From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Brett Viren Subject: Re: working on cloud Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2014 10:28:43 -0500 Message-ID: References: <52CDA026.4050402@gmail.com> <87fvoxd3lf.fsf@rudin.co.uk> <877ga9d11a.fsf@rudin.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33833) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1HXj-0005qu-JF for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jan 2014 10:29:17 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1HXd-0001Fr-PK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jan 2014 10:29:11 -0500 Received: from smtpgw.bnl.gov ([2620:10a:0:3::30]:29879 helo=iron4.sec.bnl.local) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1HXd-0001Eg-L5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jan 2014 10:29:05 -0500 In-Reply-To: (David Belohrad's message of "Thu, 09 Jan 2014 09:36:40 +0100") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: David Belohrad Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain David Belohrad writes: > 1) privacy: you're basically giving your data to somebody else. In case > of emacs init there is no danger. In case of your org data, which > might contain sensitive information you want to encrypt it, what > complicates matter when switching between two win/lin machines An alternative to consider is btsync. It will provide you similar functionality as Dropbox but removes reliance on a central server which is outside your control. All storage endpoints are peers. Peers are authorized by a shared key so only your machines, or maybe your friends get access - it's not an anonymous p2p system despite the "bt" in its name. You can also allow read-only access. Even with no "well known" server involved I've yet to find a case where peers can not be located behind firewalls or NAT'ed routers. Of course, btsync brings it's own issues. The main one for me is that it's not Free Software (it is a free-of-charge binary) but then the server side of Dropbox is even more restricted. I guess let your own conscience be the guide here. Personally, I go the git/github route for .emacs files and a private git repo for org files. I would like to not have the (explicit) commit/push/pull steps for org files and so have been testing btsync. Ideally there would be some way to marry the benefits of both, but I've yet to come up with one. -Brett. --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlLOwCsACgkQEixH2Z0dKCz9uQCaAxGfswGYgYw7Mw6Fv2tvO4MX HsAAn1rfnrmz51jd9qEcOtgL+kakel5B =VKn1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--