On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 7:54 AM, James Hatridge
Hi all,
All,
One of the new features of 11.3 is SpiderOak integration:
http://en.opensuse.org/index.php?title=SpiderOak
Has anyone tried it yet. I just ran the setup and it seemed very easy to get going. I'm looking forward to using it.
fyi: I added this to the Wiki page 5-minutes ago, but I don't know when it becomes visible to the rest of you:
======= With openSUSE 11.3 it's as simple as installing the SpiderOak package via YaST or "zypper in spideroak". Then launching "SpiderOak".
Once setup, if left running in your taskbar it can monitor your files and back them up as needed. =======
That wiki page is clearly pretty basic, so we need to fill it in as we figure out more and more about how it works.
Thanks Greg
Thanks for pointing this program out. I will be sure to delete, burn, bury and otherwise do everything I can to keep this crap off my system. Anyone that backups private files on to systems that is not controlled personally by the owner is insane. Anyone using this system or any system like it now has no control over his files or system at all. Its bad enough that its very hard to surf the net etc without a profile being built up on you. But just to hand over your files is really too much. Now any thug with a badge can go thru your files. Or any thug with enough money can too.
Sorry but no way in hell will I knowingly let this program on my system. Also I hope that SuSE makes sure that everyone know if and when it is installed on your system.
JIM in Germany
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It does not seem to be part of a default pattern. And even if installed it does nothing until you go through a very obvious process of creating an account. And if you to that all of the data is transmitted and stored in encrypted form. SpiderOak states that they do NOT keep passwords at all. (They do keep the password hint you provide.) I don't recall which form of encryption they use, but pgp encryption as an example is secure enough for my needs. Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org