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Throw your hard drive away, Google's Gdrive arriving in 2009
Tigervision Media ^ | January 19, 2009 | Christian Zibreg

Posted on 03/03/2009 9:31:49 AM PST by george76

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To: george76

IOW need the internet to access my personal files which can be hacked by anyone?

no thanks.

this is zip drive tech in a sdhc world.

solid state drives are already here.


61 posted on 03/03/2009 2:26:19 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: CodeToad

Internet appliance.

web pc

this is just a lame attempt to “subscription” data.


62 posted on 03/03/2009 2:30:19 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Tom D.

I would never trust ANY law firm that uses this technology.

In fact if any business is bonded, no employee data should be allowed.

If anything a business should block google since such “storage” would compromise corporate security.

How many companies forbid even usb drives?


63 posted on 03/03/2009 2:33:32 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: george76

Um, yeah, about that.....no.


64 posted on 03/03/2009 3:25:07 PM PST by Still Thinking (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: george76

Yeah, I just love how anybody that sells anything thinks they should comply with any request from law enforcement, no channels needed, no court order, no nothing. We’re so “patriotic” we’ll screw over our CUSTOMERS on a mere request, no due process required. Constitution, we don’t need no steenkin Constitution.


65 posted on 03/03/2009 3:27:32 PM PST by Still Thinking (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: Kenny500c
That’s a lot of storage and maintenance thereof, seems like a drain on profits.

Unless you're planning to troll through the data and sell what you find to the cops or the storer's competitors, or just wait till they get dependent on it and start charging $1 a megabyte or something.

66 posted on 03/03/2009 3:29:52 PM PST by Still Thinking (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: george76

I used to store files in my early multiple gmail accounts.

Truth is I never have found much of anything to store, through a great amount of effort and downloading free software from giveawayoftheday I have managed to finally get to a point where I can justify a 40g HD.


67 posted on 03/03/2009 6:56:54 PM PST by ansel12 (Romney (guns)"instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people")
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To: AFreeBird
I run Linux, and use “rsync” to tertiary storage.

Good plan. I back up everything to a Seagate USB drive, swapping it every week with another and storing it in my BOL' gun safe in another city. I'm pretty sure the Memeo Auto Backup software is actually rsync with a wrapper.

I also back up all non-sensitive files additionally to a password-protected web server.

I would consider using Google for backing up non-sensitive files. I won't put sensitive or financial data online. Period. And I wouldn't rely on online storage alone. What if the company goes bankrupt?

68 posted on 03/03/2009 10:30:58 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (I want Obama to fail.)
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To: george76

If there’s a way to hook up a backup/encryption client like JungleDrive through an API to this it’s a win as far as I’m concerned.


69 posted on 03/05/2009 4:26:00 PM PST by amchugh (large and largely disgruntled)
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