Actually, it would depend on how their servers and their system are configured I think.
If they deleted the files and afterwards your computer synched with them, your files on your computer might automatically delete themselves too as part of the synch. On the other hand, if they've designed their system so that they don't delete the files until after making a synch impossible, then the files on your computer would be in no danger. With anything important I'd definitely want to verify with the company. -----Original Message----- From: Gene Young [mailto:n2...@cfl.rr.com] Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 1:28 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy > Dropbox > Syncback On 8/9/2012 3:22 PM, GeoPappas wrote: > << These services do not have access to our computers. >> > > Actually, that is not totally correct.  Any service that allows > synchronization between computers does have access to your computer > (otherwise it wouldn't be able to synchronize the files between > computers).  In other words, if I move my Legacy files to the > SkyDrive directory, then SkyDrive does have access to those files.  > And if I delete those files on one computer, then those files will be > deleted from all computers that are synchronized. > However, once they cancel the contract between them and you, they have lost permission and the right to access your computer and any further access and or file deletions would be computer trespass in MANY legal jurisdictions. I doubt any cloud service would risk the many and serious repercussions from such a pointless action as deleting files from your computer with no valid reason or justification for doing so. I do not think I will worry about it. And it really is not a Legacy or Legacy add-on program. -- Gene Young Researching Young, Harer, Cox & Sallada With Legacy Family Tree http://myyoungs.atspace.com/index.htm <snip> Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
