There is a big difference between publically posting private details and movements to that of allowing someone else to host your contacts, calendar or email. I assume you encrypt every email you send, only accept encrypted mail and only use websites with ssl. Otherwise you are probably sharing just ad much as I am allowing google to store my email and calendar.
Anton - Anton Piatek (sent from my phone, please excuse any typos) email: an...@piatek.co.uk blog/photos: http://www.strangeparty.com pgp: [74B1FA37] (http:// www.strangeparty.com/anton.asc) No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. On Aug 29, 2011 7:25 PM, "e-mail phillip.chandler" < phillip.chand...@ntlworld.com> wrote: >> >> One *massive* bonus of Android was getting the replacement, and all my >> contacts and appointments (via google) were resynced with the greatest of >> ease. >> >> > Im more concerned about security on cloud computing. you have no idea who is > managing the computers with your information. You have no idea where they > are. What protections may or may not be in place to make sure your > information is not stolen or disclosed or that it does not accidentally > disappear. > > Or what if the computer is in a country that doesn't recognize our data > protection laws, goes bankrupt and sells the servers to another country with > different data protection laws to us, and the country that sold the server ? > > And do I really want to have all my personal stuff advertised on Facebook > for the world to see ? People are too eager to advertise "Im getting in the > bath, im getting out of the bath, im getting dried, im having a fart, im > walking out the door, im getting the bus, im half way to the pub, im walking > into the pub, wheres my drink ?" > > Call me old fashioned, but Id rather keep all my personal stuff backed up on > a usb stick. And that the biggest threat to any anti-anything you can buy, > is the end user. > > Just my pounds worth on a lovely bank holiday. Hope you all had a good one. > > Phill
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