Wednesday, December 7, 2005
Unlimited Online Storage Through Allmydata.com
Posted by Chris Gohlke in "SOFTWARE" @ 12:00 PM
"Using Peer-to-Peer technology, Allmydata.com provides users with a unique way to backup your important data through an online service (via Red Ferret). The service is free if you agree to allow storage at a 10 to 1 ratio. In other words, if you provide 10GB of storage, you get back 1GB online. While this may seem like a poor trade-off, consider this: 10GB of storage on your local PC is still prone to hardware failure and thus, still losing your information. Allmydata is also setting up paid plans where a monthly fee will adjust your sharing ratio."
Looked through their site and while this seems like a neat idea, I am left with a lot of questions even after reading through their FAQ. First, and most important, no mention of how the files are secured to prevent the person whose computer it is bring stored on from looking at your data. I would hope they are very securely encrypted, not only for security reasons, but for liability reasons. I would not want to have the RIAA come knocking on my door with a lawsuit because someone else was storing pirated materials on my computer. Also, it says you don't need to leave your computer on, but then how would you access your backup if the computer they are stored on is not on.
Looked through their site and while this seems like a neat idea, I am left with a lot of questions even after reading through their FAQ. First, and most important, no mention of how the files are secured to prevent the person whose computer it is bring stored on from looking at your data. I would hope they are very securely encrypted, not only for security reasons, but for liability reasons. I would not want to have the RIAA come knocking on my door with a lawsuit because someone else was storing pirated materials on my computer. Also, it says you don't need to leave your computer on, but then how would you access your backup if the computer they are stored on is not on.
