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  • buglawton
    buglawton Posts: 9,246 Forumite
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    Just remember that typical upload speeds are typically 5% or 10% of the download speed - something your ISP does not mention when trumpeting it's speed.
  • jayme1
    jayme1 Posts: 2,154 Forumite
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    gmail has a 20MB attachment limit, which I suspect applies here, personally I just use live skydrive (which has a 50MB per file limit)
  • Stompa
    Stompa Posts: 8,377 Forumite
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    jayme1 wrote: »
    gmail has a 20MB attachment limit
    FWIW it's now 25MB:

    http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=8770
    Stompa
  • jayme1
    jayme1 Posts: 2,154 Forumite
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    Stompa wrote: »
    FWIW it's now 25MB:

    http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=8770

    cool that's very useful to know :beer: no idea when they upped it but higher is always better.
  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    Wouldn't trust them with any data.
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  • debitcardmayhem
    debitcardmayhem Posts: 12,987 Forumite
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    closed wrote: »
    Wouldn't trust them with any data.
    Who in particular? I of course wouldn't trust any cloud based storage unless I uploaded it Encrypted, I am with you closed, and also as a backup solution it does not appeal to me.
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  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    edited 26 February 2011 at 12:00AM
    Any cloud based service - even if encrypted, it's there forever, and as time goes on, any encryption is likely to be crackable. Anything unencrypted will be scanned and used for targeted ads automatically.

    eg. Put your pictures on, we have a face/location recognition app for that, we can read the jpg data and map your life out in great detail, here is a timeline of your life. maybe not now, but tomorrow.

    I'm sure this kind of use will appeal to some, facebook users etc, until someone hacks it and it's exposed it to the world.
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  • Richie-from-the-Boro
    Richie-from-the-Boro Posts: 6,945 Forumite
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    edited 26 February 2011 at 12:24AM
    jayme1 wrote: »
    gmail has a 20MB attachment limit, which I suspect applies here, personally I just use live skydrive (which has a 50MB per file limit)

    Been Rarin' & encryptin' them for decades, same same :cool:
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  • Richie-from-the-Boro
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    closed wrote: »
    Any cloud based service - even if encrypted, it's there forever, and as time goes on, any encryption is likely to be crackable. Anything unencrypted will be scanned and used for targeted ads automatically.

    eg. Put your pictures on, we have a face/location recognition app for that, we can read the jpg data and map your life out in great detail, here is a timeline of your life. maybe not now, but tomorrow.

    I'm sure this kind of use will appeal to some, facebook users etc, until someone hacks it and it's exposed it to the world.

    Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, he's been extradited :)
    Disclaimer : Everything I write on this forum is my opinion. I try to be an even-handed poster and accept that you at times may not agree with these opinions or how I choose to express them, this is not my problem. The Disabled : If years cannot be added to their lives, at least life can be added to their years - Alf Morris - ℜ
  • debitcardmayhem
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    Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »
    Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, he's been extradited :)

    Yep and his extradition has been expedited.
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