That’s the main issue with how Immich has been developed: the main assumption was always that the end user would either self-host it on their own machine, or use disk encryptions (e.g. LUKS) for VPS.
The issue is that if you try to make it a SaaS, like PixelUnion does, there’s no real way to prevent the PixelUnion admins from accessing your data.
I have good hopes for https://zeitkapsl.eu/en/ , hopefully at some point they allow self hosting and then it will be possible to do what PixelUnion does with Immich, but with proper E2EE
You can’t do face detection or other features with E2EE. It’s a design choice, and I think Immich fills a great spot as a google photo replacement, leave E2EE to other tools
That’s the main issue with how Immich has been developed: the main assumption was always that the end user would either self-host it on their own machine, or use disk encryptions (e.g. LUKS) for VPS.
The issue is that if you try to make it a SaaS, like PixelUnion does, there’s no real way to prevent the PixelUnion admins from accessing your data.
I have good hopes for https://zeitkapsl.eu/en/ , hopefully at some point they allow self hosting and then it will be possible to do what PixelUnion does with Immich, but with proper E2EE
You can’t do face detection or other features with E2EE. It’s a design choice, and I think Immich fills a great spot as a google photo replacement, leave E2EE to other tools
Ente does face detection with E2EE. Those features happen client side rather than server side.