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So will any US company, if told to by Uncle Sam - even if you and their servers are in Europe. In fact, Google says they've already done this.
Additionally, there is no guarantee where your data is in the Google Cloud. One city in California stopped their switch to Google docs when they found out their data resided in Communist China.
same with me. No sensitive data leaves my HD/data DVD's/removable drivesI've always had issues with the cloud. Not so much that I won't use it, but I make sure to use it for non-sensitive things like family photos or whatever. Anything real sensitive stays on my own hard drives. I resist the trend to replace hard drives with the cloud.
I really don't like where all of this is going... I am glad I am not alone.
Partner from Google.Kinda makes you wonder where the vender who is going to be processing and storing all that Obamacare data is going to have their servers located. Typically it's the lowest bidder wins such huge bids which was GE, if I 'm not mistaken. Wonder where GE got cheap Data Centers at to maintain 300+ million US citizen's medical records at plus backup farms?
I don't see how that helps. That only protects the connection but google servers still decrypt your searches to perform them and google still saves the search that was done along with various information that identifies the searcher so they can give you back results tailored to your tastes in the future. THAT is the information that the US government agencies can request.On the flip side, google does provide fully encrypted searches.
Sorry, wasn't trying to imply that this would somehow protect you from THAT. Still, encrypting raw requests is still a step in the right direction, Google or Bing can't change the laws. I just thought I'd share the link to the HTTPS Everywhere tool as I just installed it today. Seems to work fine but the Google interface is slightly different.I don't see how that helps. That only protects the connection but google servers still decrypt your searches to perform them and google still saves the search that was done along with various information that identifies the searcher so they can give you back results tailored to your tastes in the future. THAT is the information that the US government agencies can request.