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> Peer to Peer data transfer via computing devices is something I wish was be more mainstream. It's not, because the commercial cloud storage mafia has invested
by dna_polymerase 5y ago
> Peer to Peer data transfer via computing devices is something I wish was be more mainstream. It's not, because the commercial cloud storage mafia has invested heavily in telling people that your data has to traverse their toll roads first.
Been in software half my life never heard anyone saying anything like this. It's most of the time easier and more efficient to use cloud storage than to spin up and bootstrap a p2p system. Also, thanks to encryption I don't really care if data hits the cloud.
- shawn-butler 5y agoCloud providers going through your photos and data for incriminating evidence in an automated way is a fairly new thing though. The more intrusive it gets the more likely the pendulum will swing. Not many consumers will encrypt unless it’s at a product level. It’s too difficult.
- chaxor 5y agoI have seen many concerns of quantum computing and its ability to blow through most of our encryption standards with ease. So that trust in the cloud via encryption will likely soon fade
- ziml77 5y agoI haven't heard anything about symmetric encryption being easier to break with quantum computers.
- goodpoint 5y agoThis is absurd. Try synchronizing a GB of data between two devices in the same room on an ADSL. If they (stupidly) bounce through an external server it might take an hour. Not to mention if you are on a mobile connection. Very people on this planet have fast + symmetric + unlimited bandwith available 24/7.
- outworlder 5y ago> It's most of the time easier and more efficient to use cloud storage than to spin up and bootstrap a p2p system Is it though? I've found that non technical family members will happily use Apple's airdrop to share things.