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HOWEVER, any service capable of syncing files is equally capable of destroying them. That's simply not true (I've built sync systems that are incapable of dest
by erichocean 14y ago
HOWEVER, any service capable of syncing files is equally capable of destroying them.
That's simply not true (I've built sync systems that are incapable of destroying files).
IMO, syncing designs that do have unrevokable overwrites are inherently brittle. (I don't know if Dropbox is built that way, but AFIAK, iCloud (and MobileMe before it) is -- and it sucks.)
- Dylan16807 14y agoDropbox is revocable, the issue is for how long. In addition to online versions, the client holds on to old versions for three days. It used to be longer but the cache could get unreasonably large.