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If the government wants you, where you store your data doesn’t matter

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Since revelations about the NSA PRISM program surfaced, there has been a debate about the safety and viability of the public cloud, but if the government has you in its sights, where you store your data isn't going to matter.

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r_a_trip ·
*** But the cloud offers such a compelling economic case, in many cases that’s going to overcome any fear a company might have the government could be snooping on your data. ***

Who is the gatekeeper? Any time you are unable to say, that is me, then the thing that needs to be accessed belongs to someone else and you merely get the privilege to access it. Doesn't matter what contracts are in place. When the brown matter hits the rotary device, you can sue for breach of contract, tort or what have you, but "your" valuable stuff is "gone".

The compelling economic case for the cloud is "money for nothing and the chicks for free". You exchange your belongings for the illusion that you are now absolved from having to think about IT and IT infrastructure.

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