I'd suggest Owncloud for that, on a server running in your own home. Encrypted file system (LUKS), the works.
Pretty much identical to Dropbox and just as stable, IMHO.
Pricewise? You can buy an HP Microserver for about $300 that's capable of 12TB of storage on the top end (more if you get fancy with external arrays), whack it into a APC UPS for another $50, and just run it off your home internet connection. Hang a free domain hame at afraid.org off of it, and run a script on the box to keep the hostname pointed at your dynamic IP if your ISP won't give you a static one on reasonable terms.
The home owner voluntarily agreed to a search. Not sure what the privacy violation was... unless you think internet searches on your employer's network falls within your domain of privacy?
It it legally impossible to consent under duress. (for example, this is why rape is still illegal, even if she says "yes" after the perpetrator pistol-whips her.) No contract would be upheld if the court found out that one of the parties was weilding a gun during the negotiation.
The police have no right to "ask" you for permission to search your home, as there is an implied threat of deadly force. (Cf everybody who gets shot for flinching while in view of a cop.)
Sadly, the old white rich person judges pretend that this doesn't happen, and allow this unconstitutional activity to continue.
>The police have no right to "ask" you for permission to search your home, as there is an implied threat of deadly force.
If the police are asking instead of saying "we have a warrant" and kicking the door down, it's because they don't have the necessary evidence and are fishing for some.
There is no implied threat of anything to those with the slightest bit of knowledge of how law enforcement works. This whole story could have just as easily went the other way.
>May we come in?
>I'd rather you didn't. Do you have a warrant?
>No we do not. What do you have to hide?
>I would rather not speak with you any further until you both have a warrant and I have a lawyer present. Good day sir. door shut
What you do on your employer's computer on your employer's network isn't private. Maybe it should be, but we all know that it isn't. We may even have signed a form to that effect.
Let's start with Dropbox. What's the alternative?