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Originally Posted by terekkincaid
I've put up my follow up video:
https://youtu.be/QIXmUiU81Ic
I've got a few workarounds I use and talk a bit about why I think Sony made such drastic changes (document security, as has been stated here). |
I have to make some remark about that supposed security reason that has been circulated around here.
I don't think, and am actually pretty sure, that the app offers any additional security, whatsoever. If anything, it compromises security because it adds addition attack vectors to the synchronization process. Please consider that the previous solution did not have
anything to do with any particular webservice such as "Box.com". It was a
generic and safe interface based on the WebDAV spec
http://www.webdav.org/
WebDAV by itsself is built on top of HTTP(S) and as such can (is) already reliably protected against 3rd parties, by SSL/TLS.
Also, many people don't seem to realize that instead of making the synchronization inherently more user friendly, it inherently makes it less user friendly. Since the previous, WebDAV based solution was open,
anyone could, with a few clicks depending on their preference of complexity, put a personal WebDAV server onto their computer and thus achieve the exact same amount of convenience (certificates, to my knowledge, could also be installed on the DPT-S1): Any folder on the computer is immediately synchronized with all WebDAV clients and thus the DPT-S1.
There is absolutly no new feature about this app other than it restricts flexibility and users' options severely.
Also, I have repeatedly explained that the Sony DPT-S1 was based on Linux. I have no clue what gives you the idea that it was Android and that the current device has an OS which was "developed from scratch". You don't seem to know the effort and time required to build an "OS from scratch". Sony certainly did not do that and most likely stayed on Linux, also some elements in the UI seem to have been reused.
Maybe they even kept the old WebDAV option? You mentioned something about an undocumented "Control Server" setting. Has anyone ever tried to get this to work? Maybe the software isn't as bad as you all describe it is ;-P