Littlebits said:
Asking Comodo wouldn't clarify anything since anything that they say would be irrelevant unless it was clarified within their EULA.
You're right. It is better not to ask. It's much better to just spread
Fear, uncertainty and doubt.
Littlebits said:
For those paranoid users who want complete security, this is something to be concerned about. Have to remember that privacy is a part of security.
I suspect such users will not be using cloud storage to begin with.
Littlebits said:
Why should anyone still trust Comodo Dragon?
That's the nice thing about the world. We can use whatever we want. If you don't trust something, don't use it. Pretty simple.
Edit: By the way, do you use Dropbox at all? It's a pretty popular service.
Might want to break out the tar and feathers on them as well...
(From their
privacy policy)
When you use the Service, we automatically record information from your Device, its software, and your activity using the Services. This may include the Device’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, the web page visited before you came to our website, information you search for on our website, locale preferences, identification numbers associated with your Devices, your mobile carrier, date and time stamps associated with transactions, system configuration information, metadata concerning your Files, and other interactions with the Service.
Holy crap! They're storing device configuration and usage data!
Some Devices allow applications to access real-time location-based information (for example, GPS). Our mobile apps do not collect such information from your mobile device at any time while you download or use our mobile apps as of the date this policy went into effect, but may do so in the future with your consent to improve our Services. Some photos and videos you place in Dropbox may contain recorded location information. We may use this information to optimize your experience. If you do not wish to share files embedded with your geo-location information with us, please do not upload them. If you don’t want to store location data in your photos or videos, please consult the documentation for your camera to turn off that feature. Also, some of the information we collect from a Device, for example IP address, can sometimes be used to approximate a Device’s location.
Whoa! In the future they may go through your photos and videos and pull geolocation data off of them? :huh:
Wow! I would never recommend this service to anyone!
Here is someone mad at Google Drive's policy.
Why you should not use Google Drive: Read the EULA and despair
Interestingly, this person has been asleep for a while, as this looks identical to the stock cloud services policy that basically appears to say that Google owns your stuff.
Looks pretty scary, right? In actuality, all of the services are pretty much the same.
Is Google Drive worse for privacy than iCloud, Skydrive, and Dropbox?
Terms of Service for Drive, SkyDrive, Dropbox and Box compared
As I've stated previously, in order for a cloud based storage solution to function, you're going to be giving up privacy.
That's how the service works. If you are unhappy with it, then by all means, don't use it. Some of the services go as far as to tell you this themselves. Look at the Dropbox quote above when they say if you aren't comfortable with them possibly scraping personal data from photos/videos, then don't upload them.
