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The Secure Public Data Repository?

Posted by michael on from the inviting-target dept.

jducoeur writes "So Hailstorm has died an unlamented death. But the demand for the idea of an information repository isn't going to go away -- users demand convenience, and this would be convenient. So here's a timely question looking for wild speculation: how would a truly secure, public data repository work? How would your data be stored? Would it be centralized or distributed? How would you grant access to specific elements within it? What would the business case for running such an archive be? Maybe if we can come up with a good design now, we can head off the next inevitable bad one..."

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  1. Google archive by !splut · · Score: 4, Funny

    We already have a public data repository. Just encrypt all your important documents, post them to various usenet groups, and let Google permanently archive them.

    --
    The angel in the oatmeal.
  2. Slashdot Poll Suggestion by Radical+Rad · · Score: 5, Funny

    I demand a centralized repository of my personal information because:

    __ I want every aspect of my personal life to be analyzed.

    __ I believe that all security exploits have already been discovered.

    __ My business is not my own. I submit to my corporate overlords.

    __ It's the only way to prevent another September 11th.

    __ Letting Mozilla's form manager fill in on-line forms is too hard.

    __ I want to be resurrected as a robot after my death based on all my personal info and preferences.

    __ Fashion their record needles into bones for CowbotRAD.

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