I understand. The hacker incidents of stolen data makes trusting websites with precious data harder, so the idea of USB keys for secure data storage seems like (at least for the common man) a relatively inexpensive, yet secure approach. It's also (might be) relatively easy to plug in the key and have the TW app pop up to lead a newbie through the data with no special requirements (other than a family password). All that has to be done is make backups of the key from time to time (which can be locked away in a safety deposit box).
On Sunday, October 14, 2018 at 8:06:22 PM UTC-7, TonyM wrote: > > David, > > Another question to ask is how much data costs, and is it always > available. As the price drops and tiddlyiki can be hosted over https the > cloud option becomes more compelling. Sometimes when the direct approach is > not available we are forced to find a way around and we can find better > solutions in the long run. The next release will be moving tiddlywiki > forward and variouse serving options may go a long way. > > Best of luck anyway, and keep the conversation going. > > Tony > > On Monday, October 15, 2018 at 1:53:47 PM UTC+11, David Masterson wrote: >> >> Interesting point. >> >> The other point is sneakernet. That is, providing a communication where >> they can communicate changes to the financial data (results of doctor >> visits, big banking transactions, etc.) which would be done by TW writing >> data to the USB key and then passing that to others as needed. >> >> This issue is getting to be almost as big as simply encrypting a file in >> the cloud. Hmm. >> >> On Sunday, October 14, 2018 at 5:04:55 PM UTC-7, Mark S. wrote: >>> >>> I'm not a Mac person, but I'm following along. >>> >>> Do I understand this correctly: You can only access a USB stick via an >>> App specifically made for that stick? And can only access files that that >>> app allows? So if a usb manufacturer doesn't provide good codecs, you might >>> not be able to view videos directly on the stick? Wow, that's limiting. >>> >>> Given that many USB sticks allow transferring of videos and none (or is >>> there one? which one BTW?) allow HTML, wouldn't it be better offload the >>> videos to a stick instead? Your daughter's bound to run out of space if she >>> keeps making videos on the device. >>> >>> I would be surprised if your personal data weighed in at more than 10 >>> megs. On my ancient 6 year old Android devices, 10 Megs is about the upper >>> limit. But 10 megs is an awful lot of information in text form. 6 megs can >>> hold an entire Bible for instance, which is about equivalent to 6000 one >>> page documents. >>> >>> Good luck! >>> -- Mark >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, October 14, 2018 at 3:18:35 PM UTC-7, David Masterson wrote: >>>> >>>> Interesting possibility. My concern was potential size of the >>>> financial records over time chewing up significant space on the iPhones >>>> internal storage (daughter likes to fill storage with her self-produced >>>> videos). Use of a USB key can add to the storage significantly, but I'm >>>> not sure yet of that possibility. I have found at least one USB key (with >>>> SD card) that connects both to Windows/Mac and to iPhone lightning and >>>> supports HTML (among many others) files. Not sure what the extent of the >>>> support is, though. >>>> >>>> Don't you think this would be use-case to partner with one or more >>>> companies to work on providing an off-the-shelf TiddlyWiki setup that >>>> works >>>> with their USB key to provide (virtually) unlimited and secure storage and >>>> application tools that works across all system types that support USB >>>> interfaces? I would think it would be a good way to get a big cash >>>> infusion without taking TiddlyWiki closed-source. >>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/c1cf0e21-9523-463f-9fdc-45d5f121769f%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
