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"Remember: if it's not on a drive that is in your physical possession, it's not really yours." So, if we store our data in "the cloud", it's not really ours?
by gwu78 13y ago
"Remember: if it's not on a drive that is in your physical possession, it's not really yours."
So, if we store our data in "the cloud", it's not really ours?
- teddyh 13y agoYes, exactly correct.
- theorique 13y agoWell, it's 'yours', insofar as you have access to it (or should, barring outages and downtime). But it might be accessible to someone else. And it might be lost by those hosting it. Nothing is perfect or guaranteed.
- MichaelGG 13y agoAnd, once you willingly give data to third parties, you lose certain protections (at least in the US as I understand current interpretations of law).