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Google Asks 'Who Cares Where Your Data Is?'

Posted by timothy on from the dumbwaiter-for-bits dept.

mask.of.sanity writes "The chief security officer for Google Apps, Eran Feigenbaum, said popular concerns over data sovereignty in outsourced environments are unwarranted. He said businesses should worry about security and privacy of data, rather than where it is stored. The comments clash with those made by IT pros including Gartner, who said cloud providers like Google can't be trusted with sensitive data."

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  1. Re:Encrypt it then by martin-boundary · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If the data isn't sensitive enough to encrypt, why do you care where Google keeps it?

    Sensitive or no, Google has no right to snoop on your data.

    Besides, what may not be sensitive when you've got it, can become sensitive when someone else has got it.

    For example: you and a friend both own half of a secret password. One piece alone is worthless, so you don't mind if Google knows your half. Similarly, your friend doesn't care if Google knows his half. Result: Google knows both halves.

    What's true for passwords is also true for people's information profiles in general. Company A might know where you buy diapers, company B knows what movies you watch, company C knows your address, etc.