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What still amazes me is that people (around the world) are willing to let these US companies store their personal data, email, etc. I'm not trying to be a troll
by plg 14y ago
What still amazes me is that people (around the world) are willing to let these US companies store their personal data, email, etc. I'm not trying to be a troll but I think it's worth pointing out that many non-US citizens would have a BIG problem with this. Or so I thought. The other thing that surprises me is that so many techies use these services, where most of the functionality can be easily achieved using existing tools, which would be under your personal control. If its a choice between giving up freedom and having the responsibility to backup my own data, I choose the latter. Sure my grandma may choose the former but I would try to convince her otherwise.
- mseebach 14y agoFor the vast majority of users (myself included, and I'm very much a techie), my personal email and whatever stuff I've got squirreled away in Dropbox (which isn't a full backup of my computer) just isn't compromising. Yes, it would be inconvenient and embarrassing for me if it was made public, but for the US intelligence and law enforcement to have a slightly easier way of getting to it, it's just not worth the inconvenience.
- agreemensch 14y agoIt amazes me too. I hardly view Dropbox as a stalwart company. But good on them for hitting the jackpot in the short term. Amazon AWS, upon which Dropbox relies, is open to all, not just Dropbox. Even Xen, upon which Amazon relies, is open to all, not just Amazon. Things are still very primitive and there's ample room, and plenty of motivation (e.g. data privacy), for experimentation. Besides prgmr, who else is offering Xen-based "cloud" (=hosting)? Are there a wealth of Xen-based alternatives (that could support "Dropbox" like functionality)?