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- schwit, on 10/12/2007, -7/+68I'm sure the DOJ is salivating at the thought of being able to get at your files without your knowledge or consent. All they have to do is say they are looking for child porn and anything goes.
Besides, if you've got nothing to hide why should you worry. - kerants1050, on 10/12/2007, -8/+58This is pretty cool, but no doubt you'd need to download something (which will probably install a version of Google Toolbar or Desktop Search).
- GarySwager, on 10/12/2007, -5/+49This sounds great. I already trust google with my personal mail, so I have no trouble 'trusting' them with a lot of my data.
However, it's all about the interface and the speed, as far as I'm concerned. We already know google can give us a lot of space... - leviathan3k, on 10/12/2007, -3/+32The government has no business looking at anything legal I have put there. To allow them to look would invite all manner of corruption and blackmail from the government and those in it. There is a *reason* for the 4th amendment, and that is to ensure that the government's hold on us does not get too strong.
- debian_, on 10/12/2007, -3/+29While you bring up a valid point as to privacy concerns, hosted files would best be encrypted before letting Google and any long arms of the law touch them. A little tinkering here, a little tweaking there, and hopefully someone will draft a nice transparent process of doing it.
- neoform, on 10/12/2007, -7/+31That sort of comment is rediculous. If the cops came knocking at your door and said "let us it" and you said "no.", what next them saying "If you're not doing anything illegal, why not let us in?" ...
IT'S CALLED PRIVACY. It's none of the government's business to be snooping in your stuff. - Dradis, on 10/12/2007, -4/+21I'd really like it if you could share a file (or files) with your gmail contacts (or anyone for that matter).
- TiMMY8765, on 10/12/2007, -5/+20as long as they provide a linux version of whatever app you need to get, I will be fine with that.
- mrhaines, on 10/12/2007, -7/+20Trusting Google because they have your email? Thats like saying you trust big brother because he watches you all the time anyway.
- mrivorey, on 10/12/2007, -4/+17If there's a way to do it without them adding 'extras' like the toolbar or desktop, then I might use it.
- porksoda, on 10/12/2007, -5/+16re: box.net
the free account is semi-useful, as it has a 5-meg limit on files. - Googled, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12I'd use this, but would encrypt anything I upload with TrueCrypt, not that I don't just Google but more so the Government.
- MikeCampo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11This is cool, but wouldn't it be really slow to upload large files? It already takes me like 3 min to send a 5 mb attachment.
- mrhaines, on 10/12/2007, -5/+13Man, you need to read 1984.
- CrumbleBeeHaHa, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11But will it be limited to 10MB uploads? The article mentions e-mails, photos, and other smaller files that can already be uploaded to your Gmail account (in 10MB chunks)
Hopefully this G:drive doesn't impose such constraints. - Bogtha, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Not necessarily, they could use WebDAV, which is built into Windows, OS X and KDE.
- cavemonkey50, on 10/12/2007, -12/+19You could try http://box.net/ They have 1GB of free storage for easy sharing between other box.net users.
- SilentBobSC, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7I'd think just running it through PGP or the like before uploading it would be suitable.
- gamekid, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10"The question of course is how Google will monetize a service like this. I cannot see how file storage using a network share could be used to serve up advertisements"
They can add "shortcuts" (or symbolic links?) to supporting websites.
"Another way to generate income from this service would be to provide users a DVD backup of their data for a small monthly fee. Depending on how often a GDrive is used by someone, it could make sense to receive a backup on a regular schedule %u2014 while they are at it, why not include some "cool" extras on those DVD's?"
Three words: yes, *****, PLEASE. I'd marry Google if they did that. Better yet, in addition to subscribing, we should be able to just buy a DVD (or set thereof), with our files, on demand...maybe $10/order $2/disc after the first? - mrWoot, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6They can always split it up with 7zip (winrar, winzip, etc). But my question are:
- Are they going limit bandwidth?
- They will probably always keep my files. Privacy issues?
- Will it be someway integrated with Gmail..
The whole "OS" seems to be coming together. I doubt they will make an OS, but I think they will offer all the features of a personal computer, but allow you to use any OS.. hence anyone can use it (with an Internet connect). - TomPetty, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8i predict a file size limit -- which is fine for what they are trying to do (share favs, email, etc) but a lot of people wont be interested if they cant share their photoshop files, etc.
- caffeinated, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Word documents and pictures of family and friends don't take up all of your personal hard drive. Most users of GDrive would be uploading music and movies--files often illegaly obtained and shared. Tell me this isn't going to cause privacy concerns. On another note, how will google profit from this?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -13/+17As long as I can use my G:Drive to share my pirated Tom Petty albums, I'm all for it!
- Jaymoon, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Google is not part of the government....
Nobody is forcing you to use this service if it ever is rolled out. If you don't like Google being in control of your data, then don't check the box "I Agree to the Terms of Service", and leave the site. - RhythmGuru, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Bandwidth constraints...that would be my concern. How long would it take to upload, then redownload a 500meg or 2 gig home movie? With the US so far behind in faster broadband, hopefully the ISPs will start to allow for faster upload speeds like are used in Asia. Here is what I want GDRIVE for.
Cheap...offsite...secure (hopefully) backups.
No tapes, no DVDs... - GuineaPig, on 10/12/2007, -12/+15When you're buried, no one can hear you scream.
Bwahaha - CrumbleBeeHaHa, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7Yeah the article mentions "bandwidth constraints" as a reason for it not being available already. Maybe when bandwidth is treated as a utility like water and electricity (and it will eventually) then the measly upload constraints most ISP's impose won't be such a big deal.
- kewldude606, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5You don't even have to trust Google, you could encrypt the contents of your GDrive.
- mrhaines, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5If there are size constraints, there will no doubt be a program released by a third party in the near future which automatically splits and reassembles files to get around this limitation.
- cphuntington97, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5The above comment as well as this comment are an argument in favor of deep nesting. :-)
- pcgeek101, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4While this is cool, I'm more concerned about the security of this due to Google's privacy policies regarding things like Gmail and Google Desktop search .... I'd be wary about storing critical documents on this coming feature unless they're encrypted first. I'd recommend using truecrypt to create an encrypted volume, and then store that on there ... not sure how well it would run though over the internet.
- Tycho7, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6Has anyone ever seen Robin Sloan and Matt Thompson's Epic 2015?
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/epic
I'm starting to think that Google's people have been watching it. - JaggedEdge, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Oh god this is the first time ive even looked at the new comments system....and it may prevent me from ever commenting again. All these ***** buttons are and eye sore compared to the old comment system.
- dracula7, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5of course... i mean yahoo briefcase exists, and god knows how many megabytes that offers. but with 3 gigs to a google account, this could actually be useful
what will really determine its usability is the kind of file size cap they put on uploads,
and if they dont let us make ***** public, we can always use google pages to share files - mlahana, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6I used to agree with you, but if you think about it, why should anyone besides you read your data? I don't do anything illegal and therefore having nothing to fear, but what happens if the government somehow begins to deem something I do "illegal." Or I write an essay on how I disagree with a political opinion and all of a sudden I'm considered a traitor. While I'm using extreme examples you never know what could happen if some company has your information.
I went to a google meeting when they came to my university. They told us how they have huge mainframes with data which allows them to create algorithms to help with search results and solve problems. It's for this reason I allow them to read my searches and such; so they can make a better product. Google, I believe, really does believe in "do no evil" (and don't get me started on China). - ipodfreek, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5There is an extension for FireFox that does this already. It works great!
- ryogahibiki, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Trusting Google might be fine, but what about trusting the Bush Administration for forcing Google to give up your private information.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -8/+9As long as it is Linux-compatible in some way...
- Zeusandhera, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4That would suck. I don't know, but I think 4 GB would be a good number. Raw video files and most DVD iso files. But it would be a pain to download something every time over current Internet connection speeds.
- sonicdevo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3It would be nice if there were some method that would allow users to create their own plugins to use with GDrive... kinda like is avalaible for Google Desktop. This would be useful to allow automatic encryption/decryption.
- GarySwager, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3No, what I mean is: if I went so far as to put my emails on one of their servers, which probably constitutes my most 'personal' data, I will have no trouble storing other stuff there. I definitely do not 'trust' google. Convenience wins over any trust issues I have with google.
Obviously, I would not store incriminating data on my gmail account OR my gdrive... - azygousguy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3The reason they have that limit is so they can handle more connections. If they had a piece of software with a small footprint that took the files you wanted to upload and could break them into pieces (like torrenting) and then bring them together on their server I would definately make some use of it. Massive single files will probably not be supported unless they nail this approach (or something similar).
- windwaker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wow, this is going to be great for piracy. Sweet.
- smedrick, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Don't worry...no one cares about your files.
- kewldude606, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5Google resisted the subpoena...they could also refuse to divulge info for GDrive. And the DOJ isn't going to raid Google, think of people's opinion of that.
- Wolfman, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Google quite obviously has far too much money to spend on hard disks.
- MikeCampo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yeah I've been using that site for a year now, it's great.
- amalik49, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3FYI - You can use yousendit.com to send large files. It's free and quite fast.
- Slackwise, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Oh, yes. I've been expecting this for a while, and I can't wait. This would be very useful to store any of my nonpersonal files, like my code and my config files that I use on multiple machines. Homework too! :D
Can't wait till it's out :P - Lifelogger, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Just like Apple's .Mac account. It does exactly the same right now!
Right now I use my Google mail already as a sort of backup host with gDisk in my Mac. :-) -
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