Scott, I completely agree with you. In fact, most cloud-based services that I know of, encrypt the data in such a way that not even the employees have access to it. If this is the case, then that is good. If for whatever reason someone does gain access to the data, it will either be garbled, or the person won't know what belongs to. I don't consider myself a paranoid person, but I do consider myself a safe person. This means that I do not use the same password for all my services. In fact, I drive my family nuts because of the kinds of passwords I use for different things. One thing I learned at Sprint was how to create different passwords for different services and keep remembering them all. Then for people who don't want to have to remember different passwords for different services, there are services like last past which can help with it, but then we are full circle because last pass is a cloud-based service and the argument can begin again. I have many more ideas and many more things that I do to keep myself secure on the Internet. However not all of them are appropriate and on-topic for this list. So as much as I would like to, I probably should not go on. Of course if anyone is interested in knowing more about what I would do to keep things safe on a PC, or the iPhone, you can write me privately.
-- Raul A. Gallegos Sent from my brain http://www.raulgallegos.com Twitter: @rau47 On Jun 30, 2012, at 9:35 AM, Scott Howell <scottn3...@gmail.com> wrote: > Raul, > > The fact is this has always been the truth. I remember a very similar > statement from a sysadmin and he told me this about 10 years ago. In fact we > used to joke about it because then you could pull the cable. Now with smart > phones and tablets, pulling that plug is not so easy. What this tells me is > we as users need to become more savvy about security. We do not have to be > experts, but we do need to be aware and understand how to protect ourselves > and our data. > > On Jun 30, 2012, at 9:33 AM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: > >> Hello Scott. I remember when I worked at Sprint, people would ask me what is >> a 100% way that someone could inshore never getting a virus or never getting >> hacked. My answer to them 10 years ago was, turn off your computer and do >> not connect. They didn't like that, but it was 100% guaranteed. >> >> >> -- >> Raul A. Gallegos >> Sent from my brain >> http://www.raulgallegos.com >> Twitter: @rau47 >> >> On Jun 29, 2012, at 4:25 PM, Scott Howell <scottn3...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Raul, >>> >>> You are correct although some will have more interest in snooping than >>> others. :) The safest browsing experience is one where your device is >>> powered off, locked in a closet, and you are in another room. :) All you >>> can do is take care in where you put your data and how you protect your >>> data. >>> >>> On Jun 29, 2012, at 12:21 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: >>> >>>> It's been my belief that everyone everywhere snoops. Whether it's Dropbox, >>>> Google, or Microsoft or Apple. If you want 100% no snooping, disconnect >>>> from your wi-fi and your ethernet port, and don't use data at all. >>>> *smile*. C Sarcasm at it's best, but seriously. When it comes to anything >>>> cloud based, what sort of guarantee do you have that your stuff isn't >>>> snooped on. So, if I will put sensitive stuff on anything cloud-based, if >>>> I care about it enough, I use a password protected file. Otherwise, I just >>>> don't care and if people have that kind of time on their hands to snoop >>>> through my stuff, more power to them. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Raul A. Gallegos >>>> Biologically speaking, if something bites you, it is more likely to be >>>> female. - Desmond Morris >>>> Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com >>>> Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 >>>> Facebook: http://facebook.com/rgallegos74 >>>> >>>> >>>> On 6/28/2012 4:07 PM, Joe wrote: >>>>> Yeah, enjoy Google snooping through your stuff at will. For balance >>>>> though, >>>>> I hope the GDrive app is as accessible as Dropbox is.--Joe >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >>>>> Of Matthew Campbell >>>>> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 3:18 PM >>>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>>> Subject: GoogleDrive IOS app hits the App Store >>>>> >>>>> Hi all. >>>>> The GoogleDrive IOS app has finally hit the app store! >>>>> The best part of it is that the app seems to be fully accessible with VO. >>>>> Now I don't regret ditching DropBox one bit. I'm not quite ready to say >>>>> yay >>>>> to iCloud's documents in the cloud either. It's nice to have an iDisk >>>>> alternative now that MobileMe is dead. >>>>> Enjoy, >>>>> Matthew Campbell. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>> Google Group. >>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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