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What happens when your files are considered Bad and Microsoft removes them? When the OneDrive backend suffers bit rot or misconfiguration? What happens when you
by proactivesvcs 2y ago
What happens when your files are considered Bad and Microsoft removes them? When the OneDrive backend suffers bit rot or misconfiguration? What happens when your Microsoft account is compromised? When the photos of your kids in the bath are sent to the police? When you have a 10GB file that's frequently modified and the client then constantly scans it and uploads it? When your abusive partner, relation, co-worker or boss uses this to surveil you, tamper with or remove your files or even plant evidence? When your business or organisation now suffers from liability from not performing due data protection diligence of something they were not informed nor asked consent for? The list of reasons why this is terrible just goes on and on.
- DaoVeles 2y agoSomething many have to consider. When doing something positive, think about how it can be abused to the negative. It doesn't mean, do not do the good thing - it means consider how to prevent the bad thing at the same time.
- hengheng 2y agoAny of this would be an implementation level fault, and Dropbox, iCloud, Google Photos and Meta's chat apps have had this solved for decades. I don't see why OneDrive couldn't. If you hate the design, don't let your arguments rely on a bad implementation of what you hate. Make them work with a perfect one.
- proactivesvcs 2y agoiCloud sometimes silently fails to download files. Dropbox have, on multiple occasions, resurrected years-deleted files, Drive is a dumpster fire - it doesn't even support exclusions, so will happily (try to) sync multi-gigabyte PST files, causing drastic CPU, drive and network IO saturation and Outlook faults. But hey, at least people consent to this trouble.