CPAhem

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by CPAhem 10y ago
I feel your pain. We went through similar problems. Many others do to, if you look at the online support groups. Some things that might help you: * Set user permissions really tight. I've had so many issues with users dragging folders
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Foreign buyers push up global house prices(economist.com)
3 points by CPAhem 10y ago|0 comments
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3Par Brought Down Australian Tax Office with REDACTED(theregister.co.uk)
1 points by CPAhem 10y ago|0 comments
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There Is No Right to Repair(au.pcmag.com)
3 points by CPAhem 10y ago|0 comments
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by CPAhem 10y ago
Encrypting locally before uploading to the cloud is probably the best solution. That way unencrypted data never leaves your local device. You can do this with an app like VeraCrypt https://veracrypt.codeplex.com for DropBox or S
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Steve Jobs didn't just stiff Apple devs, he stiffed Pixar VFXers too(theregister.co.uk)
5 points by CPAhem 10y ago|1 comments
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Dropbox: Oops, yeah, we didn't actually delete all your files(theregister.co.uk)
29 points by CPAhem 10y ago|3 comments
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by CPAhem 10y ago
This still doesn't stop an attacker who has your Google credentials from accessing all the data. There is a single point of failure. Would it not be better if the encryption was end-to-end, being encrypted at the source, before being u
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by CPAhem 10y ago
No sync is not enforced, but that is how most people run it. The problem is if your local machine is compromised, then the attacker can delete you local files. These deletions are then synced to the cloud storage. The same can happen if you
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by CPAhem 10y ago
There are many alternatives, try SpiderOak if you want encryption, or SyncDocs if you just want to encrypt your free Google Drive storage.
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Here’s the Public Evidence Russia Hacked the DNC – It’s Not Enough(theintercept.com)
7 points by CPAhem 10y ago|0 comments
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by CPAhem 10y ago
Dropbox is probably aware of what happened to MegaUpload, and doesn't particularly want any more attention from the movie industry.
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China’s digital dictatorship(economist.com)
1 points by CPAhem 10y ago|0 comments
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by CPAhem 10y ago
It's interesting that countries like Germany where the population experienced the Nazis and the Stasi are the leaders in resisting this populism. In the US, we probably don't understand how bad it can get yet.
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by CPAhem 10y ago
> I can't say MS is better at everything MS is way better at support, which is a crucial factor in business. Our small company we have found that G Suite had almost non-existent support from Google. Finding a human at Google to talk
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by CPAhem 10y ago
The default Google Drive client is pretty basic and limited to one account at a time. Google probably has not prioritized desktop software like Drive. There are third party clients that provide more features like Syncdocs http://
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How teens using metadata found a whistleblower in two hours(abc.net.au)
6 points by CPAhem 10y ago|0 comments
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by CPAhem 10y ago
There is a serious decline in the Rule of Law here.
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by CPAhem 10y ago
Sad news.
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Hotel chain faces legal action over claims of 'masking' TripAdvisor complaints(abc.net.au)
8 points by CPAhem 10y ago|0 comments
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by CPAhem 10y ago
Microsoft is discontinuing EMET next year. This is a pity, as it allows Windows 7 and 8 users to protect apps against all sorts of exploits. Perhaps MS wants to up the pressure to upgrade to Windows 10?
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by CPAhem 10y ago
>Or put another way, why learn Octave/Matlab Because: 1. they are really simple and closer to math than programming languages 2. there is a huge codebase and many toolkits. 3. Matlab can be very fast
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Billions are stolen; only a whistle-blower goes to jail(economist.com)
4 points by CPAhem 10y ago|0 comments
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The Economist: Is Edward Snowden a Villain or a Hero?(economist.com)
2 points by CPAhem 10y ago|0 comments
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Donald Trump and the nuclear codes(economist.com)
2 points by CPAhem 10y ago|2 comments
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by CPAhem 10y ago
>But when did the global elite Many homes are being bought out by the Chinese elite. They are desperately trying to get their money out of China before the Yuan devalues or recession strikes. The same is happening in Hong Kong, Australia
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Want to Migrate to Australia? 2016-17 Skilled Occupations List (SOL) Announced(sbs.com.au)
1 points by CPAhem 10y ago|1 comments
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Australia's Internet Satisfaction Has Hit Rock Bottom(lifehacker.com.au)
2 points by CPAhem 10y ago|0 comments
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by CPAhem 10y ago
Charlie Brooker, the author of Black Mirror has had quite a few prescient moments: A previous series had the UK Prime Minister having sex with a pig, a year later it turned out that David Cameron had done something obscene to a pig as part
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A startup fund broke a big taboo and came clean about its performance(businessinsider.com.au)
2 points by CPAhem 10y ago|0 comments

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