I work at AutoDesk and here is my unofficial opinion. Your data is secure. They take cloud security very seriously. They undergo standard, external audits to verify that security standards and processes - the same kind of standard audits that other vendors go through. Check the AutoDesk Trust Center for more information.
The points you make may be accurate but they have no bearing on the security of all our customer data stored with us. I take its confidentiality and security very seriously and I believe my co-workers do the same.
Re:Autodesk CEO on Investing in the Future
by grogenaut on Monday March 07, 2016 @12:00AM
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Thats fine but there are many industries where you can't or wont store your files with a third party and that should be the consumer's decision.
Re:Autodesk CEO on Investing in the Future
by justinclift on Monday March 07, 2016 @12:22AM
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Why do you say "they have no bearing on the security of all our customer data stored with us"?
The points I made seem (to me) directly relevant to the security of customer data.
Honestly curious. :)
So, anyone using Fusion 360, literally has to store the data in Autodesk cloud. There is no option to keep confidential/private data out of it (by design):
Fusion 360 is a product that crashes often, sometimes several times a day (it varies). More crashes on OSX at the moment than Windows, but YMMV.They want us to store potentially extremely valuable data in their cloud... and we're supposed to believe the server side software will be of higher quality than the client side software (which crashes).
Also worth noting, Autodesk has no bug bounty nor similar sensible way to reward disclosure of security bugs to them. They really, really don't want to know.
To me, forcing customers to keep stuff in their cloud at the same time as sticking their head in the sand re: security... that's not going to end well. :(