farcaster@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 months agoDropbox spooks users with new AI features that send data to OpenAI when usedarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square100fedilinkarrow-up1616arrow-down120file-textcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
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minus-squareRentlar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-211 months agoHey I was thinking about cloud backups. I gotta encrypt important files then if dropbox is gonna have AI go through them at will. My alternative was just copying stuff to a hard drive and shoving it in a safety deposit box…
minus-squareAnyolduser@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoDepending on how important those files are to you the safe deposit box might be a good “plan A”.
minus-square∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoDepending on how far away the box is, this might be the most efficient possible alternative. If it takes you an hour to get the drive and plug it in, and the drive is 14TB, you’re looking at a download speed of 31,000 megabits per second.
Hey I was thinking about cloud backups. I gotta encrypt important files then if dropbox is gonna have AI go through them at will. My alternative was just copying stuff to a hard drive and shoving it in a safety deposit box…
Depending on how important those files are to you the safe deposit box might be a good “plan A”.
Depending on how far away the box is, this might be the most efficient possible alternative.
If it takes you an hour to get the drive and plug it in, and the drive is 14TB, you’re looking at a download speed of 31,000 megabits per second.