User: chrisdawson

Re:Then let's fix the problem

On: Google Launches Online Spreadsheet System

>>Perhaps all you'll need pretty soon to be productive is a machine with Linux installed & merely a good web browser?

>Only if you don't mind having no privacy and always need a working Internet connection to do any work.

I hear what you are saying. But I think its just a matter of time before someone just up and solves the problem. What if all of your data stored online were encrypted with a private key--one which your service provider does not hold in escrow? As long as your connection is encrypted, and the "static" store is encrypted--that's fairly private, wouldn't you say?

In some people's opinion, the fundamental strategy behind Google (and other "Web 2.0" companies) offering all these fantastic services - mostly for free - is the advantage they have in 'owning' all of our data. If they can't read it, then what's in it for them?