[OSX-Users] Re: iCloud

[Michael J Butler]

Nice cartoon from today's New York Times attached.


On 09/06/2011 17:27, "Chris Andrews" <wolfie at wolfie.me> wrote:

>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
>

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