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The point that everyone seems to be missing is that this BS also locks out all local files on every machine for people using the briefcase. I specifically kept
by calansvc 15y ago
The point that everyone seems to be missing is that this BS also locks out all local files on every machine for people using the briefcase. I specifically kept local copies of important files on multiple machines as well as uploading to the LD servers, but as of now it is ALL inaccessible.
LD completely dropped the ball here, regardless of what Backify did or didn't do wrong.
- mikeash 15y agoWow, I had no idea about that part. That goes well beyond being negligent and well into being outright evil.
- calansvc 15y agoYeah... no kidding. All LD would have to do is give me a temporary account login so that the LD software would fire off and let me retrieve my local files (regardless of the online service politics going on). But they tell me that they can't and I'm screwed...even if I signed up with them directly. And it's complete BS, since I can see the files in tact on my hard drive. The problem is that the local LD cache uses sequentially numbered folders and arbitrary file names with no extensions... so manually recovering the locally stored files would be a monumental task.