Dropbox accesses all the files in your PC?

Re:Dropbox accesses all the files in your PC? by hvm on Tuesday March 03, 2015 @04:01AM (#9136755)

Have you heard/tried Bittorrent sync? It's P2P, doesn't put your files on their server. Very fast for transferring locally between your phone and computer for example. You have to keep your computer running if you want your files accesible anytime though.

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Re:Dropbox accesses all the files in your PC? by jablan on Tuesday March 03, 2015 @04:42AM (#9136878)

Unfortunately btsync is very much not open-source. There are alternatives, though. I am very satisfied with syncthing[1], although it didn't have usable mobile app last time I checked.

[1] http://syncthing.net/

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Re:Dropbox accesses all the files in your PC? by danieldk on Tuesday March 03, 2015 @04:47AM (#9136892)

And requires port forwarding, which may not be an option for people who are not on IPv4 at home (e.g. my ISP uses DS-Lite, so I cannot use IPv4 port forwarding).

Bittorrent Sync works pretty good. Somebody should reverse engineer the protocol and make an open source client.

Edit: why the heck is the grandparent downvoted? He/she offers a good suggestion.

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Re:Dropbox accesses all the files in your PC? by benwaffle on Tuesday March 03, 2015 @08:56AM (#9137610)

or ownCloud

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Re:Dropbox accesses all the files in your PC? by jugbee on Tuesday March 03, 2015 @04:22AM (#9136830)

thanks, but no. http://www.cso.com.au/article/560026/bittorrent-dismisses-se...

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Re:Dropbox accesses all the files in your PC? by aw3c2 on Tuesday March 03, 2015 @04:59AM (#9136944)

Did you even read through the whole article?

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