Comments on: The illusion of a silver lining http://www.winextra.com/2008/01/13/the-illusion-of-a-silver-lining/ aka Steve Hodson - a cranky old fart wandering the internet causing mayhem as he goes Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:41:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: RickMahn.com » Blog Archive » links for 2008-01-14 http://www.winextra.com/2008/01/13/the-illusion-of-a-silver-lining/#comment-47793 RickMahn.com » Blog Archive » links for 2008-01-14 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:19:41 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/2008/01/13/the-illusion-of-a-silver-lining/#comment-47793 [...] Steven Hodson’s take on online storage and it’s possible negatives Some good points on the topic of data security, online storage, and startup companies. [...] [...] Steven Hodson’s take on online storage and it’s possible negatives Some good points on the topic of data security, online storage, and startup companies. [...]

]]> By: StevenHodson http://www.winextra.com/2008/01/13/the-illusion-of-a-silver-lining/#comment-72788 StevenHodson Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:37:44 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/2008/01/13/the-illusion-of-a-silver-lining/#comment-72788 Obviously something like Amazon's S3 storage has the advantage of being an extension of a large and well entrenched company - as would Google GDrive or Microsoft's LiveDrive (or whatever either company ends up calling their version) - so the fear of anyone's data suddenly being gone as in the case of someone like OmniDrive is less likely.<br><br>Now I don't know how S# or any of the others work as far as being able to access data within their respective <i>clouds</i> but the idea of relying on <b><i>any</i></b> third party to keep their data secure is worrisome. As much as we might like to believe that the data will be secure the simple fact is that for every security measure that one institutes there will be someone who will break it.<br><br>True enough the same could be said for localized data storage but I will still be more comfortable with using it before remote storage. Obviously something like Amazon's S3 storage has the advantage of being an extension of a large and well entrenched company - as would Google GDrive or Microsoft's LiveDrive (or whatever either company ends up calling their version) - so the fear of anyone's data suddenly being gone as in the case of someone like OmniDrive is less likely.

Now I don't know how S# or any of the others work as far as being able to access data within their respective clouds but the idea of relying on any third party to keep their data secure is worrisome. As much as we might like to believe that the data will be secure the simple fact is that for every security measure that one institutes there will be someone who will break it.

True enough the same could be said for localized data storage but I will still be more comfortable with using it before remote storage.

]]> By: Rick Mahn http://www.winextra.com/2008/01/13/the-illusion-of-a-silver-lining/#comment-72787 Rick Mahn Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:21:21 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/2008/01/13/the-illusion-of-a-silver-lining/#comment-72787 Steven, from a data security point of view, you're absolutely right. The bottom line to the general public is the word "free". Slap that on anything and people will think they're getting the steal of the century. Now, I'm not familiar with OmniDrive's pricing scheme, or business model, so I'm making some assumptions. However, with the current trend of people discovering the need for offsite storage, I think these kinds of questions will continue to pop up.<br><br>Curious what you think of solutions like Amazon's S3 online storage options.<br><br>Rick Steven, from a data security point of view, you're absolutely right. The bottom line to the general public is the word “free”. Slap that on anything and people will think they're getting the steal of the century. Now, I'm not familiar with OmniDrive's pricing scheme, or business model, so I'm making some assumptions. However, with the current trend of people discovering the need for offsite storage, I think these kinds of questions will continue to pop up.

Curious what you think of solutions like Amazon's S3 online storage options.

Rick

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