4 ms·
Data Privacy: Why can't Chrome and Chromium users run their own sync server?
- plasma 14y agoProbably because that feature starts out with -100 points (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericgu/archive/2004/01/12/57985.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericgu/archive/2004/01/12/57985.aspx) which sounds like a good way to filter the backlog to me.
- yoouleri 14y agoAlso ChromeOS/ChromiumOS. I would pay for a private server and I'm guessing many businesses would to.
- gregable 14y agoWhile not exactly the same thing, one can use an encryption password for their sync data. The password is not sent to Google and must be entered individually on every chrome installation: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1181035 http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&ans... This has largely the same effect.
- Kerrick 14y agoThat covers the privacy concerns, but not the data ownership. It doesn't protect you from the (admittedly remote) possibility that Google will no longer offer sync servers.
- webwanderings 14y agoDoes Firefox provides this option? I don't recall. Besides, there is an option to encrypt sync data or the password.
- Kerrick 14y agoYes, it's mentioned in the bug report.