got a new Rust one, but it didn't support SQLite the last time I had checked. [1] https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver

comment by abound · 2023-12-28 · in Firefox Sync actually works

I've posted on this a few times. Rehashing[0]: > https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver/pull/294 > So basically they stopped running the older version themselves but don't consider the newer version production-ready yet. What a…

comment by 3np · 2023-08-29 · in Can Chrome Sync or Firefox Sync be trusted with sensitive data? (2018)

…also need to run your own sync-1.5 server. The tutorial refers to the old unmaintained version: https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver , see https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver/commit/8d9804... The alternative is…

comment by WirelessGigabit · 2023-08-29 · in Can Chrome Sync or Firefox Sync be trusted with sensitive data? (2018)

…tracker suggests that it’s mostly due to their team being focused on the main Firefox service: https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver/issues/264#is... I’m sure it wouldn’t be that hard to port but if they’re committed to a…

comment by acdha · 2023-02-07 · in Ask HN: Is anyone successfully self-hosting Firefox Sync?

…petty, but the old syncserver was working well for me, and it doesn't yet support SQLite. [0] https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver [1] https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver#removing-mozi... [2]…

comment by williamvds · 2023-02-06 · in Ask HN: Is anyone successfully self-hosting Firefox Sync?

…to find any official up-to-date docs on it. The Github README says that it is no longer maintained: https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver

comment by hosteur · 2022-05-28 · in Reasons to ditch Chrome and use Firefox

Context: https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver/pull/294 So basically they stopped running the older version themselves but don't consider the newer version production-ready yet. What a mess.

comment by 3np · 2022-03-18 · in LibreWolf – A fork of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom

…I'm aware of one user group running a shared instance and it seems to work as advertised. https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver

comment by ancientsofmumu · 2022-03-18 · in LibreWolf – A fork of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom

Firefox Sync is open source: https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver

comment by yoasif_ · 2021-09-11 · in Why Firefox has been in decline for 12 years

There is a public implementation [1] of the Firefox sync server, so you can host your own today. [1] https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver

comment by chaz6 · 2021-01-26 · in The Endless Browser Wars

You can still run your own Firefox sync server! See: https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver

comment by shawnz · 2020-12-06 · in Show HN: Espial — an open-source, web-based bookmarking server

…an eye on sync, I'm guessing these features will be committed to their syncserver, when available: https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver .

comment by groovybits · 2020-01-14 · in Firefox Multi-Account Containers

Sync can also be self hosted. https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver

comment by ajphdiv · 2019-12-30 · in Switching from Chrome to Firefox

…do update this article. [0]: https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncstorage-rs/commits/m... [1]: https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver/commits/maste... [2]: https://lockwise.firefox.com/ [3]:…

comment by piotrkubisa · 2019-08-02 · in Contributing to the Mozilla code base

Firefox Sync actually allows this! https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver This still uses FxA for authentication. You can self-host that up as well, but it's not nearly as straightforward, and I'm not aware of good documentation on…

comment by yoklov · 2018-11-14 · in Private by Design: How We Built Firefox Sync

…privacy complaints related to sync would disappear. (Obviously Google would never do this.) [1] https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver/

comment by bhauer · 2018-09-24 · in Am I logged in or not? GDPR case study on the example of Chrome browser change

…exist [1]. Maybe a simple sync server and a cross browser plugin? Anyway have a nice day :) [0] https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17072977

comment by BlackLotus89 · 2018-05-15 · in Deep Dive: New Bookmark Sync in Firefox Nightly

You can: https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver I hear, it's not that easy to setup, though, as Mozilla only really needed to set it up for themselves a handful of times, probably.

comment by Sylos · 2017-12-20 · in Update: Looking Glass Add-On

…for authentication and the "syncstorage" project for storage, produce a single stand-alone webapp." https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver

comment by icebraining · 2017-03-07 · in Firefox 52 released

At least Sync can be self hosted https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver and is there any open standard for that kind of syncing? I'm about to self host sync myself so I'm interested in your claim about it being insecure. I won't…

comment by pmontra · 2017-01-30 · in Chrome Widevine DRM can no longer be disabled

…Sync server, if you are concerned about privacy or Mozilla no longer supporting the service: https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver

comment by cpeterso · 2016-11-20 · in WebExtensions in Firefox 52

…you can set up your own sync server and take the Mozilla-run servers out of the equation entirely. https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver

comment by jonchang · 2014-05-27 · in Pre-orders start today for Flame, the Firefox OS developer phone