Keep Everything. Share Anything. When a company like Google uses a tagline that includes the words “share anything” for a Dropbox-like cloud file storage system, my immediate reaction is “with whom?” Google, after-all, is a company that’s made its money delivering ads based on what it learns about our habits. There’s been debate about this very question since Drive launched, and media reports have suggested, based on the Drive terms and conditions, that Google is claiming to license Drive users’ files.
Just a couple of questions...
The fact that 'auto photo upload' feature found in Dropbox and 'missing' in Google Drive seems like a good thing to me.
My wife is an artist and relies on photos of scenes/objects for color and detail. She takes a lot of pictures saved in RAW. After about 5-6 years her 'My Pictures' folder is approximately 36 Gb. I think she would exceed the 5Gb on a single 'road trip'.
I would hope any 'auto upload' feature added would be a user option.
As for 'data sharing' I would prefer files to be automatically encrypted for storage and accessed only by a very secure password + biometric code. Depending on how it is implemented, this I would have confidence in.
Then Google would find it very difficult to discover that I schedule haircuts and business mileage on a spreadsheet. And better yet the 'feds' would have to get a subpoena to dig around.
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Posted by: Patrick Nelson May 11, 2012 05:00 AMKeep Everything. Share Anything. When a company like Google uses a tagline that includes the words “share anything” for a Dropbox-like cloud file storage system, my immediate reaction is “with whom?” Google, after-all, is a company that’s made its money delivering ads based on what it learns about our habits. There’s been debate about this very question since Drive launched, and media reports have suggested, based on the Drive terms and conditions, that Google is claiming to license Drive users’ files.
The fact that 'auto photo upload' feature found in Dropbox and 'missing' in Google Drive seems like a good thing to me.
My wife is an artist and relies on photos of scenes/objects for color and detail. She takes a lot of pictures saved in RAW. After about 5-6 years her 'My Pictures' folder is approximately 36 Gb. I think she would exceed the 5Gb on a single 'road trip'.
I would hope any 'auto upload' feature added would be a user option.
As for 'data sharing' I would prefer files to be automatically encrypted for storage and accessed only by a very secure password + biometric code. Depending on how it is implemented, this I would have confidence in.
Then Google would find it very difficult to discover that I schedule haircuts and business mileage on a spreadsheet. And better yet the 'feds' would have to get a subpoena to dig around.