[SGVLUG] google drive for Linux petition

[John Kim]

I filled it out.  We really really need one.

Looking forward to seeing you all this Thursday evening. It's been a while.

John Kim
On Jul 9, 2013, at 8:58 PM, James McDuffie <mcduffie at pitfall.org> wrote:

> I think you guys might want to consider alternatives to Google. You can make lots of arguments why you wouldn't want you data stored by Google, but I won't make them, ill just list some alternatives:
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> Self Hosted FOSS Options:
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> git-annex assistant
> https://git-annex.branchable.com/assistant/
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> ownCloud
> https://owncloud.org/
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> More options at https://prism-break.org/ 
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> Or if you really want someone to host your data for you, might I suggest Spider Oak: https://spideroak.com/ They promise Zero-Knowledge of your data. Its encrypted locally by their client on your machine, so they have no idea of the content of your files. The only downsides are they are proprietary and there is no ARM Linux client (besides their Android client).
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> Okay, so in the choices I am presenting I am making a subtle argument why not to use Google.
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> On Sat, Jul 6, 2013, at 10:56 AM, Christopher Hicks wrote:
>> http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/google-create-a-native-linux-google-drive-application
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>> The only way to make the lack of official google drive support for Linux any more silly and epic is to get thousands of extra signatures on this petition!
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>> -- 
>> Christopher Hicks
>> http://www.chicks.net/ 

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