New Users beware of security holes

My Cloud OS 3 Personal & Network Attached Storage My Cloud
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If you are a new user, do note that My Cloud defaults to all user’s private directory as Public. Even the administrator account defaults to Public w/o asking for a PassWord creation. Probably done for ease of use, but a big security hole for your private data.

WD should post the rules for all the share folders and the related services, so that we can decide where to place the files.

I suspect that for Twonky Media Sharing, the Music, Photos & Video only works out of Public Shared folders. You can define the folders (even Users private folders) under Twonky but not sure how the external Media Renderers (playback devices) can access the files.

Videos and Music under Public Shared folders seem to play fine.

Be safe …

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pplwin wrote:

I suspect that for Twonky Media Sharing, the Music, Photos & Video only works out of Public Shared folders. You can define the folders (even Users private folders) under Twonky but not sure how the external Media Renderers (playback devices) can access the files.

No.  Whether or not Twonky has access to the files has nothing to do with whether the share is Public or Private.  Media Serving access is configured separately per share.

The recommendation is to NOT configure the specific share access via the Twonky UI, because the Cloud overwrites portions of this information at every reboot / software update.

Make all changes within the CLOUD’S UI.