If so, how would this work ? A special app ? A plugin on FF to connect to it ? Will it store your friends data as well ? What if your HD drops dead or something ?
Sorry if I missed their concept :\
This is the crux of the matter. You've got two options: store your data locally, or store it in the cloud.
Local storage minimizes the chance of loss; Cloud storage sacrifices you privacy. Pick your poison. It comes down to what you're more afraid of, and I am much more afraid of losing pictures than being subject to some sort of privacy violation.
Not saying one is better than the other, but if you sampled 1000 random people, my money says that people err on the side of keeping their pictures safe.
Anyway, it will be interesting to see how they work around it.
But, if they save all of the content (personal info, friends info, pictures...) locally like say a repository(GIT, SVN, etc..) wouldn't this miss the whole point of owning your data, since instead of my picture being in one server..it's living in all of my friends computers.
I have no idea how you'd protect against one of your "friends" deciding to release your stuff in plaintext.
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That make sense for redundancy.