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Originally Posted by sil
People in general are lazy and blindly storing data online so someone else can look after it is just giving up control.... Its just idiocy for something thats laughably simple to look after yourself.
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People are not careless or stupid, well some are... but over time they've become complacent and then they get caught. We've heard about this very cleverly marketed "cloud" for years (or stick an "i" in front of anything). It has become a standard now that every one has accepted without batting an eye lid.
"We'll take care of you and release you of the burden of looking after yourself. We will protect your sensitive information and save your from disaster recovery. Have your data available everywhere anytime from any device."
Who in their right mind would say no to this? No more worries. Help is at hand.
Data mining has become such a big part of everything that is online these days, it is scaring me. I recently went to a few UNI open days. UNSW, Macquarie, UTS, USYD. The theme that came around invariably was the demand by the banking sector (Commonwealth/Westpac), the online gambling mobs (Waterhouse) and a few other financial institutions for the brightest kids that have problem solving skills. So we're talking about Statistical Analysis (Maths) and surprisingly a lot of Physicists. It was demoralizing to see our brightest kids lured and channelled into a machine designed to promote "how do you rip off the plebes" more efficiently, better and faster than ever before.
So, see? "the cloud" is just another giant piece of the puzzle about knowing who does what, no more no less, and the sums of money involved in this business are simply astronomical.
Google scares the hell out of me. Their new entry in the mobile phone market is extremely unsettling.