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Poll: Did you “drop Dropbox”?

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Re: Poll: Did you “drop Dropbox”?

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Post by morganvachon »

toxican wrote: post #93

Dropped it as soon as I heard about the appointment. Purchased some webhosting space and setup Owncloud and I haven't looked back since. Does the exact same thing and it's actually cheaper when you consider that I use the web host for other things as well.

Since you dropped Dropbox due to the appointment, how is having your files at some webhost (I'm assuming shared hosting but please correct me if that's wrong) different from hosting with Dropbox? I'm not knocking your decision, in fact I've considered it myself. I have a small reseller hosting side business and it would be super easy for me to spin up a host for myself and do the same. But in the end, your files are still being stored by a third party which you have no control over, and they might just have even worse data security policies than Dropbox. Especially when you consider that most shared hosting plans discourage use as a file server, you may even be violating the AUP of your provider.

I'd say the safest bet is a CoLo with an encrypted drive that only you have the keys to, or else a home server and VPN.

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nikolak wrote: post #148

I 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…

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Re: Poll: Did you “drop Dropbox”?

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Post by nray »

cgore wrote: post #131
gnopgnip wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Boycotting a service is pretty far from any kind of attack. Additionally it is a lot more than her political views. She played a central role in securing the legality of the torture program, authorized the warrant less wiretaps of UN council members, and was the National Security Advisor immediately before the Iraq war. This is the free market at work.

1. I strongly disagree with the torture program, but I still don't think it's grounds for boycotting Dropbox, unless you are under the impression that she's pushing for a Torture Division at Dropbox. 2. Foreign diplomats are not subject to warrants and are exactly the sort of people that get spied upon. I guarantee you that every major country is spying on every foreign diplomat, limited only by their ability. While…

You cannot assert that most people view the invasion of Iraq as legitimate.

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Post by ultramancool »

nikolak wrote: post #185
lingben wrote: post #156

Earlier quoted context omitted.

did you try duplicati? the fact that dropbox doesn't have client side encryption is a MAJOR issue also duplicati is open sourced

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…

Try out Wuala or Spideroak. Dead simple and client-side encryption enabled so there's no need to trust anyone.

Full Android and Linux support on both. Wuala and Spideroak even offer automatic camera upload on Android.

Re: Poll: Did you “drop Dropbox”?

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Post by memonkey »

jnbiche wrote: post #168
aaronem wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I like your reasoning; it's always nice to encounter someone who doesn't confuse "ought" with "is". (Also, anent voting patterns, anecdotal but perhaps still of interest: I've noticed, when expressing on HN political opinions which don't accord with the local consensus, that there will generally be a few slow downvotes early, followed by a quick spike of upvotes bringing the comment up to a net positive score, follow…

>when expressing on HN political opinions which don't accord with the local consensus This is the case not only with unpopular political opinions, but anything mildly or even vaguely controversial. I'm convinced that it's mostly the same few individuals who sit on HN all day and downvote away. I've also wondered about the possible existence of a bot or bots that downvote comments with certain keywords, in a misguided…

I am certain I've seen Communist sentiments scattered around HN but with actual discussion. The same goes for Libertarian sentiment, however I think OP's comment seems flippant at least and reddit flair flippant at most. He contributed nothing by stating his opinion and seemed to be asking for a retort.

Re: Poll: Did you “drop Dropbox”?

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Post by schrodinger »

rsync wrote: post #204
nikolak wrote: post #148

I 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 don't want spend time setting up my own servers, I don't want to use beta software, I don't want buggy 3rd party software, I don't want to compile stuff from sources." May we invite you, provided you just need cloud storage and not happy-clicky-gui-sharing, to try rsync.net[1] ? Just works on any unix, including mac, with nothing to install. HN discount, as always.[2] [1] http://www.rsync.net/resources/notices/can…

Is there a way to use rsync on iOS?

Re: Poll: Did you “drop Dropbox”?

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Post by cilantro1994 »

The real truth is this poll is not a representative of regular dropbox users. Vast majority of them don't care who is in the board or even at the helm of the company. For many the thing that matters are whether the product works for them or not? Are they getting the value for their money? Switching costs . Etc..

Undoubtedly dropbox has one of the best offering in this space. It is highly unlikely for anybody to dislodge them.

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