I stopped using syncthing-fork on Android after it was supposedly handed over to a new developer under dubious circumstances.
What is the current status? Is there a trusted version of Syncthing on Android?
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The repo is there for auditing. I’ve heard nothing to indicate there’s any form of scam or data exfiltration involved, rather than just an inept project handover to someone with different ideas of how to run a development project. 
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So this one is the current recommended fork? → GitHub - researchxxl/syncthing-android: Syncthing-Fork - A Syncthing Wrapper for Android. · GitHub
The nel0x one seems to have also been abandoned: GitHub - nel0x/syncthing-android: Syncthing - A Syncthing Wrapper for Android. · GitHub
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Same here. Something doesn’t sound right. throughout my life my gut feeling has warned me several times, I learned to listen to it!
It appears to be more an opportunist interested being able to see what files & contents people sync. These days with the ever-growing more and more sophisticated and variations-on-a-theme of scams it wouldn’t surprise me if the latest scam emerging is placing an “official” person as front man.
No, not paranoid [yet] Just very careful and becoming ever so more!
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Other wrappers to utilize Syncthing on Android devices have popped up since. I personally have good experience with BasicSync, then there is Syncup as a multi-platform choice also for iOS. And Syncthing-Tray has an Android port in the works.
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I very much like Syncthing-Fork and was using it on several devices successfully for a long time. Their project handover process made me looking into alternatives (although I do “want to trust” that project ..) and have positive experiences with SyncUp since.
I can also vouch for BasicSync, it has some advantages over Syncthing-Fork (better process handling, does not reimplement and duplicate Syncthing settings UI, etc.)
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Why are you listening to your gut instead of checking the code, and why are you making insinuations without any evidence to back them up?
Yes, I know, that’s become the norm in some parts of the world.
You assume and project way too much. Maybe I’m not a “coder”? Could that be? Why is there widespread concern expressed about the “handover”? The highly ambiguous “Access” notice?
You last phrase “Yes, I know, that’s become the norm in some parts of the world.” Is an inappropriate snark with a mild derogatory undertone.
I think I’m the only one of the two of us who hasn’t been spreading assumptions. I simply asked why you’re criticising something without having any evidence to back it up. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a programmer or not.
And as for my second comment, I’ve got nothing further to add.
Using BasicSync and Syncthing-Fork here, depending on hardware and accessibility 
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There you have it, if the original developer trusts it, so do I.
fyi that account is a new one, see Does anyone know why syncthing-fork is no longer available on Github? - #264 by sams steko
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While I have also not heard about the software being scammy or misleading, just some… weird …communication style, the posts from the new @Catfriend1 (account created some months ago just to put in a good word) and newly created user @asdf8dfafjk certainly are.
After reading this thread, I certainly have lost what little remaining trust I had in the traditional android APKs and will try out one of the alternatives and say good bye to the old wrapper - and I have been a Syncthing user pretty much from day 1.
Those accounts undermine the trust the parent project (vanilla Syncthing) has, they should be banned IMHO.