[Discuss] UbuntuOne alternatives

[John Blomfield]

On 04/07/2014 04:47 PM, Alan W. Irwin wrote:
>
>> At the last BB&C LINUX SIG meeting, Google Drive was suggested as a 
>> good alternative to UbuntuOne. It has lots of storage, but is 
>> uploading to it ever SLOW!
>
> Why use any such cloud alternative when an external drive works so
> much better (e.g., because of concerns over freedom, speed, and
> privacy of the cloud) for the same purpose?

I guess it all comes down to what sort of data you have and how you like 
to use it. Personally, if I really need lots of data when traveling I 
have the option of taking a 1 TB USB drive (just 3" x 4" x 1/2" and 
weighs about 2 oz). I use my free 2G of Dropbox for the odd file I need 
in case I loose everything. e.g. I have a file containing encrypted 
images of all travel and ID documents. If "push comes to shove" I can 
find someone with a "safe" computer to decrypt these assuming I have 
also lost my PortableApps usb key.

I am not sure what the odds of being physically robbed of data media 
while traveling are compared to being robbed of personal information on 
a cloud?

John

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