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"All my stuff in the cloud == EVIL as far I'm concerned." How is storing data in a certain place EVIL?

• teeja 17y ago
  May life never throw you a deadline in Montana.
• ggruschow 17y ago
  How is "the cloud" a certain place?
  • jshen 17y ago
    you're making my point for me. If it isn't a certain place, then how can it possibly be evil?
• chrischen 17y ago
  Because those who control the cloud can potentially see or mess with your stuff.
  • jshen 17y ago
    a lot of our stuff can be seen anyway. Anything that currently goes over the internet. Doing email on the cloud isn't much different from sending an email from outlook. Second, you can encrypt things in the cloud
    • chrischen 17y ago
      Also if you have the data in the cloud, you no longer have direct control of it. So what if it goes down. What if they get hacked? This is why the US keeps uber-top secret stuff disconnected from the internet.
      • jshen 17y ago
        " So what if it goes down. What if they get hacked?" For most people, this is more likely to happen to their local pc! "This is why the US keeps uber-top secret stuff disconnected from the internet." Are you suggesting that people not connect their computer to the internet? Otherwise, I have no idea what point you are making.
        • chrischen 17y ago
          > Are you suggesting that people not connect their computer to the internet? Otherwise, I have no idea what point you are making. No. I'm saying that being connected to the internet has inherent risks. Being in the internet 24/7 like the cloud would obviously have as much, or more, risks. >For most people, this is more likely to happen to their local pc! Statistically speaking, maybe. But we all think that we can keep our data and stuff safer than other people can. At least people have control over something on their computers. Plus, by putting our data in more places, we increase the risk of it being stolen. You will probably already have a local copy. Keeping it in the cloud just adds another point of failure.