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  1. Re:Then let's fix the problem on Google Launches Online Spreadsheet System · · Score: 1
    >>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?