Supposedly google drive will be launched next week with 5Gb of free space and 'access from anywhere' capabilities. It may not contain a Linux client at launch, but that will almost certainly follow before too long.
One presumes that their privacy policy for the new service will be the same as for their existing products in accordance with the 'One policy for all' directive launched recently. It is here if you haven't read it yet: http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/policies/privacy/ . Maybe it is not as onerous as Amazon's offering: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/no ... -drive/882
But I am not a lawyer, so like most people I wouldn't understand the full implications of what is written.
A poll on this site: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/04/goog ... x-support/ indicates that 64% of respondents would use the service (April 20th 2012), I thought we would see how the MInt community feels about it so I have started a similar poll here. (If you choose to vote just assume that a Linux client for this service is available already)
Personally I use a combination of Dropbox and SpiderOak. SpiderOak is good because it encrypts all your personal data and does not hold any encryption keys so they are unable to read anything, but they only offer 2Gb space for free and have pretty slow servers and a slightly complicated interface - but it is Linux compatible. I am voting 'No' myself, on privacy grounds primarily but also on the grounds that I don't need any extra online storage space at present. That may not always be the case of course, so I could change my mind in the future, but I hope I don't end up being seduced by it
