Looking at Quine and considering, but, yeah, things are not quite there yet for local storage with iOS. Not sure how much I want to get into new territory.
On Monday, October 15, 2018 at 5:27:12 PM UTC-7, Arlen Beiler wrote: > > What I think you should do is host it on the network then access it from > your iOS device. You could setup a secure VPN solution that would allow > them to connect to the home network remotely. Or you could just have it > sync changes once they get back home. I really think that would be a lot > easier than anything else on iOS. Otherwise someone would have to write an > app specifically for that, and I don't know who will. There is the Quine > app, but I don't know if it covers your usecase. Have you checked that out? > > On Tue, Oct 16, 2018, 06:52 David Masterson <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I understand. The hacker incidents of stolen data makes trusting >> websites with precious data harder, so the idea of USB keys for secure data >> storage seems like (at least for the common man) a relatively inexpensive, >> yet secure approach. It's also (might be) relatively easy to plug in the >> key and have the TW app pop up to lead a newbie through the data with no >> special requirements (other than a family password). All that has to be >> done is make backups of the key from time to time (which can be locked away >> in a safety deposit box). >> >> On Sunday, October 14, 2018 at 8:06:22 PM UTC-7, TonyM wrote: >>> >>> David, >>> >>> Another question to ask is how much data costs, and is it always >>> available. As the price drops and tiddlyiki can be hosted over https the >>> cloud option becomes more compelling. Sometimes when the direct approach is >>> not available we are forced to find a way around and we can find better >>> solutions in the long run. The next release will be moving tiddlywiki >>> forward and variouse serving options may go a long way. >>> >>> Best of luck anyway, and keep the conversation going. >>> >>> Tony >>> >>> On Monday, October 15, 2018 at 1:53:47 PM UTC+11, David Masterson wrote: >>>> >>>> Interesting point. >>>> >>>> The other point is sneakernet. That is, providing a communication >>>> where they can communicate changes to the financial data (results of >>>> doctor >>>> visits, big banking transactions, etc.) which would be done by TW writing >>>> data to the USB key and then passing that to others as needed. >>>> >>>> This issue is getting to be almost as big as simply encrypting a file >>>> in the cloud. Hmm. >>>> >>>> On Sunday, October 14, 2018 at 5:04:55 PM UTC-7, Mark S. wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I'm not a Mac person, but I'm following along. >>>>> >>>>> Do I understand this correctly: You can only access a USB stick via an >>>>> App specifically made for that stick? And can only access files that that >>>>> app allows? So if a usb manufacturer doesn't provide good codecs, you >>>>> might >>>>> not be able to view videos directly on the stick? Wow, that's limiting. >>>>> >>>>> Given that many USB sticks allow transferring of videos and none (or >>>>> is there one? which one BTW?) allow HTML, wouldn't it be better offload >>>>> the >>>>> videos to a stick instead? Your daughter's bound to run out of space if >>>>> she >>>>> keeps making videos on the device. >>>>> >>>>> I would be surprised if your personal data weighed in at more than 10 >>>>> megs. On my ancient 6 year old Android devices, 10 Megs is about the >>>>> upper >>>>> limit. But 10 megs is an awful lot of information in text form. 6 megs >>>>> can >>>>> hold an entire Bible for instance, which is about equivalent to 6000 one >>>>> page documents. >>>>> >>>>> Good luck! >>>>> -- Mark >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sunday, October 14, 2018 at 3:18:35 PM UTC-7, David Masterson wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Interesting possibility. My concern was potential size of the >>>>>> financial records over time chewing up significant space on the iPhones >>>>>> internal storage (daughter likes to fill storage with her self-produced >>>>>> videos). Use of a USB key can add to the storage significantly, but I'm >>>>>> not sure yet of that possibility. I have found at least one USB key >>>>>> (with >>>>>> SD card) that connects both to Windows/Mac and to iPhone lightning and >>>>>> supports HTML (among many others) files. Not sure what the extent of >>>>>> the >>>>>> support is, though. >>>>>> >>>>>> Don't you think this would be use-case to partner with one or more >>>>>> companies to work on providing an off-the-shelf TiddlyWiki setup that >>>>>> works >>>>>> with their USB key to provide (virtually) unlimited and secure storage >>>>>> and >>>>>> application tools that works across all system types that support USB >>>>>> interfaces? I would think it would be a good way to get a big cash >>>>>> infusion without taking TiddlyWiki closed-source. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TiddlyWiki" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/c1cf0e21-9523-463f-9fdc-45d5f121769f%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/c1cf0e21-9523-463f-9fdc-45d5f121769f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. 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