You might have a harder time sharing files with other users in a secure way, but that can be overcome with some clever crypto on the back-end.I agree with DragonPoo that this article is seriously lacking. You would need some sort of java applet or browser plugin to use a web browser to access files. I'd like to see a Dropbox competitor that combines user-specific password-derived encryption keys for all data uploaded to an account. The problem is that you shouldn't have to trust Dropbox to the extent that you do. I think it probably is, to the extent you can expect any corporation to be trustworthy. The problem isn't that Dropbox is not trustworthy. Because you can access your Dropbox folder from a simple web browser, anyone should have known Dropbox can access whatever data it wants. The change in the Dropbox terms of service is essentially meaningless- anyone should have known that Dropbox would turn over your data to law enforcement if given a warrant. iFolder looks like it might be a good option, but I'm curious if anyone has used it with unRAID.Īnything like this out there that is trustworthy? I don't trust Dropbox.Īny US company would be legally obligated to do the same. A second, while I might be willing to pay for Dropbox, you can't have it monitor arbitrary folders without doing weird hacks.
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First, because I'm just a free user and I have more than 2 gigs of stuff in my "My Documents" folder. I'm a dropbox user too, but I don't use that for a couple reasons. Basically, I'd like to keep my "My Documents" folders synchronized across my laptops and desktop. In any event, I'm curious about getting Dropbox-like functionality with unRAID. When CompUSA and Circuit City went under their customer databases were sold off. I think customer databases would still be considered assets in bankruptcy court. I'm not sure if removing that clause would even change anything legally. I suspect you'd find that language in almost any commercial site that collects personal information. The clause about selling personal information is pretty standard.
So, if you don't trust Dropbox not to sell things you don't want them to sell, you shouldn't use them. Still, sites can change their terms of service at any time (actually, I can't find a nice disclaimer to that effect in their terms, but I assume it has got to be there somewhere). Their terms do, however, explicitly state they don't assert ownership over your files. That's been interpreted to mean your files by people that didn't read the first part of the privacy policy, which pretty clearly describes "personal information" in a way that doesn't include your files. Their privacy policy states that they might sell/transfer/share your personal information. I think that was probably more fear-mongering than anything else. Anyone know if that is still true? I skimmed the TOS just now and didn't see it this time.
Any suggestions would be most appreciated, even if the answer is to abandon the idea.ĭropbox used to have a statement in their terms of service that basically stated that they owned any files you uploaded to it and had the right to sell those files in the event of an acquisition. So I leave it to the experts here to come to my aid, if possible. Looking at this "Rube Goldberg-esque" list of moving parts, I feel that perhaps there might be a better way.
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Currently I am looking at using:Ī) Freefilesync w/real-time-monitor on Windows (I use this already, so I'm familiar with it but not married to it)ī) something called ExpanDrive for Windows (SFTP destination mapped as a Windows drive-letter) it's not free ($39/each)Ĭ) proftpd installed on unRAID through unMENU? I realize that there may be many 'moving parts' to this and perhaps the concept is a foolish one overall, but I am merely curious if it could be done and what might be the best way to achieve this goal. I like Dropbox, but I wondered if it were possible to build something similar. I am new to unRAID but am excited to have built my own system-I may even post pics! Besides the obvious use of media server, I would also like to try to use unRAID to sync files from my development laptop(s) to the unRAID server over the Internet, similar to the way I use Dropbox.
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