🌐 Software Removal | Least Authority S4 is going to be discontinued soon, and new signups are not possible #1429

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2019-10-26T19:44:42Z

djoate commented

2019-10-26 19:44:42 +00:00

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I guess this counts as a software removal proposal as well.

We have Least Authority S4 as one of our recommendations for cloud storage (https://www.privacytools.io/providers/cloud-storage/)

This September 2019 blog post from Least Authority, https://leastauthority.com/blog/the-path-from-s4-to-privatestorage/, says that PrivateStorage is going to be released this year, with S4 being discontinued after.

In March 2019, Least Authority announced PrivateStorage, our new joint venture with Private Internet Access, a privacy-focused VPN provider, to launch a new secure cloud storage product based on Tahoe-LAFS.
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PrivateStorage launches later this year.
If you are a current S4 customer, there is nothing you need to do right now. Shortly after the public launch of PrivateStorage, we will help you switch to PrivateStorage as we discontinue our S4 service. Before that, we’ll be providing further information about the transition. In the meantime, we’ll operate S4 as usual and do not plan to shut it down until PrivateStorage is publicly launched, and thereby a suitable option for all of our customers.

Currently you cannot signup for S4. They don't make signup options for S4 available on their site. Trying to go to https://leastauthority.com/signup/ currently gets you a "404! Not Found" (It used to be there: https://web.archive.org/web/20190411170146/https://leastauthority.com/signup/)

## Description I guess this counts as a software removal proposal as well. We have Least Authority S4 as one of our recommendations for cloud storage (https://www.privacytools.io/providers/cloud-storage/) This September 2019 blog post from Least Authority, https://leastauthority.com/blog/the-path-from-s4-to-privatestorage/, says that PrivateStorage is going to be released this year, with S4 being discontinued after. > In March 2019, Least Authority announced PrivateStorage, our new joint venture with Private Internet Access, a privacy-focused VPN provider, to launch a new secure cloud storage product based on Tahoe-LAFS. > ... > PrivateStorage launches later this year. > If you are a current S4 customer, there is nothing you need to do right now. Shortly after the public launch of PrivateStorage, we will help you switch to PrivateStorage as we discontinue our S4 service. Before that, we’ll be providing further information about the transition. In the meantime, we’ll operate S4 as usual and do not plan to shut it down until PrivateStorage is publicly launched, and thereby a suitable option for all of our customers. Currently you cannot signup for S4. They don't make signup options for S4 available on their site. Trying to go to https://leastauthority.com/signup/ currently gets you a "404! Not Found" (It used to be there: https://web.archive.org/web/20190411170146/https://leastauthority.com/signup/)