In other news: RIAA Wants To Start Peeking Into Files You Store In The Cloud
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2570538
Considering those trends I would not want to store any unencrypted data in the cloud.
Considering those trends I would not want to store any unencrypted data in the cloud.
Epsilon and Sony are just two, recent examples. The TJ Max incident a few years ago. Etc.
The "cloud" is useful, except there isn't actually "a" cloud, there are just individual businesses inviting you into their capacious silos. It's lock-in with more risk.
"The cloud" needs a lot more work before we can call it "the" cloud, and before we can call it safe.
So instead of using a free ad sponsored storage point where you are what is being sold, you pay $50 a year for a storage point that is hosted offshore, is encrypted, etc.
The one problem that the cloud faces is that applications need to be decoupled from storage. ie. you should be able to have your documents with provider x, but use the word processor from providers y or z to access them. Each of the apps at the moment set up their own storage silo, there is no real 'my documents' or home directory for the cloud