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How to move off of Dropbox

15 points by pearjuice 12y ago

toni 12y ago
How can anyone possibly recommends draconian services like "Microsoft OneDrive" and "Google Drive" as alternatives for moving off Dropbox. This looks more about dropping Dropbox for the sake of dropping Dropbox, rather than anything else.
- Rektash 12y ago
  The hole campaign is a joke, they are blaming Dropbox for the crimes sanctioned by the citizen of the USA. Or do they really expect that a company like Dropbox cares about anything but money? Anyway, they are missing one important alternative, seafile. Open source, encrypted and if you don't want to setup your own server you still get 1GB at seacloud for free. http://seafile.com/ http://seafile.com/ https://seacloud.cc/ https://seacloud.cc/
  - chrismcb 12y ago
    I'm guessing the people that are saying "stop giving money to dropbox" probably understand the company cares about money.
- josiahwarren 12y ago
  It's agenda-based. The reality is that if they gave Hitler a spot on the board most Dropbox users would not care
- uvTwitch 12y ago
  Because Microsoft and Google are both much, much larger companies that have more than one business avenue, not to mention deeper pockets for lawyers. When asked for a user's data, they are are far more likely to respond with 'fuck off' than a small single-business-model company with a known government war criminal on the board of directors.
  - toni 12y ago
    Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Yahoo have no incentive to show their middle finger to the government. As soon as your company receive a subpoena (or even a "national security letter" for that matter) from the government to hand over your users' data, the size of your company or your business model does not matter at all. Don't hold your breath for Microsoft, Yahoo and Google to fight for your rights. The same goes for Dropbox. That is why suggesting to move from Dropbox to Microsoft/Google Drive does not make any sense.
DoubleMalt 12y ago
[shameless plug] ... or you wait a couple of months and checkout https://cloudfleet.io/ https://cloudfleet.io/
simonblack 12y ago
Nothing that you do not control yourself can be considered secure. If you must use a 'cloud storage', consider it to tantamount to be 'in the public domain'. In other words, don't put anything in 'cloud storage' that you would not be happy seeing printed on the front page of the New York Times for all the world to see.
AH4oFVbPT4f8 12y ago
I would add BitTorrent Sync to the list. Yes, wait until they opensource the code, but once that happens it seems to be a better option than the businesses listed in the article.
MehdiHK 12y ago
I don't really get it. What's wrong with Dropbox?
- kawsper 12y ago
  Their incentives are explained on the frontpage http://www.drop-dropbox.com/ http://www.drop-dropbox.com/

15 points by pearjuice 12y ago

toni 12y ago

How can anyone possibly recommends draconian services like "Microsoft OneDrive" and "Google Drive" as alternatives for moving off Dropbox. This looks more about dropping Dropbox for the sake of dropping Dropbox, rather than anything else.

Rektash 12y ago
The hole campaign is a joke, they are blaming Dropbox for the crimes sanctioned by the citizen of the USA. Or do they really expect that a company like Dropbox cares about anything but money? Anyway, they are missing one important alternative, seafile. Open source, encrypted and if you don't want to setup your own server you still get 1GB at seacloud for free. http://seafile.com/ http://seafile.com/ https://seacloud.cc/ https://seacloud.cc/
- chrismcb 12y ago
  I'm guessing the people that are saying "stop giving money to dropbox" probably understand the company cares about money.
josiahwarren 12y ago
It's agenda-based. The reality is that if they gave Hitler a spot on the board most Dropbox users would not care
uvTwitch 12y ago
Because Microsoft and Google are both much, much larger companies that have more than one business avenue, not to mention deeper pockets for lawyers. When asked for a user's data, they are are far more likely to respond with 'fuck off' than a small single-business-model company with a known government war criminal on the board of directors.
- toni 12y ago
  Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Yahoo have no incentive to show their middle finger to the government. As soon as your company receive a subpoena (or even a "national security letter" for that matter) from the government to hand over your users' data, the size of your company or your business model does not matter at all. Don't hold your breath for Microsoft, Yahoo and Google to fight for your rights. The same goes for Dropbox. That is why suggesting to move from Dropbox to Microsoft/Google Drive does not make any sense.

DoubleMalt 12y ago

[shameless plug] ... or you wait a couple of months and checkout https://cloudfleet.io/ https://cloudfleet.io/

simonblack 12y ago

Nothing that you do not control yourself can be considered secure. If you must use a 'cloud storage', consider it to tantamount to be 'in the public domain'. In other words, don't put anything in 'cloud storage' that you would not be happy seeing printed on the front page of the New York Times for all the world to see.

AH4oFVbPT4f8 12y ago

I would add BitTorrent Sync to the list. Yes, wait until they opensource the code, but once that happens it seems to be a better option than the businesses listed in the article.

MehdiHK 12y ago

I don't really get it. What's wrong with Dropbox?

kawsper 12y ago
Their incentives are explained on the frontpage http://www.drop-dropbox.com/ http://www.drop-dropbox.com/