You also have to wonder if a "seizure" for a single instance would affect the entire Office 365 cloud, or would they simply give the FBI a single virtual instance. It's also unclear how accounts are separated in Office 365. Does each company get its own virtual instance or is it shared? I assume it's shared, otherwise the energy activists would be all over them for improper datacenter consumption. So, with that in mind, if one company gets whacked, a bunch of company's would get whacked at the same time.
From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 10:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Be Very Wary of "The Cloud"... No reason to be surprised. Data Privacy in the US completely favors vendors and data holders, rather than data generators/owners. BTW, this seems like a move by Microsoft to avoid the pain and discomfort of seizure. Easier to say up front that they'll hand it over, so as to avoid a larger disruption of services. I tend to assume that this is so with *all* providers, regardless of whether or not they are willing to state it (or, even if they clearly state the opposite) ASB (Professional Bio <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio> ) Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: Wow. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -----Original Message----- From: Rod Trent [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 10:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Be Very Wary of "The Cloud"... Interesting article today, too. Microsoft: 'We can hand over Office 365 data without your permission' http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/microsoft-we-can-hand-over-office-365- data-without-your-permission/11041?tag=nl.e539 -----Original Message----- From: Jacob [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 9:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Be Very Wary of "The Cloud"... Host with Amazon or Google... I can see the FBI seizing all of Google's web servers. Wonder how many U-Hauls the FBI will need? Hmm... -----Original Message----- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 6:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Be Very Wary of "The Cloud"... This is how the FBI treats something in the cloud. Remember that when you trust your important data to the cloud. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/21/f-b-i-seizes-web-servers-knocking-s <http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/21/f-b-i-seizes-web-servers-knocking- s%0d%0aites-offline/> ites-offline/ Note: I don't support the activities of any hacking group. I just think this was wrong. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
