Home » Technology

Do you trust the ‘GDrive’?

25 January 2009 6 Comments

Posted by Sherwin

There are rumors online that Google is about to launch the GDrive this year.

google drive gdrive

According to TG Daily, the GDrive is “the most anticipated Google product so far”.

It is an online storage where Google servers have enough capacity to hold the entire contents of your hard drive.

This service will allow you to access and update all your information such as emails, photos, music, documents and spreadsheets from any device with an internet connection.

This could mean that rather than your computer booting up from your hard drive, it will run off a Google operating system.

Amazing! Universal access to your data will soon become reality!

I’m totally fascinated with this idea. I’m just a bit anxious on the amount of access Google would have on my files. We all know that people really get angry when their data disappears.

What do you think? Would you trust your hard drive to Google? Let us know below.

Blog Widget by LinkWithin


  • http://www.nomadesk.com Filip

    Hi Sherwin. Full disclosure here: I work for http://www.nomadesk.com, which offers easy and secure file sharing, wherever you are. I read your post on Google's GDrive with great interest and just wanted to add NomaDesk to the mix.
    In fact, NomaDesk has similar features and is geared towards the need of the “digital nomad”. We are convinced that the more data gets synchronized, the more likely it gets compromised. Therefore, NomaDesk includes an encrypted virtual drive that keeps your files securely available off-line and remote file shredding and IP-tracking with TheftGuard. Of course, we impose no limits on storage and bandwidth.
    The current NomaDesk release 2.6 displays file states and indicate whether files are already in use by someone else. You are also able to add and review notes (i.e. meta-data). The Mac version is on its way.

    I would appreciate your review.
    Filip.

  • stevenmartinez

    I totaly agree with your point here! I admire the stuff you post and the quality information you offer in your blog! Keep up the awesome work dude

  • Sherwin

    I think Nomad Desk is interesting. I'll talk with the staff of The Daily Contributor and we'll see what we can do. Thanks Filip.

  • http://www.nomadesk.com Filip

    Hi Sherwin. Full disclosure here: I work for http://www.nomadesk.com, which offers easy and secure file sharing, wherever you are. I read your post on Google's GDrive with great interest and just wanted to add NomaDesk to the mix.
    In fact, NomaDesk has similar features and is geared towards the need of the “digital nomad”. We are convinced that the more data gets synchronized, the more likely it gets compromised. Therefore, NomaDesk includes an encrypted virtual drive that keeps your files securely available off-line and remote file shredding and IP-tracking with TheftGuard. Of course, we impose no limits on storage and bandwidth.
    The current NomaDesk release 2.6 displays file states and indicate whether files are already in use by someone else. You are also able to add and review notes (i.e. meta-data). The Mac version is on its way.

    I would appreciate your review.
    Filip.

  • http://www.replicahandbagsnow.com stevenmartinez

    I totaly agree with your point here! I admire the stuff you post and the quality information you offer in your blog! Keep up the awesome work dude

  • Sherwin

    I think Nomad Desk is interesting. I'll talk with the staff of The Daily Contributor and we'll see what we can do. Thanks Filip.