>>>>Has anyone used GoToMyPC? Care to share your experiences - good or bad? Can anyone offer a real-world comparison with the likes of pcAnyWhere, VNC etc.? TIA
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>>>Personally, I wouldn't use GoToMyPC. Using VNC or pcAnyWhere, you log directly into your machine, there isn't some 3rd part server sitting around somewhere with your username/ip/password sitting on it. What if GoToMyPc has a rouge employee or a hacker someday? Plus VNC is free. I prefer pcAnyWhere because it has more features (file transfer ability, etc) and I like the mouse-movements better too...but hey - for free VNC works fine.
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>>Yes, other than the cost ($25/month or $242/year) the intermediate server farm would be my biggest concern as well. A rogue employee would be disastrous, would basically ruin that company as I see it.
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>>I can see why they do it that way though, it lets them offer "smart" client browser options without having to install a web server with similar client support on the host PC itself. I imagine there's steady heartbeat traffic between each host and the GoToMyPC servers and all traffic is initiated from the host via HTTP which lets them get through firewalls without reconfiguration.
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>>There's real convenience in being able to run your desktop from any Web cafe, but if you're paranoid and you assume all Web cafes have keyloggers installed it could be dicey ...
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>True, nice to be able to run yer desktop from a browser....but hey you can do that with VNC.

I didn't know that - I'll have to check it out. Thanks.