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Re:BitTorrent reveals Sync, a new file synchronization tool by criley on Friday January 25, 2013 @10:14AM (#5115754)
Am I missing something? Other people have my files? Peer-to-peer sounds horrifying for my personal files.

I'll take SSL between me and one server, thankyouverymuch, and I'd prefer if 100 different seeders didn't have my personal files!

Or am I only seeding between my own personal machines? I sync to my four devices and I can leech off of any of my own devices connected? But that doesn't seem very "cloud".

Does anyone honestly feel comfortable syncing their files to peers?

Why not just hop on and peer everyone for the sole purpose of harvesting people's files?

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Re:BitTorrent reveals Sync, a new file synchronization tool by k0ban on Friday January 25, 2013 @10:54AM (#5115949)
Files are stored only on your computers, there is no cloud part. Sync uses p2p to create a cloud from your computers. You will need to care about your setup, to have 24x7 availability of the files.
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