Get 50GB of iDrive iOS cloud storage for 99 cents - CNET

Seems like a smokin' deal for both iOS and Android.

I've 30gig with dropbox and it's free, not that 50gig for $0.99 isn't a smoking deal. Always wonder how they make money.

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Maybe they make money selling/mining/targeting ads to your data. I'll keep my 99 cents, and my privacy, thank you very much. OwnCloud, baby!

Privacy Policy

Policy or not, f**k the idea of giving personal info to an unknown corporate entity to store with a turbocharged V-8 chainsaw.

If I can help it, personal data stay on either: local storage, local backup, or servers controlled by me. Only things that I voluntarily upload to the "kloudkrap" are those that are meant for public consumption to begin with. i.e image hosting or whatnot.

See last clause of privacy policy ...
"This Privacy Policy may change from time to time. If we make a change to this privacy policy that we believe materially reduces your rights, we will provide you with notice (for example, by email). We may provide notice of changes in other circumstances as well. By continuing to use the Service after those changes become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised Privacy Policy.

Translation: we can do what we want, and if you don't cancel your account immediately, your data is fair game.

so predictable.

Doesn't mean I'm wrong. The irony is that with storage being dirt cheap, I can buy 64GB of flash storage for the price of 2 yrs of this service and keep it off-site if I want to.

Maybe so. But the great thing about cloud storage is the sharing part of it.

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I'd consider that as falling under public (or semi-public) consumption with no real expectation of privacy. Using something like OneDrive/Google Drive/iDrive (wasn't that a BMW trademark?!) as a substitute for local storage. F that.

There's virtually no such thing as network privacy and even more so when on the internet. You're "protests" about online privacy and your disdain for nearly everything Apple and Steve Jobs is . . . well, predictable.

Actually, I use and enjoy using Mac OS X. Unlike iOS, it doesn't follow the "computing as a prison" paradigm. I feel the same was about ChromeOS and Windows RT (Retardedly Terrible) as about iOS.

Give me a general purpose OS, whether it's Windows 8.1 Pro, Ubuntu, Android, or OS X. About network privacy: exactly my point. If you want privacy, keep it local. Firms selling private cloud storage to sheepsumers are selling snake oil, pure and simple.

Spd you're probably best off just unplugging your computer.


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No, I'm better off making a distinction between public and private data, as all educated humans (vs dumb sheepsumers) are well-advised to do. The time-share computing model cacked it for a reason, to be replaced by personal computing. The "cloud" is just a modern term for time-share (or storage-share) computing.

Ironically, the term was co-opted sometime in the mid-2000s. "Cloud network" used to mean a decentralized, serverless, peer-to-peer network, not a network where the servers are run by Big Corp.

I am cornered into agreeing with spdrun. I have nothing personal on the cloud except for what my employer requires and those prideful bastards think they're smarter than a kid with a grudge.

Yeah, right.

Spdrun is 100% correct about cloud storage. While it may have a degree of protection from non-hackers, there is nothing stopping the people who run the cloud storage .com form data mining or worse.

You can be safe with a LAN as long as some easily accomplished things are done, but with cloud storage the only reasonable path to safety is to encrypt each and every document stored in the cloud.

If you wanna backup data get at least 2 sets of storage and keep one set away from your home/business.