News - Google Cloud Connect brings Microsoft Office to the Google cloud

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Google’s ongoing challenge to Microsoft’s productivity software domination takes a new direction.

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While I can see the appeal for some users, personally, my view is that my data isn't going onto the cloud, period. I don't care if it's MS or Google, it's not going on the "cloud". Not now, not ever.

Why? One, I don't need it. Two, if we can't trust Google to not "accidentally" harvest loads of personal data via wifi just by sending Streetview cars round the place, I sure don't trust them not to "accidentally" harvest data by data-mining material they store in their "cloud". And I don't trust MS not to, either. I have all sorts of data on my machines, including business, personal, financial and medical and there is no way in hell it's ever going on some big, faceless corporations servers. I'll delete it and revert to pen and paper first.

As I say, I can see why it might appeal to some users, but not to me. And as for the tit-for-tat war about whose cloud is better, or who can access what cloud, well .... yawn, ho-hum.

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Google to not "accidentally" harvest loads of personal data via wifi just by sending Streetview cars round the place

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If people hadn't had that data sitting on an open wifi network ( which is the equivilent of daubing it on placards held above your head ) then google wouldn't have harvested anything.

I'd ask if you fully encrypt every mail you send , but knowing you , thats a daft question , of course you do :)

The security of any hosted service is a key piece , its up to you to choose what sensetivity level of data you allow outside that perimeter.

It's not that they could, it's that they did .... and then reports of it seemed a little, how do we put it, economical with the truth.

As for my email, my first line of security is to be very careful indeed what I put in any email. Do I encrypt every mail? No, because it depends on the content, and the recipient. But I have been encrypting anything personal or sensitive for many years.

Ah, you are so in the wrong Job :) There is a security consultancy somewhere missing the best ISO27001 Auditor ever :)