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General => Technical Help => Topic started by: roopat on Friday 01 February 13 18:26 GMT (UK)
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I want to be able to share some of my videos of my granddaughter with the wider family. Can anyone recommend the best way to do this please? (I'm particularly concerned about the privacy issue)
I'm a complete novice about using the 'cloud'!!!
Pat
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I would look into youtube but make sure you set the privacy settings correctly before you load the videos up. I have a few videos on there and have them set to private.
There are probably lots of file sharing sites out there but how many are secure is another matter :(
Kevin
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That's helpful, thank you, Kevin. I didn't realise that Youtube could be private (told you I was a novice ;D) It's not an urgent thing, just something that occurred to me today, so I've got time to look into your idea.
Thank you again
Pat
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Pat
if you subscribe to certain services then you can upload media/docs to their cloud services for free.
For example, I have a google account as I use Gmail therefore I have storage facilty for photos and videos using their service called picasa. To share docs and access them from other PC's I use google drive.
My ISP is BT and they have BT cloud & Flickr.
I have sky tv and they have sky drive.
All of them can be set up so your photos can be shared publically or privately.
Hope this helps
Mike
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Just an idea...
Put them on a DVD and post them?
Trystan
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Just an idea...
Put them on a DVD and post them?
Trystan
Yes Trystan, good idea, I have done that when I've had a lot of stuff, but I'm thinking more of videos for my daughter to see, she does a lot of travelling with work but can always access the internet so if I take a cute video of my granddaughter or the pets she can access it quickly.
Pat
My ISP is BT and they have BT cloud & Flickr.
I have sky tv and they have sky drive.
Mike
Thank you Mike - I have BT and Sky TV - think that's the answer, I'd no idea about those services.
Thanks to both of you :)
Pat
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Why not use Dropbox. Create copies and send them to the cloud away from your computer, you always have a backup then if things go wrong. You can now share with whomever you like. All you do is send them a link to the files that you want them to see - job done
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I use dropbox as well & never had any issues.
jim
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Another one is that you can get a Google drive (http://drive.google.com), and let your daughter know your access details to it. It's free.
Trystan
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Just a word of warning here....please read the terms and conditions before you decide which to use. Some will remove your files if you don't access them.
I urge you strongly to read the terms and conditions before you subscribe to any of the free sites.
Best regards
Kevin
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I have hesitated about this because I thought I heard recently that one of these 'clouds' (if that's the right word ;D) was going to make pictures public & I don't want that! I can't remember which one it was. Or was it just the techie equivalent of an urban myth?
But all helpful advice from your good selves - I really do need to spend some time looking into the Ts & Cs.
Thank you
Pat
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Not sure I have heard that rumour Pat.
Most cloud servers that host your photos will give you the option of making them public, shared or private so you can choice the security level of your uploaded photos.
For document storage you count password protect or encrypt your docs before uploading.
Mike
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Welll...there is this on the Google Docs service terms and conditions...
When you upload or otherwise submit content to our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content.
Now I know that doesn't apply to all such services, but it does go to show that you should reads the TOCs
Kevin
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Scarey stuff Kevin.
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Thank you for the advice, Mike and Kevin - and yes, I agree it's definitely scary!
Pat