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DropBox
« on: April 14, 2016, 12:30:35 PM »
I learned a new job skill!    Needed to send a number of very large photo files, and this program was suggested.  I'll admit it took me all morning to find it, down load it, and learn the basics,  but golly it's a great way to send a ton of data.   

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Re: DropBox
« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2016, 02:11:07 PM »
I've used both Dropbox and Google Docs. Both work as advertised. Google Docs seems a little easier to deal with for the casual user.

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Re: DropBox
« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2016, 02:27:25 PM »
I learned a new job skill!    Needed to send a number of very large photo files, and this program was suggested.  I'll admit it took me all morning to find it, down load it, and learn the basics,  but golly it's a great way to send a ton of data.   

Very useful, but be aware generally Dropbox has numerous security issues at any given time. It's fine for transferring PDFs you put on the public internet anyways. Very bad idea to use it to transfer anything sensitive.
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Re: DropBox
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2016, 08:25:51 AM »
RevDisk, that's a given.  Never, ever put anything sensitive out over the internet, if you are worried about a security breach.  For my purposes though, anyone that wants to look at my family reunion pictures is more than welcome.   lol

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Re: DropBox
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2016, 06:11:39 PM »
Very useful, but be aware generally Dropbox has numerous security issues at any given time. It's fine for transferring PDFs you put on the public internet anyways. Very bad idea to use it to transfer anything sensitive.

So it's OK to PGP encrypt GPL software source code and stick it various places named stuff like "PiratedStuffFromRevDisk" and "RevDisksQuestionablePron" but I shouldn't do that with paid software?  OK.

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Re: DropBox
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2016, 06:14:00 PM »
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