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My opinion is that if you put anything sensitive into the cloud without encrypting it, you are not doing it right. If you don't want the government reading what
by pi18n 14y ago
My opinion is that if you put anything sensitive into the cloud without encrypting it, you are not doing it right. If you don't want the government reading whatever it is, why on Earth would you trust the cloud providers?
- kijin 14y agoThe average HNer might be smart enough to know that they should encrypt their data before uploading it, but does the average U.S. citizen know it? Many of them aren't even aware that they're uploading any data at all, let alone encrypt it. Cloud computing has become so seamless that it's difficult even for experienced users to tell when their data is being sent somewhere else unless they pay attention all the time. For example, Office 2013 is very keen to save all your documents to SkyDrive.
- politician 14y agoKey management is beyond the average user of the internet. Maybe it'll improve if we start putting encryption keys in physical charms that you can hang on your real-life key-chain; then again, there is no locksmith, so maybe not.
- teilo 14y agoData security and data ownership are not the same thing. In many of these user's cases, it's not about the Government reading their data. It's about getting their data back. It is property that the Government has stolen, that the individuals can no longer use or access.
- pi18n 14y agoGood counter point. There are plenty of horror stories about this exact thing, and it is totally different.