[OSX-Users] Re: Recommended Terminal app iPad?

[Tim Chown]

On 8 Jul 2011, at 10:58, Mischa Tuffield <mmt04r at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> It has come to light that dropbox isn't actually encrypted on the storage-end as far as I am aware [1]. And they recently changed their terms and conditions to state that they have rights to anything you put into dropbox [2]. 

Well, I suspect most users are happy with that trade-off to get 2GB of free virtual memory stick. The broad support for DropBox in so many apps makes it the defacto Cloud file store for so many people [1]. Of course, putting say ECS exam grids on it might be convenient for exam board, but...

That people don't read T&C texts is another issue.

> From my point of view it is a total joke of a service and I would always use a university based storage solution if I had the option too ;) 

JISC has, or recently had, a call out for £300k to develop 'DropBox for UK HEIs'... presumably driven by concerns over the privacy and rights over data.  If funded, that could provide a solution before long.

As for encryption, you can always encrypt your own data before storing it Out There.

Tim

> Mischa *mmm scp 
> 
> [1] http://www.privacylover.com/encryption/dropbox-the-encrypted-online-data-storage-with-fbi-access/ 
> [2] http://www.itpro.co.uk/634681/dropbox-faces-backlash-over-t-cs 



[1] No link here, but I made you look!
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