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cloud| Privacy, security and the cloud |
| Written by Division by Zero |
| Tuesday, 29 March 2011 11:29 |
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Two recent stories on Slashdot on a bug that removes HTTPS as default enabled for Hotmail in certain countries and a disagreement between Microsoft and the FTC got me thinking (again) on privacy and the cloud. One of my strong convictions is that companies have to make an effort in helping their users being secure. Alleged bugs or features, installable apps, gathering of data and linking data all possibly invade your privacy. More an more applications and data are being pushed in 'the cloud' instead of on your local machine. For some things this is a good thing, but is it for everything? There are two things to think about when you choose to use a certain service. Do I trust this company with my data and which information about me do I trust this company with. Privacy is all about trust and control. You should be able to control what information on you is visible by whom and you have to trust the other party (a certain company) with this data. Do you trust Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook, LinkedIn or Dropbox? These companies, like every other company, want to make money. I certainly distrust these companies. I'm really cautious on which information I leave with these sites. Always remember: nothing is for free. Everything you use cost resources. Either you pay for this or someone else does. Yes, even open source software costs resources. People are willing to donate their time to the open source software you use. Nothing is for free, so make sure you know what the costs are. Don't let these cost be information that you don't want to disclose. The cost may be higher than you realise. |
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin
