After The Hack, Should I Still Trust Google & The Cloud With My Data?

After The Hack, Should I Still Trust Google & The Cloud With My Data?
Over the past year, I’ve moved more and more of my data over to the cloud — in particular, to being stored with Google. I’m rethinking that, in the wake of Google’s statement that it was the target of a sophisticated hacking attack. Further, I’m wondering if this entire episode — GoogleHack, for want of a better name — will develop into a major reversal for the growth of cloud computing.
http://searchengineland.com/after-the-googlehack-33508
Most criticism over the years about Google and data that it collects or stores has focused on the idea that Google itself would be the bad actor. Google would go evil and spy on everything you do. In reality, it may be external parties that we should be most worried about.

Over the past year, I’ve moved more and more of my data over to the cloud — in particular, to being stored with Google. I’m rethinking that, in the wake of Google’s statement that it was the target of a sophisticated hacking attack. Further, I’m wondering if this entire episode — GoogleHack, for want of a better name — will develop into a major reversal for the growth of cloud computing.

http://searchengineland.com/after-the-googlehack-33508

Most criticism over the years about Google and data that it collects or stores has focused on the idea that Google itself would be the bad actor. Google would go evil and spy on everything you do. In reality, it may be external parties that we should be most worried about.

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