Hi It is for precisely this reason that I would not use the program. While I have nothing to hide, I do believe people have the right to privacy, and to choose whether or not they wish their personal information to be made public. I am not knocking the software, merely stating I personally don't feel comfortable with whatever you scan being stored elsewhere.
Kind regards, Jackie Brown Twitter: @thebrownsplace -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gordon Smith Sent: 02 November 2013 12:52 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: DocuScan Plus And The Cloud Hello Dane I'm not nit-picking at all. And clearly you haven't figured out how the programme works yet. When you scan a document, it is automatically saved to the cloud first. You have no option there. Yes, you can save it locally and you can apply a delete command to the cloud version. But prove to me that the documents are really deleted! Prove to me that they are not simply moved to a system area where those who administrate the service have access to them. Maybe I'm nit-picking as you put it. But hey, I personally don't feel at all comfortable with my bank statements etc. being sent to , let alone stored in, a cloud unless I have absolute guaranteed security. I'm not implying that the vendors are in any way malicious. I'm just making the point that security has to be an issue when storing sensitive documents in a cloud. Kind regards <--- Gordon Smith ---> <[email protected]> Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Providing Help & Support To Young People With Visual Impairment, plus Braille Transcription services. Telephone: United Kingdom: Free Phone: 0800 8620538 Mobile: +44 7907 823971 Europe and other non-specified: +44 1642 688095 Or: +44 1642 941776 United States Of America And Canada: +1 646 9151493 Or: +1 209 436 9443 Australasia: +61 38 8205930 Or: +61 39 0284505 Fax: +44 1642 365123 Follow Us On Twitter: <http://twitter.com/maciosaccess> Skype: <skype:mac-access-dot-net?call> ------------------------------ On 2 Nov 2013, at 12:35, Dane Trethowan <[email protected]> wrote: Nit picking. I'm using Docuscan+ now so you're worried about security? Then you save your scanned documents to your computer and not in the cloud. On 2 Nov 2013, at 11:20 pm, Gordon Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I must point out here that if you use DocuScan Plus, you have no alternative but to use the cloud technologies. There are some, including us, who are a little unsettled regarding security if you're scanning sensitive material. That is why I have retained, and will still retain, localised solutions such as VueScan and Abbyy FineReader Express. > > DocuScan Plus is fine for books and other non-critical documents. But when it comes to documents where your personal data is stored, what guarantee is there that the documents you store in the cloud are not visible to others? Nom, No! 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