[OSX-Users] Re: iCloud

[Chris Andrews]

I've already put data on Google's servers. As in Google the world class data miners. Am I worried about putting data on Apple's servers? Not really.

Chris

On 9 Jun 2011, at 15:44, mc schraefel <mc at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:

> so, putting one's data in the cloud
> 
> - one's personal data into a company's fileshare, with security back doors,
> rather than one's own backups where one holds the keys to the encryption
> 
> am i the only person feeling a little dubious about the price of all this
> convenience?
> or the assumption that one is always on? will always be on? 
> 
> it's an amazing techno shift = has there been much discussion about this
> transition?
> 
> apparently apple's stock of timecapsules has gotten very parched. with
> iCloud, why would they refresh that? 
> 
> i have a feeling of foreboding.
> 
> anyone??
> 
> mc