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You must own any data that’s irreplaceable to you. An interesting additional point given the ongoing trend towards web apps and storing data "in the cloud". N
by jsankey 16y ago
You must own any data that’s irreplaceable to you.
An interesting additional point given the ongoing trend towards web apps and storing data "in the cloud". Note that "own" in this sense means you need to be able to export it in a standard way (e.g. access via IMAP). I don't see a lot of enthusiasm for this from the big sites out there. I can only hope that users start to realise the value in this and begin demanding more control of the data they are creating.
- focusaurus 16y agoCheck out this nascent effort: http://unhosted.org/ http://unhosted.org/
- JoachimSchipper 16y agoI would be extremely careful with that project: it relies on Javascript crypto extensively to project users from storage nodes. Javascript crypto is nearly always completely broken (crypto needs to take input-independent time for all operations, for instance), and their implementation hasn't been audited at all. (It has been lifted from some Stanford crypto group, IIRC, but that's hardly enough checking.)