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I 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...
I continue to use Dropbox and I'm pro the appointment of Condoleezza Rice as for the sake of our industry it is wise for us to have better political links to the US government. (Politics is irrelevant to me, but power is not. The government can already twist your arm; being on first name's basis with somebody important will be invaluable.) Edit: I thought we could openly state our opinions, but it seems I am getting…
Without support, governments have no power. In the past, it may have been rational to overlook deeds, such as war crime, to reach a Nash equilibrium which results in a net positive outcome. And it may still be the rational move to cuddle up with a metaphorical Hitler. However, there's a strong argument to be made in changing the dynamic, and spurning people/companies who think it's justifiable to optimise for power,…
With the discussion of privacy and ownership I've backed away from lots of cloud services. The Condolezza Rice appointment just made it easier to do so sooner.
Switched to owncloud. Happy.
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That one seems to be targeted more at periodical backups than what dropbox does, which is more closer to syncing and backing up at the same time. Anyway, no I did not try it. From the website "It works with Amazon S3, Windows Live SkyDrive, Google Drive (Google Docs), Rackspace Cloud Files or WebDAV, SSH, FTP" I've heard of 5 of those, I know how to use 3 for storage, I have accounts with only 2 (gmail, outlook), but…
> I still stand by my statement that literally not a single piece of software exists that does the same as dropbox in terms of stability, That seems a bit odd, since 4 sentences previously you state that you are pretty unfamiliar with the space "I've heard of 5 of those, I know how to use 3 for storage".
Rackspace cloud files, as one of the things I haven't used from that list, is not even same thing as dropbox. I've researched software like dropbox when I deactivated it, I did not look into all possible file storage offers that may or may not work with 3rd party clients (such as duplicati, which doesn't have android client as far as I can tell).
Another often suggested option from comments here wuala did not work on my phone, it crashed instantly (not sure if it's fixed now). Spideroak was buggy iirc, I did try it but I'm not totally sure why I dropped it.
Also, both of those options are roughly 10 times more expensive than dropbox when you compare GB/$.
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Yes - if you work in the tech industry you are affected by policies which affect the industry as a whole. Wedding corporate power to political influence is wise for the industry because that is exactly what we are up against already: corporate power has been wedded to political influence for a very long time and one can easily point out attempts that have already been made to protect previously established industries…
> exactly what we are up against already There's that pesky collective noun again. Again, you labor under a delusion of a shared struggle. > one can easily point out attempts that have already been made to protect previously established industries. Such as a company that's raised over a billion dollars seeking to protect its position in a lucrative market by appointing politically well-connected board members? No way…
> I was able to argue back without resorting to name calling.
And so was I. What's your point?
Hilariously your comment "all the comments I've seen thus far are civil" completely rung true until you got involved.
I stopped using Dropbox because I enabled two-factor authentication security, but the SMS would always arrive 8-12 hours later, essentially locking me out of my account. Well then...
Unfortunately, I've liked the dropbox solution way better than all these others. So I still use dropbox. Anything I want to be encrypted on dropbox I store in an encrypted container.
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Yes - if you work in the tech industry you are affected by policies which affect the industry as a whole. Wedding corporate power to political influence is wise for the industry because that is exactly what we are up against already: corporate power has been wedded to political influence for a very long time and one can easily point out attempts that have already been made to protect previously established industries…
> exactly what we are up against already There's that pesky collective noun again. Again, you labor under a delusion of a shared struggle. > one can easily point out attempts that have already been made to protect previously established industries. Such as a company that's raised over a billion dollars seeking to protect its position in a lucrative market by appointing politically well-connected board members? No way…
You have not been "civil". Quit being an ass.
I continue to use Dropbox and I'm pro the appointment of Condoleezza Rice as for the sake of our industry it is wise for us to have better political links to the US government. (Politics is irrelevant to me, but power is not. The government can already twist your arm; being on first name's basis with somebody important will be invaluable.) Edit: I thought we could openly state our opinions, but it seems I am getting…
"Politics" is discrete from ethics. Condi is a pariah, ethically speaking-- a war criminal walking free. Political links to the US govt are also a bit of a hazard-- the more you willingly approach them and enable them, the more they will take from your pocket and the more they will push you around. The Snowden leaks have painted a bad picture of the US companies as a result of their compliance with ridiculous governm…
