Am 08/13/2011 03:49 AM, schrieb Rob Weir:
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 7:01 PM, Marcus (OOo)<[email protected]> wrote:
Am 08/13/2011 12:30 AM, schrieb Rob Weir:
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Remember, even if we used Piwik, the data would be in the US. All
user accounts for Apache, all wiki accounts, all mailing lists
subscription data, etc., is in the US. We have a jurisdiction.
So, it's in our hands to protect them and don't have to trust others
(companies).
That's an interesting question. Trust Google or trust ourselves?
Where do you keep your retirement savings? In a bank? Or under your
bed?
I think Google has the incentive and the investment to ensure the
security of the data. If they screw it up, they lose billions. If we
screw it up, we say "whoops". Which gives the visitors the best
assurances?
Loosing billions? Hm, when I thought about the last news about data
theft (like Sony with their PSN problem, Citibank has lost data of their
customers, Apple has problems with the iPhone that collects a "little
bit" too much data). So what? These companies are still alive.
Of course, you could argue that Google is the larger target, and more
people are trying to hack Google than are trying to hack Apache. But
that also means that Google has more resources deployed to harden
their services against hacking.
There are not perfect choices here. But I still keep my money in the bank.
Me too. But I don't choose any bank. I look deep in the market and only
banks with a clean behavior are in my choice to store my millions. I
really try to think twice.
I don't carry something to someone who is making noise about his
business. I wouldn't really trust them. You know, don't talk about
things you are doing, just do it. ;-)
BTW:
I would suggest to end this dicussion here as it goes into a wrong
direction: too much of politics. ;-)
Marcus
Marcus
