I continue to use Dropbox, but treat it like a semi public storage. I do not particularly fear that someone will go around looking at my files, but if they do, they won't find anything very valuable anyways.
Poll: Did you “drop Dropbox”?
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Re: Poll: Did you “drop Dropbox”?
#192iCloud and GDrive have stepped up their game, making Dropbox no longer needed.
I don't let the politics of one board member of a company determine if I use their service or product.
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#193Earlier quoted context omitted.
BitTorrent Sync is not open source or even open protocol and I personally caught them lying about their cryptography by reverse engineering it a bit. Found calls setting up 128 bit AES rather than 256 bit as they claimed in documentation. Posted it on their forum and was told that I was correct and the docs were outdated. I didn't take my RE any deeper, but trust it at your own risk. I'd recommend SyncThing over it a…
Looks like the BitTorrent Sync specs have been updated http://www.bittorrent.com/sync/tech-specs
Yes, they updated them after I mentioned it. However, it leaves me questioning other things which I didn't look at and overall, I'm just not happy trusting a closed cryptosystem.
I'd be willing to accept closed source if they at least published a cryptographic protocol, but closed source and closed protocol, where I myself have seen that the little bit of vague documentation that they do have has been incorrect in the past, is quite untrustworthy in my opinion.
Considering the number of alternatives available - may as well just use something else. I'll give it another look if they open the protocol in one way or another as they do surely have the ease of use nailed down.
Re: Poll: Did you “drop Dropbox”?
#194I did, and then I reinstalled it when I saw that it's the only thing that works. Alternatives aren't as good as dropbox. Google drive is a close second, but without official linux client it's borderline useless to me - also their photo backup system is too complicated with g+, private/public albums, sharing, galleries etc and I don't want to spend time figuring it out when I just want simple photo backup service that…
I use Wuala, which not only has a Linux client, but a FUSE module for true ease of use. It also does client-side encryption, and if you forget your password, you've lost your data, which is how it should work. I'm also reasonably pleased with the Windows and Android clients, though I don't use them nearly as much.
Re: Poll: Did you “drop Dropbox”?
#195I continue to use Dropbox
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#196I dropped Dropbox post-Snowden revelations. I am now a proud user of Tahoe-LAFS[0]. [0] https://leastauthority.com/
That site boasts "take back your privacy (...)" and then loads tracking from analytics.leastauthority.com (even with an expired certificate). Privacy my behind...
Re: Poll: Did you “drop Dropbox”?
#197I dropped dropbox after I found out anyone could access my files due to their half assed security
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#198I dropped Dropbox because of too close relation to NSA. Switched to jottacloud. Not quite as good, but at least its in Norway.
I did the same. Like in Dropbox, everything I have in Jottacloud is encrypted. I wasn't a big user of Dropbox before, I really just use a cloud service to store a very small but important amount of files, so I the only difference I notice is whenever I wake up Windows I have to wait a couple of seconds, Jottacloud seems to make everything freeze for a short period.
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#199Earlier quoted context omitted.
Would you mind elaborating on the disadvantages? Also what are the advantages in terms of pricing, how much less is it costing you? I'd also be curious how much maintenance, setup, etc., work you estimate is involved.
One of the main disadvantages as of now is that there is no over wifi syncing so if there's a big file upload, everyone will have to download it at the office. This hasn't been an issue, but I guess in some scenarios it could be. Another disadvantage might be that their mobile apps are not free, they are at a more than reasonable price and I don't mind the business model but it could be a little bit uncomfortable, do…
Do continue to support ownCloud financially by purchasing their Android client, but you should know that since it is free and open-source software the Android client is available on F-Droid for free: https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=com.owncloud.and...
Paid Android apps are not available in most countries so this is why you'll see some released in both markets like this.
Tell the employees to grab it there, and make a donation to ownCloud if that's easier for you.
Re: Poll: Did you “drop Dropbox”?
#200I switched to Syncthing for everything apart from photo syncing. Haven't looked back. http://syncthing.net/
Do you know a good GUI that will tell me about things that happen and files that failed to sync?