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Mini Review of SugarSync and DropBox
JavaJones:
Yeah, I worried about the liability issue too. It's probably all encrypted, but I don't know how that would impact on legal issues as far as responsibility for the contents of your HD, e.g. what if someone is storing child porn in theirs and it happens to reside (encrypted) on your drive. :P
The fact that it's by LaCIE is actually kind of comforting though; they have a lot of experience with storage tech, redundancy, etc. I'd be surprised of redundancy wasn't built-in to the solution. Definitely something to confirm with them though.
- Oshyan
markan:
Thought I would mention Humyo here as well. Functionality seems very similar to SugarSyncs and the pricing is $70/year for 100GB. I have been using it for a few months now and am pretty happy with them. They even have Zoho integration so you can edit documents in a browser as well. They would certainly be worth a look if anyone is shopping around.
markan:
e.g. what if someone is storing child porn in theirs and it happens to reside (encrypted) on your drive. :P
-JavaJones (April 21, 2010, 04:04 PM)
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Certainly as I understand the law in the UK that would make you liable for prosecution and inclusion on the sex offenders register if proven. I believe that even if handed a sealed envelope with illegal porn in it you can be prosecuted even though you have never seen the contents. Additionally they were discussing a law (not sure if it was passed) that would make it a criminal offence to refuse to hand over the key for any encrypted file in your possession - in this case you can't because you don't have it!!
I am afraid I would be very wary of "hosting" other peoples encrypted data.
Dormouse:
Thought I would mention Humyo here as well. Functionality seems very similar to SugarSyncs and the pricing is $70/year for 100GB.
-markan (April 22, 2010, 06:31 AM)
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10GB free is good too. Interesting that a second 100GB is more expensive than the first; I assume that is because they know there is more actual usage.
What makes me most wary of this market is the sheer number of alternatives. Hard to see that they will all survive long-term, so I'd hate to get dependent on something that might go. Even the apparently successful ones may not be very profitable, so it is hard to predict which ones will keep going.
wraith808:
What makes me most wary of this market is the sheer number of alternatives. Hard to see that they will all survive long-term, so I'd hate to get dependent on something that might go. Even the apparently successful ones may not be very profitable, so it is hard to predict which ones will keep going.
-Dormouse (April 22, 2010, 07:03 AM)
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Well, the thing that I'm optimistic about is the fact that your data is still on your machine(s). If dropbox went out of business today, it would be an inconvenience, not a major deal. That's the reason that though I will use synchronizers, I won't use an online backup solution. That's also the reason that I'm wary of dropping a lot of money on something for a yearly subscription.
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