[brainstorm]Online contact sync
Hello; I was thinking about storing my contact list online. I don't feel comfortable giving my contacts' phone numbers to google or someone else. Instead, we can open a repository(possibly svn/git based) to store contacts online. Before sending contact info, the phone will encrypt the data(vcard?) with gpg for the owner's self. Of course sending vcards to people you know is not very hard once you get their public keys. I think I can work something out with python, but I don't know which distros have vcard integration. What do you think? -- - Atilla Filiz Eindhoven University of Technology Embedded Systems, Master's Programme ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [brainstorm]Online contact sync
2009/10/18 Atilla Filiz : > Hello; > I was thinking about storing my contact list online. I don't feel > comfortable giving my contacts' phone numbers to google or someone else. > Instead, we can open a repository(possibly svn/git based) to store contacts > online. Before sending contact info, the phone will encrypt the data(vcard?) > with gpg for the owner's self. Of course sending vcards to people you know > is not very hard once you get their public keys. I think I can work > something out with python, but I don't know which distros have vcard > integration. What do you think? I'm not clear what you mean. Why do you want your contacts to be online? Neil ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [brainstorm]Online contact sync
I don't know others but I occasionally switch distros and have multiple computers. I thought different people might be in the same condition. I actually don't how many people use Google contacts, but it's there. On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Neil Jerram wrote: > > I'm not clear what you mean. Why do you want your contacts to be online? > > Neil > -- - Atilla Filiz Eindhoven University of Technology Embedded Systems, Master's Programme ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [brainstorm]Online contact sync
2009/10/18 Atilla Filiz > I don't know others but I occasionally switch distros and have multiple > computers. I thought different people might be in the same condition. I > actually don't how many people use Google contacts, but it's there. OK, so this is primarily something for your own use only. You also mentioned giving contacts to other people - hence my uncertainty - but I guess you would do that from a copy of the contacts on one of your computers, and not from the online repository. So the next question is what form does the online repository need to take? In the simplest case it could be just a plain file (e.g. vcf format) that you upload to the web space that your ISP provides for you... But you mentioned git... Is that because you are also looking to track changes over time? ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [brainstorm]Online contact sync
Neil Jerram wrote: > > 2009/10/18 Atilla Filiz > >> I don't know others but I occasionally switch distros and have multiple >> computers. I thought different people might be in the same condition. I >> actually don't how many people use Google contacts, but it's there. > > > OK, so this is primarily something for your own use only. You also > mentioned giving contacts to other people - hence my uncertainty - but I > guess you would do that from a copy of the contacts on one of your > computers, and not from the online repository. > > So the next question is what form does the online repository need to take? > In the simplest case it could be just a plain file (e.g. vcf format) that > you upload to the web space that your ISP provides for you... > > Maybe the dev`s for pisi could extend it to include syncing to an vcf file over ftp/ssh? Maybe it already does? Neil Jerram wrote: > > But you mentioned git... Is that because you are also looking to track > changes over time? > git might not be the best thing here, since encrypting the vcf would essentially create a completely different file each time. -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/brainstorm-Online-contact-sync-tp3844647p3844822.html Sent from the Openmoko Community mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [brainstorm]Online contact sync
ajvogel wrote: > > > Neil Jerram wrote: >> 2009/10/18 Atilla Filiz >> >>> I don't know others but I occasionally switch distros and have multiple >>> computers. I thought different people might be in the same condition. I >>> actually don't how many people use Google contacts, but it's there. >> >> OK, so this is primarily something for your own use only. You also >> mentioned giving contacts to other people - hence my uncertainty - but I >> guess you would do that from a copy of the contacts on one of your >> computers, and not from the online repository. >> >> So the next question is what form does the online repository need to take? >> In the simplest case it could be just a plain file (e.g. vcf format) that >> you upload to the web space that your ISP provides for you... >> >> > Maybe the dev`s for pisi could extend it to include syncing to an vcf file > over ftp/ssh? Maybe it already does? Indeed it does - the default configuration file (https://projects.openmoko.org/plugins/scmsvn/viewcvs.php/*checkout*/trunk/conf?rev=152&root=pisi) shows two examples: ## ## 2.5) ## Remote VCF file (on a Webdav-Server) ## [remoteVCF] description= Remote VCF on Webdav module=contacts_remotevcf url=http://webdav.davserver.net/private/pim/ file=contacts.vcf username= password= the following example is ICS - but you can apply exactly the same to vcf ... ## ## 1.5) ## Remote ICS file (on a SSH-Server (scp)) ## ## - make sure, you don't need a password for this account (e.g. key file without password) ## - I noticed, you should create your key file on Openmoko - otherwise will bring an error: ## dropbearkey -t rsa -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa ## This example is an ICalendar on your desktop machine, which you have configured in ## Sunbird / Lightning as 'file:///home/username/test.ics' (on the desktop) ## [sshIcs] description=ICalendar on SSH Server module=calendar_ics path=/tmp/pisi-tmpcal.ics preprocess=scp -i /home/root/.ssh/id_rsa usern...@192.168.0.200:/home/username/test.ics /tmp/pisi-tmpcal.ics postprocess=scp /tmp/pisi-tmpcal.ics usern...@192.168.0.200:/home/username/test.ics && rm /tmp/pisi-tmpcal.ics ask me if you need more input ... best regards Michael > > > Neil Jerram wrote: >> But you mentioned git... Is that because you are also looking to track >> changes over time? >> > > git might not be the best thing here, since encrypting the vcf would > essentially create a completely different file each time. > > ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [brainstorm]Online contact sync
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Atilla Filiz wrote: > I was thinking about storing my contact list online. I don't feel > comfortable giving my contacts' phone numbers to google or someone else. > Before sending contact info, the phone will encrypt the data(vcard?) > with gpg for the owner's self. Why not encrypt it, and upload to google? Each field should be encrypted, to be shared with google. Laszlo ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
