>> Are there any known issues re privacy, security, affect on systems etc.?

I am not disagreeing with these answers - just trying to express my
understandings.

> You can guess the URL!

Or bypass it with eg bit.ly :-)

Also password protected at whatever seriousness you set.

> The employees can browse your content!
> It's not reliable or secure.

I read their privacy statement (as I always do).
It sounds reasonably OK.
SSL based using Amazons ??? system.
Access to your data limited by Federal requirements and enforced on
staff - if you believe them and if you believe their staff management
capability.


> With the low annual cost of your own domain and hosting do any of these
> Privacy & Security failing Public Services make sense?

Assuming security is in fact OK, the muti desktop syncing feature with
remote computer illiterate users is useful.
I want to sync several PC's here, one in Houston, one in ? in US, one
80 miles from here and possibly one in China.

> I can create a directory on my hosting and password protect it to
> individuals or a group.

Good.
Not quite as powerful as a Windows folder with browse and drag and drop acc=
ess.

> With a little more effort make the connection
> encrypted too (for people at public WiFi, which is seriously unprivate).

Yes.
Comodo (and no doubt others) offer an SSL product to secure public WiFi lin=
ks.
I probably got a GMail  password stolen at Hong Kong airport during
(free) WiFi access on one occasion.
Several years ago and never since.

> I only use gmail for folks that insist on a Google email address.

Yes. GMail is as manifestly insecure as many other systems "just are".

> Photo sites that "own" your photos.

I've never seen that.
I'd be VERY interested in knowing which attempt that.

> Also of course Facebook, Twitter, Google etc don't really want people to
> be private or have private stuff.

For those who really care, Facebook can be annoyingly private. It's
mainly that most people don't set theirs up that way.


Russell
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