Cjaiceman
Premium,MVM
join:2004-10-12
Parker, CO | Good Idea This could turn out to be a very useful tool, but it could also turn out to be a flopper. With the deep pockets of Google though I don't think this would fail. Would be a nice way to backup some files to an off-site location... | |
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| | King75
King Of All And Nothing
Premium
join:2004-07-31
Stevensville, MD
clubs:
| Re: Good Idea I doubt they sell any data they mine. While their privacy policies aren't the best they aren't the worst either. I can see them scanning file types and names and then offering ads on whatever type of application that is used to access those files. However, if this does come to fruition I think they would allow users to map their GDrive bypassing all of those ads. (Much as you can use POP3 with gmail and see no ads.) I doubt they will scan inside files unless you chose to open the file as HTML (The option they have when you do a web search and find PDF files. | |
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| | HMS1
join:2006-01-14
Austin, TX | Privacy concerns are moot if you can just encrypt first then store. Google would see only unreadable blobs.
If it requires using some proprietary software on the client side then I wouldn't trust it. | |
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nekote
join:2000-12-16
Hopkinton, MA
| How many MB does the average person create/month? How many MB of data does the average person create.
per unit time - Hour, Day, Week, Month, Year
Data that Google is not already harvesting / storing?
(Not email, blogs, web posts, web pages posted, ... )
How much, additional / incremental, content created?
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robie88
join:2003-04-19
New York, NY | good idea....the only problem is what happens when you realize that the government can ask to see a copy of it whenever they want? I don't plan on making things easier for the neo-gestapo anytime soon. | |
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| Freegoo
join:2002-12-11
Larrabee, IA
| Re: Good Idea good idea....the only problem is what happens when you realize that the government can ask to see a copy of it whenever they want? I don't plan on making things easier for the neo-gestapo anytime soon
Relax, the government doesn't want to see your Britney Spears collection. 
(Some people are sooooo paranoid) | |
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| | HMS1
join:2006-01-14
Austin, TX | Re: Good Idea But store your mp3 collection, and the RIAA might like to have a look. | |
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Topmounter
Sent By Grocery Clerks
join:2001-02-20
Evergreen, CO |
This could turn out to be a very useful tool, but it could also turn out to be a flopper.
Nice job, I think you covered all the bases.
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