When Your Digital Life Vanishes

(newyorker.com)

48 points by benbreen4 days ago

3 comments

  • serious_angel3 hours ago
    These folder artworks, at the header, are freaking awesome!<p>If no AI was in use for its creation process, I do so wholeheartedly hope, then every single folder features ideas&#x2F;message in quite genius attitudes, I believe, and the whole work deserves a physical frame!
    • eru1 hour ago
      &gt; If no AI was in use for its creation process, I do so wholeheartedly hope, then every single folder features ideas&#x2F;message in quite genius attitudes, I believe, and the whole work deserves a physical frame!<p>And if AI was used, that would decrease your enjoyment?<p>You might be better off never looking too deeply into how the sausage is made.
    • sanjit3 hours ago
      Illustration by Carolina Moscoso (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;carolina-moscoso.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;carolina-moscoso.com&#x2F;</a>)<p>The illustrator credits are easier to see in print, easy to miss in this story.
      • serious_angel2 hours ago
        I see! Such a huge... huge.. relief... oh dear gracious sakes...<p>Art... love still exists! Thank you, dear sanjit, Carolina Moscoso, and Julian Lucas at NewYorker for the ineffably magnificent art... miracles you do...
  • edoceo2 hours ago
    On the subject...of anyone has good recommendations on getting phone data off the device as soon as possible to my own system would be cool.<p>I&#x27;m on immich; photos are my most important.<p>Haven&#x27;t found something to offload the on device files - like saved attachments from texts.
    • bobim2 minutes ago
      Sailfish has a native Nextcloud integration, photos land on your home server without any user action. On iOS it requires opening the app from time to time.
    • numpad026 minutes ago
      IIRC you can&#x27;t extract app-private directories without root or debug-signed apk. Things &quot;under &#x2F;sdcard&quot;(in quotes because actual paths move around in typical Google manner) should be accessible from other apps&#x2F;adb over USB.
    • m4632 hours ago
      I backup my iphones to linux using libimobiledevice<p>the commands I use are:<p>see if phone is connected:<p><pre><code> lsusb </code></pre> 1) backup entire* device to filesystem:<p><pre><code> idevicebackup2 backup &lt;backup-dir&gt; </code></pre> 2) backup photos&#x2F;other data:<p><pre><code> ifuse mount -o allow_other &#x2F;mnt rsync -av &#x2F;mnt &lt;out-dir&gt; </code></pre> command 1 will create an entire backup of the device, but in a wierd apple format. It can be restored to a clean device though.<p>command 2 will create a directory containing most of the phone data in an understanable format. for example photos will be in &lt;out-dir&gt;&#x2F;DCIM, for example DCIM&#x2F;100APPLE&#x2F;IMG_0170.HEIC<p>*: what apple allows you to back up. for example, if you have the kindle app on your phone, neither the app itself, or the kindle books will be backed up. If you restore the backup, you will have to re-download the kindle app, and re-download the book files.
      • theK51 minutes ago
        How much user interaction is needed in the phone to make this happen nowadays? I havent used libimobiledevice in ages but I can remember that nm the past in order to get everything your phone would need to request an icloud backup (as most data lived there and not on the device back then) and often the process would just stall if the phone fell asleep.<p>The lack of selfhosting support on iPhones is the main reason why I&#x27;m on android.
    • Sarky2 hours ago
      Syncthing is the only app i need for syncing files to home computer. No clouds, just your phone and computer (or computers).
      • neumann1 hour ago
        +1<p>I have multiple syncthings between phone and home nas:<p>- Photos (immich on server&#x2F;mobile). I use master on phone, so immich don&#x27;t delete on phone, and then rotate my folders out of syncthing directory and then clean my on device camera photo every few months<p>- Notes: (Obsidian on server&#x2F;mobile). flawless<p>- SyncFolder: random folder to move between the two.
    • ozruxo2 hours ago
      For my self and my android, SMB protocol and app Cx File Explorer.
      • gblargg41 minutes ago
        I&#x27;ve used SimpleSSHD on Android across many versions. Lets me mount phone over Wi-Fi using sshfs, so it acts like a normal local filesystem.
  • AnonC2 hours ago
    Non-paywalled: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.is&#x2F;I4bSm" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.is&#x2F;I4bSm</a>