On 27 March 2012 16:20, mick
<mbm@rlogin.net> wrote:
Interesting analogy. If I give my money to a bank, it is safe from loss
(which is what I care most about here). Whilst the bank has my money, it
can use it as it sees fit (it is supposed to use it to lend to others
to help them, but things seem to have become much more complex of late.)
Like all analogies, it has holes in it :-)
However, the "don't give your data to Google, they're an obvious target for hackers" and "put your money under a mattress, don't put it in the bank" analogy holds pretty well.
However, if I remove my money, the bank no longer has it and can no
longer use it.
Yes, data isn't like money in that respect. Which is a good point because all my data that Google holds I also have copies of, and so that's just two places someone could hack it from instead of one. But really the analogy was between Google running my email service or me running it myself, so either way data would be in two places but my homespun email service is the more insecure.
If I give google my data it may be (theoretically) safer against loss,
but I no longer have the right to remove that data.
True. This is something that would make me more comfortable.
> Try the UK Information Commissioner at
www.ico.gov.uk
Will do, thanks.