So, it can live in your local area network and never reach out to external servers! Even more amazingly, you can have a folder shared on as many (or few) devices as you want! Being a Peer-To-Peer protocol, there’s no need for a remote server. This service lives on all your machines and can keep whatever folders you select in sync. Recently, the folks at BitTorrent created BitTorrent Sync. The solution: BitTorrent Sync on your own server Do you really want the National Security Agency (NSA) to have access to your data? Of course there’s still risk of your own personal servers getting hacked or monitored by the NSA, but a data archiving company such as Dropbox would be a higher target than John Smith’s personal file server. Sure this is probably an extreme case, but one that hits closer to home would be the recent unveiling of project PRISM. What would happen if that same thing happened to Dropbox, where millions of people store sensitive data? While there’s really nothing wrong with this, what would happen if Dropbox were to get hacked? I’m sure nobody saw it coming when PlayStation Network got hacked, yet, around 77 million people had their personal information stolen. On a daily basis, many people are constantly backing up files on their personal Dropbox drive. The problem: Your data isn’t safe in the cloud Read on for Garet’s how-to, adapted from his blog. Garet wanted to keep his data safe from prying eyes while still being able to access his files from anywhere. In this week’s Sync Hacks, Garet McKinley’s ( complete guide to creating your own private “Dropbox” using BitTorrent Sync. If you’ve got an epic Sync idea, use-case or how-to, shoot us an email at.
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