Debug 37: Simmons, Wiskus, Gruber, and Vesper Sync

By Rene Ritchie
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Debug features the best developers in the business talking about the amazing apps they make and why and how they make them. On this episode Brent Simmons, Dave Wiskus, and John Gruber join Guy and Rene to talk about Vesper 2.0, architecting sync, the decision making process, design choices, and why Vesper for Mac comes next.

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Rene Ritchie
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Rene Ritchie is one of the most respected Apple analysts in the business, reaching a combined audience of over 40 million readers a month. His YouTube channel, Vector, has over 90 thousand subscribers and 14 million views and his podcasts, including Debug, have been downloaded over 20 million times. He also regularly co-hosts MacBreak Weekly for the TWiT network and co-hosted CES Live! and Talk Mobile. Based in Montreal, Rene is a former director of product marketing, web developer, and graphic designer. He's authored several books and appeared on numerous television and radio segments to discuss Apple and the technology industry. When not working, he likes to cook, grapple, and spend time with his friends and family.

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  • If only they hadn't rolled their own sync service. So disappointing. Why would I want my private notes in the hands of a group of unknown guys who live in a police state with no freedom of information or privacy laws? Sure, I trust them, but I'm sure there are trustworthy guys in Afghanistan or Saudi Arabia as well. I still wouldn't trust a small, private sync service based in any of those countries. It would be foolish.
  • That makes zero sense. Large sync services are already subject to the laws of the countries in which they operate, so there's no difference between using iCloud or Dropbox or using Vesper Sync in that regard. (Vesper Sync uses Microsoft Azure, fwiw, which is a fairly big company.) Vesper has a privacy policy. They have a business which depends on their reputation. They're aligned with my interests as a user. I use iCloud, Google, and several app-specific syncing services. What I insist upon is it being rock-solid and up-front with their terms. They've done both. What would be foolish would be to trust any online service anywhere that didn't have you roll your own keys and maintain them yourself (trust no one environment), which, sadly, isn't something any mainstream user would do.