[clug] DIY cloud services?

[jhock at iinet.net.au]

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---- Michael Still wrote ----

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> If you encrypt the data before you upload it, then I don't think it
> really matters where you store it -- be that a friends house or some
> hosting company's cloud storage thing. Or am I missing something?
> 
> Michael
> 
> -- 
> Rackspace Australia

If the cloud is not in Australia, eg. USA, the company owns the data and hence can provide it to whomever they like. Encryption may be eventually broken by super fast computers and so one's information can be delivered to anyone. 

John.