<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">On 8 Jul 2011, at 10:58, Mischa Tuffield <<a href="mailto:mmt04r@ecs.soton.ac.uk">mmt04r@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a>> wrote:</span></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><div><div><br></div><div>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]. </div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>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...</div><div><br></div><div>That people don't read T&C texts is another issue.</div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><div><div>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 ;) </div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>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.<div><br></div><div>As for encryption, you can always encrypt your own data before storing it Out There.<br><div><br></div><div>Tim</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><div><div>Mischa *mmm scp </div><div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="http://www.privacylover.com/encryption/dropbox-the-encrypted-online-data-storage-with-fbi-access/"><a href="http://www.privacylover.com/encryption/dropbox-the-encrypted-online-data-storage-with-fbi-access/">http://www.privacylover.com/encryption/dropbox-the-encrypted-online-data-storage-with-fbi-access/</a></a> </div><div>[2] <a href="http://www.itpro.co.uk/634681/dropbox-faces-backlash-over-t-cs"><a href="http://www.itpro.co.uk/634681/dropbox-faces-backlash-over-t-cs">http://www.itpro.co.uk/634681/dropbox-faces-backlash-over-t-cs</a></a> </div></div></div></div></blockquote><br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>[1] No link here, but I made you look!</div></div></div></body></html>