It's actually articulated in the EULA. Of course some of the specifics are hidden behind the so-called benefit of plain language rather than being spelled out in more descriptive legal terms. Unlike other people, I highly doubt there's a deep connection between any single government and Alphabet/Google's data collection. The information you create, store, or send using Google-branded products and services are mined and activley associated with you so the company can offer effectively targeted advertisements at you. Knowing you, where you go, who you associate with, and what you think about very well is an absolute necessity for the survival of the company. Records are probably only turned over to various governments by request during investigations rather than wholesale provided without specific need.
I don't see the advantage if it can't sync independently of a PC. Maybe my situation is unusual, but when my computer is turned on, I'm typically doing something with it and I'd prefer not to have a sync action going on in the background.
Agreed, it should be able to do its syncing independently. That would make it great for a not-always-connected laptop. High-speed backup from laptop to this drive, then let this drive sync to the cloud when you're not at it.
Just to clarify, it comes with unlimited storage for a year, but do you get 1TB forever (or for the life of the drive)? If not, how is this different from any other drive that comes with free cloud storage for a set period of time?
Why? iCloud Drive, like Dropbox, OneDrive, etc, automatically propagates (ie downloads) changes to the various other devices as they occur on one device.
I'm not denying maybe you have some strange situation for which a product like this makes sense; I'm just curious what that situation IS.
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sorten - Friday, December 2, 2016 - link
What a pointless product. This is exactly how cloud storage from Microsoft, Google, Amazon et al already works.ddriver - Friday, December 2, 2016 - link
With this product you don't even have to install spyware, it comes in the firmware!tuxRoller - Sunday, December 4, 2016 - link
Google drive has to spy on me?Oh, I'd LOVE to see this citation.
Michael Bay - Sunday, December 4, 2016 - link
Google is the public arm of NSA at this point, wake up.BrokenCrayons - Monday, December 5, 2016 - link
It's actually articulated in the EULA. Of course some of the specifics are hidden behind the so-called benefit of plain language rather than being spelled out in more descriptive legal terms. Unlike other people, I highly doubt there's a deep connection between any single government and Alphabet/Google's data collection. The information you create, store, or send using Google-branded products and services are mined and activley associated with you so the company can offer effectively targeted advertisements at you. Knowing you, where you go, who you associate with, and what you think about very well is an absolute necessity for the survival of the company. Records are probably only turned over to various governments by request during investigations rather than wholesale provided without specific need.BrokenCrayons - Friday, December 2, 2016 - link
I don't see the advantage if it can't sync independently of a PC. Maybe my situation is unusual, but when my computer is turned on, I'm typically doing something with it and I'd prefer not to have a sync action going on in the background.CharonPDX - Friday, December 2, 2016 - link
Agreed, it should be able to do its syncing independently. That would make it great for a not-always-connected laptop. High-speed backup from laptop to this drive, then let this drive sync to the cloud when you're not at it.cfenton - Friday, December 2, 2016 - link
Just to clarify, it comes with unlimited storage for a year, but do you get 1TB forever (or for the life of the drive)? If not, how is this different from any other drive that comes with free cloud storage for a set period of time?iwod - Friday, December 2, 2016 - link
I would love to get an similar thing for iCloudname99 - Saturday, December 3, 2016 - link
Why? iCloud Drive, like Dropbox, OneDrive, etc, automatically propagates (ie downloads) changes to the various other devices as they occur on one device.I'm not denying maybe you have some strange situation for which a product like this makes sense; I'm just curious what that situation IS.
cm2187 - Sunday, December 4, 2016 - link
What a good idea. It reminds me a bit of this though:http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/00...
cm2187 - Sunday, December 4, 2016 - link
...and this http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2015/0...