And my point when this is pointed out is that thanks to the PATRIOT Act, it doesn't matter any longer WHERE your stuff is. If the feds want it, they'll get it. End of story.
And I won't call it hypocrisy, but you're telling me NOTHING of yours is stored on the Net? Nowhere? I don't believe it. Scott -- R. Scott Granneman [email protected] ~ www.granneman.com ~ granneman.tel Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications My new book: Google Apps Deciphered @ http://www.granneman.com/books "When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?'" ---Quentin Crisp On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 8:07 AM, Theresa Kehoe <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 2010-04-21 at 10:14 -0500, Scott Granneman wrote: > > Quote from Scott Granneman: "Toldja the cloud was the future." > > If you love "the cloud", and it's the future, then maybe you should read > this article on "The cloud and the future of the Fourth Amendment"[1]. > > I was taught, long ago, that if someone could gain physical access to > one of my servers, it should be considered "hacked". > > So if you have no idea where your data is, or even which country (ies) > it's being stored in, then how can you begin to consider it's secure? > > Oh, just encrypt it, I hear ... but then I read about the UK and its > RIPA [2], whereby the law now REQUIRES someone to turn over all their > encryption/decryption keys when requested to do so. Forgot your > passkey? Well, maybe five years in prison might refresh your memory. > And yes, people have already been convicted for refusing to decrypt > their data files. > > Maybe the future is so bright I gotta wear shades ... or maybe those are > just blinders? > > Theresa > > > [1] > http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/04/the-cloud-and-the-future-of-the-fourth-amendment.ars > > > [2] http://www.out-law.com/page-8515 > > > > -- > Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) > Main page: http://www.cwelug.org > To post: [email protected] > To subscribe: [email protected] > To unsubscribe: [email protected] > More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug > -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
