>>23482583
I fail to see what's so exciting about Dropbox.

I have a home server and rsync

ITT we talk about how OP is a Dropbox crony

dropbox = file sharing for tards

fuckin' love dropbox

I keep my 4chan folder on dropbox.

>not running your own server
>trusting your files to a company
>2012
ISHYGDDT

Dropbox? That requires proprietary software, so no.

>>23482594
it's great if you have to print something at school or any public computer w/o rysnc setup

I need something simple, that'll work on all my computers and phone.

Works great and it's free.

>>23482701
Make your own.
Can't get much simpler than that.

I like it because I actually talk to real people, and have friends. Friends with varying interests and skills that don't spend all day in front of a computer. So I can easily create shared folders with them and there is 0% hassle.

I guess since most people on 4chan, and ALL people on /g/ don't have any IRL friends, they could use something else, that is unnecessarily harder than it needs to be

>>23482696
>not having your own website you can just upload the document as an HTML file that can be printed with any computers print functionality
>any year

>>23482727
You can easily do this yourself if you aren't a knuckle dragging mouth breather.

Doesn't use encryption am I correct? Anybody can see the files you transfer?

>not using ownCloud
>2012

>>23482724
Are you stupid or something?

i like it.

used it for school when doing big projects (big is relative when in school) which eased up the proces a great deal.
also use it for collaboration when doing private projects.
and "off site" backup. As in, all the documents i have on my laptop i lug around for work and school, i compress them in winrar, encrypt and password protect the file which i then store in dropbox each month.

also pretty handy to have on my phone as well. take notes in a txt file stored in dropbox while doing interviews, which i can then continue on afterwards on my laptop or desktop.

>Dropbow
>great
Yup, give all your files to a company who states that they can freely cooperate with the gubmint. Smells like a shill.

>>23482825
I think you already hold that crown.

>>23482701
It's free as in gratis but not free as in libre - ergo, it's worthless and shouldn't even be considered by anybody on this board.

>>23482741
Or a webserver on localhost.
That's how I transfer files between people and me.

>>23482848
I'm wanting simplicity, which I have.
You're suggesting I build my own.

They sort of conflict.

>>23482865
Only the tards, friend anon.

>>23482750
No, it's safely encrypted.

>>23482842
>using Dropbox for anything personal or sensitive
oh you.

>>23482880
Building your own is pretty damn simple.

>>23482893
>using Dropbox for anything
Let's shorten it to that.

Why not just setup an SFTP or WebDAV server at home? It takes literally five minutes, including router config. Free, private, secure, flexible.

>>23482894
As simple as creating an account and downloading a client?

Bear in mind I have no server, need to work on multiple platforms, collaborate with people who can't into computers and am unwilling to pay a single cent.

>>23482954
Obviously it's not nearly as fast initially, but it's a relatively easy affair to set up a plain text web page to host your files on that can be accessed from any device with a browser.
Seeing as it would be for personal use, you could probably get away with hosting it on something as powerful ad a 6 or 7 year old laptop.

>Not using your own homeserver for this kind of shit

Nice try dropbox devs

>>23483003
Which would require being on all the time, no?
And then it's a single point of failure.
And then you need a reliable Internet connection

Please share your wisdom about creating a homeserver fellow /g/entlemen

:D

>>23483023
>>23483003
What would you gain from spending the time to create your own server apposed to just creating a free account? I guess you would have more storage space, but if it's just for misc work then that really isn't an issue.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=dropbox+no+encryption
No so good press on dropbox

>>23483078
You gain (retain) control of your own fucking data.

>Have 6GB of space because of special offers
>Get a 50GB box.net account for the hell of it because of the special offer for android

Get on my level niggers.

lack of education and the effect of getting spoiled by software services.

>>23483051
>not already leaving your computer on 24/7
Also, who doesn't have a reliable connection these days?
Do you live in the middle of nowhere?

>>23483097
You do have control over it.

>>23482894
pcs r soooooo cumplicatet tehres liek tuns of caples nd stfuf

>>23483173
That's what they want you to think.

>>23483061
>>>/b/
>>>/mlp/

>>23483144
I have no need for my computer to be on all day.
When it's not needed, it's off. Waste of money.

Connection's not great and the router sucks too.

>>23483078
More control over your data
More storage
More flexibility

i mostly use dropbox to sync my keepass database

>>23483230
>When it's not needed, it's off. Waste of money.
You're also wearing out your computer faster. Computers are made to be on and to stay on.

>>23483254
You actually believe that? Seriously?

>>23483244

>>23483244
>not using LastPass

If you'd been paying attention for the last few months, you'd know that The Cloud is not reliable and is certainly not trustworthy. Dropbox in particular has already been caught REPEATEDLY lying about their own internal security as well as the security and privacy of your personal data.

Fuck. That. Shit.

The very small cost of a home server is well worth being in complete control of your own data. Mine paid for itself (electricity included) in just seven months and I'll be set for a couple years at least.

Dropbox shills on MY /g/?

>>23483311
What were you spending on services if it's already paid for itself?

>>23483283
My server has been on almost continuously for the last 7 years.
Nothing has failed.

>>23483298
>using lastpass

Well if anyone needs an account i have an .edu Dropbox account so everyone reffered by the link gets some extra free space
http://db.tt/AbwNG3B

It's a great service, if you're worried about hosting sensitive data (they don't let you use your own encryption keys) you can simply use an on-the-fly encryption product, don't be closed minded.

>>23482681
For me it's not really worth it to run my own server. I just have some pictures and like miscellaneous files on my dropbox.

>>23483311
>computer stolen

If your home connection sucks so bad, go the web hosting route instead. We're talking 5 bucks a month for unlimited storage and bandwidth. Not a big fucking deal.

>>23483003
Would not that require money to have a website?

>>23483364
>not knowing that passwords are encrypted clientwise and LastPass does not even have the key

>>23483053
I too would like this. Perhaps a guide?

>>23483441
>using lastpass

>>23482583
I prefer SkyDrive. 25GB of pure awesomeness.

>>23483440
Haha, no.

> Herpy derp, I'm gonna save all my data in my own house nothing could go wrong with this plan
oh no a flood/Fire/Hurricane/Tornado/Earthquake/Tsunami/Volcano/Landslide/Godzilla took out my house

> If only I had put my data in dropbox instead of wasting all that time on my shitty personal server with it's dying hard drive :(

>>23483311
How has it paid for its self?
>>23483487
How would i do that? I have a computer that is never used with a 150gb drive which would be fairly nice to use as storage.

>>23483490
let the children have their fun

>>23483490
Data is the least of my concerns if my fucking house is leveled.
I'd also likely be in it at the time.

I like Dropbox a lot. It makes file sync exceedingly easy, which is something /g/ hates. The more obscure and hipster a program or solution is, the more they like it. Anything that dumbs down a difficult process or makes it more accessible to new computer users is anathema to them.

It'd be kinda neat if Dropbox actually made/offered a few token light blue cardboard boxes for storage and moving and stuff. It'd be a great way to advertise, too.

>>23483490
>any year after hurricane Katrina
>not keeping a Raspberry Pi cluster with 2TB of copies upon copies of your personal data locked tight in an indestructible box, underground, with a steel-enforced ethernet cable leading to your router that is also hooked onto a self-sustaining generator, both solar and wind powered

I SHIGGIDY GIGGIDY GOO, GUISE.

Before I upload anything to dropbox for backup, I put it in a truecrypt container

>>23483565
You should be using on-the-fly encryption instead, much more efficient and automatic

>>23483512
Data should hardly be the least of your worries if your house is leveled. All of your important documents should be somewhere. Those documents detail everything about you as a functioning member of the first world: Your social security info, insurance documents, deeds, wills, etc...

You should have really critical stuff held somewhere else, but don't claim for a second that data doesn't matter after a disaster. You're not 11 years old and you're not a black person living in a third-world country. Data matters. It's the only thing keeping you from being homeless.

>>23483490
1) Get a safe deposit box at your bank. You can often get one for free. Store an external hard drive there and update it once a month.
2) Web hosting is cheap as shit nowadays. I've got just over 1.5 TB sitting in a server on the other side of the country. It costs me about $45/yr to keep it there.

>>23483404
See above. Also, encryption. Total impact to me if all my computers were stolen tomorrow would be the cost of the hardware. Not a big fucking deal.

One of the great things about dropbox is it's shadow copy ability ("previous versions"). each time you modify a file, dropbox keeps track of that and retains each version of the file. This can be extremely useful if you occasionally need to check old copies of your files, but don't want to bother with archiving multiple versions of it, or for situations where you accidentally overwrite a file, and need to pull an old version.

>>23483490
The same could happen to Dropbox's servers, trollicon.

>>23483638
this saved my ass the other day

Question: Wouldn't having your files auto-encrypt themselves, make them useless if you had a shared dropbox account. Because the other people wouldn't be able to open them.

I'd rather just do manual encrypting of the 50 or so archives of stuff that actually needs to be secure, encrypting the whole drive has so many downsides

>>23483541
>talking for the entirety of /g/ like you know anybody
you can bet your ass you got reported for shitposting, tripfag

>>23483552
>Raspberry Pi
lol didn't read
what a shitty way to trash all the hype they had

>>23483588
>Your social security info, insurance documents, deeds, wills, etc...
And you can rest assured that those won't be put on Dropbox either.

>>23483588
All that shit is in my bank box, why would it be on my computer?

>>23483638
>implying that's an advantage in anyway
>implying it doesn't mean Dropbox keeps copies of what you delete

Anyone implying a service provider like Dropbox would be more reliable than your own servers (at home or otherwise) has obviously not been keeping up with the news for the last year.

Amazon, one of the biggest names in cloud services, has had numerous problems, including permanent data loss. It isn't natural disasters or theft they really have to worry about, though, it's generally human (admin) error.

>>23483672
yeah, but I'd still have all that data on my computer and every other computer I'm logged in to with that dropbox account. When they set up new servers my data will be resynced. Or if they can't afford to set up new servers and the go out of bidness, I can move over to a dropbox alternative. My data was never out of my reach the entire time.

However if my house catches on fire and my home made back up server dies, then I'm fucked. Or if a fucking hard drive dies (I know, completely unlikely being that it's based on movable parts). Then I'm fucked. Or if I spend a fuck load of time and money buying matching hard drives and setting up a fucking raid set up.

just. just fuck all of that. it takes 4 seconds to sign up for dropbox and then you just copy and paste your shit into a folder. fucking done. easy. you guys can't beat dropbox. And if you think putting your shit in a bank deposit box is any less likely for the govn't to access it than on a company server you're retarded

>>23483735
You'll see this warning when you do it, but frivolous reports will get you banned. It's not like some automatic voting system where enough bitching will accomplish anything.

But go for it if you want. Look at everything /g/ flocks to and everything /g/ criticizes (both on the software and hardware side). I'd say about half the time people on /g/ can come up with a legitimate-sounding excuse for their niche preferences, but the other half it's clear that they're just choosing whatever's obscure.

/g/ is full of tech hipsters.

>>23483283
Why wouldn't he?

>>23483837
>yeah, but I'd still have all that data on my computer
What's the point of cloud hosting if you have a local copy of what you want to host?

>2012
>Eating cupcakes instead of meringue cookies

Step up to my level

>>23483783
>>23483772
You (or some idiot) said that data isn't a big concern for you. Evidently it is.

Dropbox is a great place to store files that are important to you - such as deeds, wills, etc... - but not necessarily important enough to store in a lockbox at the bank. Especially stuff that much change fairly regularly.

This includes things like doctor contact information, prescription info, emergency contact sheets, etc... And even things for classes like research papers, essays, etc...

These things are important to you, but not necessarily legal documents, and they change frequently so it wouldn't logistically work to go and swap out an update every other day at the bank.

>>23483840
If not being retarded is hipster, then I'll happily accept the label.

>>23483875
it's called a BACK UP, not a SOLE COPY

troll harder son

>>23483939
You sure convinced me with that thinly veiled ad hominem jab.

>>23483999
I'm not trying to convince you.
By all means, continue being retarded.