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Google's Gdrive Raises Instant Privacy Concerns

Posted by Zonk on from the yes-encryption-encryption-is-good dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The rumor mill is already raging over the potential functionality and capacity for Google's online storage service we talked about earlier this week (the company says 'it makes sense' to put all its Web apps under the same umbrella). But Internet rights advocates are now crying foul over liability issues, a probable lack of encryption and a cash-cow model that could scan all your personal data for advertising keywords. From the article: "'Google would be wise to offer users an option to encrypt your information,' says Nimrod Kozlovski, a professor of Internet law at Tel Aviv University. 'It really needs to have really detailed explanations of what the legal expectations are for storing your info.'""

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  1. *snerk* by bladesjester · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I have no plans to use gdrive or google apps for the reason outlined as well as others.

    However, I have to ask...

    Am I the only one who got a chuckle out of the professor's name? Nimrod

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    1. Re:*snerk* by mrmagos · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      Am I the only one who got a chuckle out of the professor's name? Nimrod

      What's so bad about being a hunter?

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    2. Re:*snerk* by g0at · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Ah. So what makes it reasonable to laugh about someone's name but not, say, his race? If the OP had written something like "am I the only one who finds it funny that a professor is Israeli", would it just be "humour where you find it"? How about "am I the only one who finds it funny that a nigger could teach"? etc.

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  2. and Workman by rueger · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Aficionados of Appalachian culture will surely know the name Nimrod Workman, who made a name for himself as a folksinger after retiring from a life as a Kentucky coal miner.

    Check out Appalshop for recordings and a film about Nimrod.

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  3. Re:you have the choice by Lord+Aurora · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    AHHHH MICROSOFT rabble rabble rabble /rant

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  4. OT: WTF is up with their "printer friendly" page? by noidentity · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Here's the supposed printer-friendly page: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4234444.html?do=print

    That's not printer-friendly, and only partly reader-friendly! (OK, so I gave away the real reason I'm using the printer-friendly page)