Comments on: If Google Lost My Data http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/02/23/if-google-lost-my-data/ any technology distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Rob Hyndman http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/02/23/if-google-lost-my-data/#comment-51400 Rob Hyndman Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:27:53 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/02/23/if-google-lost-my-data/#comment-51400 Eminently sensible, I'd say, David. Eminently sensible, I’d say, David.

]]> By: David Canton http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/02/23/if-google-lost-my-data/#comment-51397 David Canton Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:10:40 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/02/23/if-google-lost-my-data/#comment-51397 The possible loss (either temporary or permanent) of ones data is a subject that has concerned me for a long time. As compelling as a lot of the hosted services are (whether you call it Web 2.0, ASP, service provider, outsourcer, apps on tap...) it makes me nervous that someone else holds my data, especially if it is a critical business application. At the very least, people should make sure that the service they use allows a local back-up, and that they do indeed back it up regularly. (Users should ask - a lot of services do provide for that.) It also makes me nervous that someone else has my sensitive info, and is in control of the security/privacy aspects of it. So does that make me a rational, cautious person with a view to minimizing risk, or am I just paranoid? The possible loss (either temporary or permanent) of ones data is a subject that has concerned me for a long time. As compelling as a lot of the hosted services are (whether you call it Web 2.0, ASP, service provider, outsourcer, apps on tap…) it makes me nervous that someone else holds my data, especially if it is a critical business application.

At the very least, people should make sure that the service they use allows a local back-up, and that they do indeed back it up regularly. (Users should ask - a lot of services do provide for that.)

It also makes me nervous that someone else has my sensitive info, and is in control of the security/privacy aspects of it.

So does that make me a rational, cautious person with a view to minimizing risk, or am I just paranoid?

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