Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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> | Google is to launch a service that would enable users to access their
> | personal computer from any internet connection, according to industry
> | reports. But campaigners warn that it would give the online behemoth
> | unprecedented control over individuals' personal data.
> |
> | The Google Drive, or "GDrive", could kill off the desktop computer,
> | which relies on a powerful hard drive. Instead a user's personal files
> | and operating system could be stored on Google's own servers and
> | accessed via the internet.
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Privacy problems can be greatly minimized by using encfs over the GDrive.
The performance problems are another story and have no obvious solution. Who
would want to use a Internet based file system when a local file system is
at least an order of magnitude faster?!
Regards.
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