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In the brave new world of cloud computing, where data is stored off-site in massive server farms instead of on a user's local hard drive, privacy and security are paramount in the consumer's mind.
Unfortunately for privacy advocates, their concerns are essentially moot thanks to the U.S.A. Patriot Act, which a key Microsoft official said recently permits the U.S. to spy on data stored within cloud servers across the European Union.
According to Whittaker's report, Frazer was asked whether the company could "guarantee that EU-stored data, held in EU based datacenters, will not leave the European Economic Area under any circumstances".
Because Microsoft is a U.S.-based company, he replied, they would be bound by its laws.
Originally posted by Iamonlyhuman
reply to post by snewpers
Seriously. This has to be seen as a major flaw. Is this a death nail for cloud computing?
Originally posted by Astr0
Originally posted by Iamonlyhuman
reply to post by snewpers
Seriously. This has to be seen as a major flaw. Is this a death nail for cloud computing?
100% yes.
You would have to be totally absolutely 100% certifiable insane to trust a 'cloud' to store your data safely.
You would have to be totally absolutely 100% certifiable insane to trust a 'cloud' to store your data safely.
Allow me to introduce you to the millions of facebook members who will do just this.
Originally posted by paraphi
This is no surprise. I work in the UK and the organisation I work for (a public body) disallows any data processing and storage outside of the UK. We just don't trust these pesky foreigners to be straight and up front in dealing with our data. Simple really.
The problem is that Microsoft (and others) are happy to promote a new world but are less willing to tell us the grubby facts. My advice (if you are still awake) is not to touch Facebook, Twitter, Apple and any other organisation who does not store data in the country of origin so it is subject to the laws and processes people expect.
Regards