[DM-MUG] does anyone have a comment on DropBox?

[jlagnese]

Google Apps can be used and I would think has better security than Drop Box, but YMMV as Drop Box is easier to use. 

On Jul 20, 2011, at 12:22 PM, Stuart Thiessen <thiessenstuart at aol.com> wrote:

What then do you recommend for sharing files in an on-going manner with a team of volunteers who are in separate locations?

On Jul 20, 2011, at 11:35 , Jim wrote:

> Start here: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2011/05/dropbox_securit.html
> 
> and here:
> 
> http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/05/internet_security
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Keith Isley <kisley at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I love Dropbox and use it heavily. I'm not fully aware of the security issues, but there's not much there that is confidential for me, anyway. Have transferred several large files with it.
>> 
>> KAI
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Jul 20, 2011, at 11:25 AM, Jim <jlagnese at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> There are definite security issues with it that someone else might
>>> elaborate on, but I wouldn't put anything there that you wouldn't want
>>> the whole world reading or seeing.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Geoffrey Stevens <studias at msn.com> wrote:
>>>> I would like to know if anyone has used DropBox?
>>>> I don't feel safe exposing my computer to the cloud ...
>>>> 
>>>> I would like to send a large photo, 66 MB.
>>>> 
>>>> Could I use Zip or Stuffit?
>>>> 
>>>> What do you think?
>>>> 
>>>> Geoff Stevens
>>>> 
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