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"For start dropbox is infrastructure provider and they have no right to snoop inside your files." Uh sure they do. Both legally and morally. It's their servers
by forrestthewoods 13y ago
"For start dropbox is infrastructure provider and they have no right to snoop inside your files."
Uh sure they do. Both legally and morally. It's their servers! Their right to snoop files stored on their servers is quite strong. Your right to store files on someone else's servers is zero. If you would like to pay someone to store your stuff on their servers that is a business deal which can be arranged and the fine print can be negotiated between the two private parties.
- qwerta 13y agoBut it is not their data...
- forrestthewoods 13y agoIf you don't want someone looking at your data then you probably shouldn't store it on their servers. Especially when the contract you entered with that person says they they can snoop the data. You could try negotiating a contract that says you can store your data on their servers but they aren't allowed to look at that data under any circumstances ever. There are a variety of Dropbox competitors that focus on letting you run the server so you can control the data. If data privacy is of maximum concern, and that is a legitimate thing to be concerned about, then I'd recommend one of those options.
- waterlesscloud 13y agoWhat if I transmit data over someone else's wires? Do they have the legal and moral right to snoop at it? What if it's stored within a government's territorial jurisdiction? Do they have the legal and moral right to snoop? Why not?
- rayiner 13y agoYes to both, save for the limitations these parties themselves agree to. That is, after all, what the 4th amendment is: a limitation on the United States' sovereign rights.