if someone really wants your data and has enough money they will get it
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Dropbox's Government Data Requests Principles
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Originally posted by original PM View Postwhat is it that you guys store which is so sensitive?
The NSA revelations may be quite recent, but there were suspicions 20 or 30 years ago that the Yanks were using data collected by their monitoring services to give Yank companies an economic advantage.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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Originally posted by original PM View Postif someone really wants your data and has enough money they will get itBehold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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Originally posted by DirtyDog View PostIf you're worried about such tactics, why bother worrying about Dropbox being on American servers anyway?
The question anyone needs to ask themselves before using DropBox or any other solution is "Is the level of privacy it gives appropriate for what I want to use it for?"
If it is, then use it. If it isn't then look for something else.
Once you accept that privacy is relative you can start making realistic decisions about how you manage it."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Originally posted by DirtyDog View PostIt's secure enough for the CIA to use Amazon for a lot of their data."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Originally posted by DaveB View PostI'm not worried about it and I use it. Your point about being in control of the keys by using your own devices is irrelevant, is the point I was making. If someone wants them, they will get them or you will end up in jail (or worse) anyway.
If you aren't in control of the keys, then the company that is in control of the key is the important thing - and if they are in America, and the server is in America, then the chances of them getting the key is much higher than if they had to go through the British court system.
I agree that if someone wants it badly enough, they will get it.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI hadn't really understood this 'pwned' expression until I read DirtyDog's post.Comment
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