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Lieven Malaise
Lieven Malaise  Identity Verified
Belgien
Local time: 04:49
Medlem (2020)
Franska till Nederländska
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Yes Jul 20, 2025

I've read about it. It generated quite some fuss after which WeTransfer apparently changed the terms again. But according to an expert in the field the terms remain vague enough to allow them to use the transferred documents anyway. I won't use it anymore.

P.L.F. Persi (X)
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Olena Dmytriieva
Federica Scaccabarozzi
Luis M. Sosa
 
Olena Dmytriieva
Olena Dmytriieva  Identity Verified
Italien
Local time: 04:49
Medlem (2022)
Engelska till Ukrainska
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Valid alternatives? Jul 20, 2025

Could you colleagues recommend any trustable alternative file sharing platform, based on your experience?
They're all going a bit crazy with AI... something like that happened with Dropbox, if I remember well.
 
Daryo
Daryo
Local time: 03:49
Serbiska till Engelska
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One way or another ... Jul 20, 2025

Lieven Malaise wrote:

I've read about it. It generated quite some fuss after which WeTransfer apparently changed the terms again. But according to an expert in the field the terms remain vague enough to allow them to use the transferred documents anyway. I won't use it anymore.


One way or another, as it's technically nearly impossible to have some effective outside control over what they are doing with any data coming their way, their 'backtracking' doesn't mean much.

A sceptic could say all it means is that they didn't manage to sneak into their T&C what they are doing anyway, as plenty other sites have done without anyone making a fuss. For comparison, next time you're asked to 'accept cookies' read instead the details of what you are asked to accept - and you might discover that very often cookies are merely the beginning of it, the least intrusive in the whole list.

Novian Cahyadi (X)
P.L.F. Persi (X)
Olena Dmytriieva
Ian Keith Jones Williams
Christine Andersen
Alex Lichanow
 
Alex Lichanow
Alex Lichanow
Tyskland
Local time: 04:49
Engelska till Tyska
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Own FTP Jul 21, 2025

Olena Dmytriieva wrote:

Could you colleagues recommend any trustable alternative file sharing platform, based on your experience?
They're all going a bit crazy with AI... something like that happened with Dropbox, if I remember well.


I am seriously considering setting up my own FTP server for the rare occasion that I need to upload and/or download large files. I am yet to really look into it, but there do appear to be plenty of regionally relevant solutions (e.g. in the EU in my case) for reasonable monthly rates. Actually owning your stuff seems to be the last reasonable possibility to preserve your and your clients' files from predatory practices.

Novian Cahyadi (X)
Daryo
P.L.F. Persi (X)
Olena Dmytriieva
Ian Keith Jones Williams
Federica Scaccabarozzi
 
Yetta Jensen Bogarde
Yetta Jensen Bogarde  Identity Verified
Danmark
Local time: 04:49
Medlem (2012)
Engelska till Danska
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Other Jul 21, 2025

No, and I don't care to work for them.
 


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