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That article is fairly info-lite, even after visiting the source article (linked from OP). So "members of the faculty were concerned that it wouldn’t keep their
by m0nty 16y ago
That article is fairly info-lite, even after visiting the source article (linked from OP). So "members of the faculty were concerned that it wouldn’t keep their correspondence private enough" but they don't say why they feel that way or suggest there's any actual evidence of lax security. The Google Buzz thing is a red herring since UCD weren't using that anyway, and as an apps administrator you can say which services your users are allowed to use.
I do have an interest in this: I'm about to move a campus to Gmail. I have no evidence it's less secure than the Exchange/Postfix systems it will be replacing, and I suspect in many ways it is more secure. I would welcome evidence to the contrary but the OP doesn't have any. This sounds like a bunch of people who don't understand "hacking" making loud about how the cloud just has to be less secure than their in-house systems.
- bmj 16y agoPart of it may be the association of Google with web search--people may think that if Google is processing email, it can become part of search results. My employer uses a hosted Exchange service, and I've not heard anyone raise a peep about privacy concerns. I suspect, however, that if we decided to move to Google Mail, people would raise the same sort of concerns.
- m0nty 16y agoWell, my current strategy is to migrate users when we give them new PCs this summer, then only tell them about the change later. Much later. Initially they'll be using Outlook to access email; they can use the web interface later if they want to. Why would they be interested in which email backend we're using? The trouble with asking them, or informing them in a way which suggest I want their opinion, is that it very quickly just becomes a beauty contest, where I have sound technical and financial reasons to make the move.