> I'll do my own local backups or backups to a server I control, or at the very least using encryption that I control if it's going to a server I don't control.
> I find it pretty amazing how most people are now OK with a third party keeping a copy of every document and photo of their lives.
Because it's convenient for them and they don't have the time/knowledge/inclination to do the former?
See all the comments on HN about how Dropbox would never take off because <insert various technical solutions most people can't implement and those who can don't want to because it takes up a lot of time for little gain>.
> I find it pretty amazing how most people are now OK with a third party keeping a copy of every document and photo of their lives.
Because it's convenient for them and they don't have the time/knowledge/inclination to do the former?
See all the comments on HN about how Dropbox would never take off because <insert various technical solutions most people can't implement and those who can don't want to because it takes up a lot of time for little gain>.