Posts by zero_sum

Google slashes cloud storage to $0.026 per GB. Your move, Amazon

Cloud might get cheaper and cheaper, but it still doesn't solve the fundamental issues: security, privacy, NSA invigilation, crazy contracts that state cloud providers can do pretty much everything with your data...

Call me a luddite, but for syncing folders and data I'd rather use BitTorrent Sync or a similar P2P solution. And if I want to share something with someone, it is always faster and more secure to use Filemail (30 GB for free) or some other service rather than a cloud drive.

People will soon start discovering how many strings are attached to cloud storage.

SkyDrive is dead! All hail Microsoft OneDrive! Happy now, Uncle Rupe?

New SkyDrive is still a seriously bad deal. You remember this german photographer who lost all his work, because pictures looked suspicious to some bot at MS?  They might give you a few GB of free cloud space, but Microsoft gets your personal data, and peeks through literaly anything you put in there, to see if it conforms to their silly Terms and Conditions. That's part of the reason I use cloud drives less and less.

For backups or syncing I'd suggest your own NAS or some kind of bit torrent folder syncing solution. And if you want to share something with someone, it is always better to use Filemail - they let you send any number of files up to 30 GB each for free, no registration, no questions asked, great transfer speeds, 100% secure and private.

MS pushes cloud drives really hard on users, but I think shortly people will start discovering how many strings are attached...