Do you have your head in 'the cloud'? Would you trust new internet technology?

KirstyJay · 24th June 2008, 13:24

The latest developments on the net mean that in the future all our data will be accessed online and kept on remote servers rather than on your home desktop PC, so that you can theoretically access your desktop from anywhere with a net connection... great idea, but would you trust the remote servers to have the correct security to protect your privacy?

I'm a bit dubious, but the ideas good... I think it will need a lot of work though.

Full story :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programme...ne/7465386.stm

lord_cheeseman · 24th June 2008, 13:54

I believe the company i work for use something called thinware, that's what they call it, to do this. The office bods say it's secure as the connection is through an internal servers rather than a third party.There are 10 people based in Houston, London and Singapore that monitor the traffic through this servers 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Dunno if that makes it more secure though.

For my own personal files I would not use it. i'd rather just move things about on a portable drive.

KirstyJay · 24th June 2008, 14:03

Me too. You can get massive USB drives these days and they will only get bigger... in a year or so you will get a couple of hundred gigs on them!!!

lord_cheeseman · 24th June 2008, 14:10

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Originally Posted by djkirstyjay

Me too. You can get massive USB drives these days and they will only get bigger... in a year or so you will get a couple of hundred gigs on them!!!

Mine's 160Gb

irishmusico · 24th June 2008, 14:19

It sounds like a fantastic idea but I would have security issues.You never know who might accidentally delete your stuff.

KirstyJay · 24th June 2008, 14:29

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Originally Posted by liamward

Mine's 160Gb

What?! a 160gb usb STICK or are you referring to a portable hard drive? I was talking about THESE and the biggest you get at the moment is 32gb!

EDIT > HERE's some good portable software for a USB stick

tenerifeteddy · 24th June 2008, 15:14

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Originally Posted by djkirstyjay

The latest developments on the net mean that in the future all our data will be accessed online and kept on remote servers rather than on your home desktop PC, so that you can theoretically access your desktop from anywhere with a net connection... great idea, but would you trust the remote servers to have the correct security to protect your privacy?

I'm a bit dubious, but the ideas good... I think it will need a lot of work though.

Full story :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programme...ne/7465386.stm

It is certainly the way of the future, and I think that provided you use a reputable company with at least two mirrored and physically seperate data centres, and they encrypt your data when being transmited, then it should be secure enough.

I currently use a company that does this, with overnight incremental backups, and it is easy to set up and easy to access the data for recovery if required. The cost is also very reasonable.

Personally though I would always have my own copy too, in case I lost my internet connection.

However as I read on a tech article the other day, don't store anything online that you don't want your goverment to access legally. As the US with the Patriot Act and the UK with Terrorism Act, can force any company on their territory or any company anywhere in the world that stores data belonging to one of their nationals to grant them access to it.

Other countries have similar rules.

Big Brother is definately watching you!