[LINK] US Ambassador and Cloud computing

[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

What a load of self-serving, technology focused rubbish. Jeffrey Bleich 
is a Californian political science/lawyer person. I doubt that he is 
speaking his own words, they sound like those of the USA techno 
industry. If they are not, then why should Australia take ICT advice 
from a lawyer?

On 12/12/2012 9:19 AM, Jan Whitaker quoted:
> Cloud agreement can bring blue skies
>
> Jeffrey Bleich
> Published: December 11, 2012 - 3:00AM
<snip>
> By 2015, most data will be in the cloud, where each of us can access
> it safely and cheaply.

The issue is not access, it is trust. The question that people , 
companies and government should be asking is:
"Do you trust those who hold our data?"

If I keep my data on my computers I know who can get at them, but just, 
if not more importantly, who cannot get at them.

If I don't care who might see my data, I can put them anywhere. If I 
care, then I'll keep them on my machines where I can see and control who 
looks at them, thank you very much.

To quote someone in another context. "I will decide who can access my 
data and the circumstances in which they can access them".

And why should Australia take ICT advice from a Californian lawyer?

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Regards
brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Sydney Australia
email: brd at iimetro.com.au
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