[Discuss] UbuntuOne alternatives

[John Blomfield]

On 04/08/2014 07:30 AM, mskala at ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Apr 2014, John Blomfield wrote:
>> I am not sure what the odds of being physically robbed of data media while
>> traveling are compared to being robbed of personal information on a cloud?
> You have to factor in the possibility of border officials claiming legal
> authority to copy any data you're carrying, and to demand that you decrypt
> any encrypted data.  They may have less authority to compel you to
> reveal data that isn't in your physical possession.

It depends on who you see as the bad guys? I may be naive but I still 
believe that our governments are not out to steal from us. Criminal 
gangs are a different matter and some companies may not have your best 
interests at heart.

John

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