Yeah---I don't think so.
Posted on 03/03/2009 9:31:49 AM PST by george76
Google Drive, or Gdrive as it is better known, has to be the most anticipated Google product so far. When it arrives, Gdrive will likely cause a major paradigm shift in how we use computers and bring Google one step closer to dethroning Windows on your desktop.
The service has the potential to eclipse even Gmail, Google's second best-known product after their google.com search engine. That said, it's no wonder users have been ripe with anticipation for years - yes, that's how long the rumors have persisted. Gdrive is basically online storage where Google servers have enough capacity to hold the entire contents of your hard drive. It will likely also come with enough brains to do cool tricks now with bigger things down the road - like booting your computer from online drive to load the Google operating system.
Gdrive is basically a cloud-based storage that should have two faces: A desktop client that keeps local and online files and folders in two-directional sync via a web interface for accessing your desktop files anywhere and anytime, using any network-enabled computer. In addition, it will come tightly integrated with other Google services ...
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supporters of the Gay agenda, Prop 8 and other crap.
Yes, here is all my financial Data!!
No thanks!! I’ll keep my back up hard drive!
just pointing that out....we are already on the road to NO privacy...this would just be another step closer.
Right ... one of several reasons why I won’t be using g00gle’s network storage system.
the other reasons involve price and performance of owned hardware.
Yeah---I don't think so.
I use Macs and have a time capsule to automatically back up my stuff. It works quickly and quietly and it stays on my property.
If I want to use some data when I am away, I either carry a laptop or a thumb drive.
“And technology hasn’t advanced since then at all!”
“The more things change the more they stay the same.”
Technology hasn’t overcome the issues from then and once you have some more experience maybe you’ll understand why.
“NOW - this could attract enough folks to make it profitable.+”
I suppose you are right...there will be plenty of Obama voters to buy into the thing.
“Recall that they sent vans through neighborhood photographing street shots of all homes, etc and coordinate these with satellite maps of your home.”
Scary but, also, a big old laugh. A local very well off guy had suspected that his wife was having an affair during the workday and when he was out of town.
The online service that guestimates/appraises your home and is connected with Goggle, had two photos of his property and driveways. The satellite photo showed a very unique vehicle and so did the drive by street photo.
An acquaintance of the home owner/well off guy saw the downloads and sent him the link to the service with the pictures. He went to a PI and the unique vehicle was traced to a so called friend, and a sting was set up. Sure enough his wife and so called friend fell for the sting and ended up with more photos this time not courtesy of Google.
The guy is now out of a very bad marriage, and other guy lost half of everything he owned. The joke is the wife and so called friend got Googled.
yea... i’m going to toss my 750g SATA-300 drive that has a 3Gbps throughput.. all for a net connection of what? 3-4Mbps??
yea, right.
I run Linux, and use “rsync” to tertiary storage.
SO.... you believe in sharing....everything?
You might really age waiting for the downloads.
To be clear, I think this is a terrible idea, but, in all fairness, it is a bad idea that is a lot more practical today than it was 15 years ago.
Yup. I can reload my box exactly to my last rsync in minutes.
Excellent stuff!
The only thing I’d use this for is backups, and I’d encrypt them.
Maybe for encrypted backup files, but even then the amount of data I have would take hours even on a broadband connection.
VPN with really strong IPSec, and have your "key" on a thumb drive. An RSA device would be better. But under no circumstances use a "kiosk" or "community terminal" to access it. Too easy for key loggers to be installed on the system.
Then there's the security issue....
Is that anything like the Gspot?
"That's a myth!"
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