Re: OS + iOS best practice
Re: OS + iOS best practice
- Subject: Re: OS + iOS best practice
- From: Jeffrey Walton <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:07:43 -0400
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Evadne Wu <email@hidden> wrote:
> Dropbox sync is good for a pile of files, but no more than that. Let’s rebound the requirements:
>
> * there’s a single user Core Data app
> * want an iPad version of the app
> * the two versions will sync up
>
> Given the requirements, and add the fact that I’m pretty sure that Dropbox would keep conflicted copies of any file around, so there is no fear for lost data, and you can probably merge anything… it’s probably a good fit. If you don’t pull in any external resources, for example pictures on the filesystem which are only referenced by path strings in Core Data entities, the only thing that needs syncing would be the .sqlite file and things can probably work. If this is not the case then a simple Web service would go a long way.
>
> Dropbox carries its own stateless JSON based API, but there is a SDK out there (for prototyping purposes) too.
>
Be careful of Dropbox. The service encrypts data at its leisure and
pleasure. With the laxed practices, I imagine they are more than happy
to share with law enforcement on a whim rather than court order [2].
Jeff
[1] http://seclists.org/funsec/2011/q2/135
[2] http://www.pcworld.com/article/225549/update_dropbox_will_hand_over_your_files_to_the_feds_if_asked.html
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