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Are you one of the millions of people who rely heavily on the cloud-based features of Dropbox and Evernote?
The two services make data available no matter where a user is located, but the programs are apparently not safe from the same kind of hacking and data breaches that afflict banks, schools, and every-day consumers. Click to find out what kinds of breaches recently affected both companies. Read More
An article from Private WiFi’s CEO, Kent Lawson, raised interesting points about online privacy attitudes among younger people.
The article presented some interesting thoughts from Ella Hickson, a young playwright.
Ella notes she is more aware of the value of privacy and puts forth the idea that most of the younger generation thinks in terms of an “inner circle of friends” and “our public self.” Read More
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According to tech blog TechVibes, growing online security concerns are why only 47% of Canadian businesses actively use cloud computing. For a neat comparison, check out the link to see an infographic that points to higher international figures: 70% of U.S. businesses, 68% of UK businesses, and 61% of German businesses use cloud computing regularly, despite obvious threats to privacy. Read More
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A ZDNet article examines the Terms of Service for several popular websites, including Amazon Web Services, Box.net, Dropbox, Google, Microsoft Windows Live (including SkyDrive), SugarSync, and Apple’s MobileMe. Definitely take a few minutes to read the entire article, which points out that “knowing what a service can do with your files is a crucial bit of information when you’re formulating strategies to keep personal and confidential information secure.” Read More
The movement of personal and business data to “the cloud” is attracting hackers who can exploit weaknesses in cloud-computing laws, and that’s why Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar plans to introduce a bill to make cloud computing a little safer. This article and video on a local CBS news affiliate explains that social media sites like Facebook and Gmail are among the most popular cloud services, storing data and programs on data centers connected through the cloud.
Back from the recent CTIA Wireless conference, CEO Kent Lawson tackles the trends and technologies shaping our future. He says things such as cloud computing are moving so quickly that “we will soon be accustomed to very large-scale capabilities which we will be carrying around in our pockets or purses.” Read More
Did you know that Facebook claims legal ownership of whatever we upload to them? Turns out you have no right to retrieve your information or any ability to permanently delete it. As CEO Kent Lawson reports in this article, that is just one example of a “downside” to sharing data, photos, or other sensitive personal information via “the cloud,” which is simply a metaphor for the Internet. Not ready to lose control of your personal information? Then keep reading to learn more about “the cloud” — where it’s been and, more importantly, where it’s going. Read More
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If you’ve ever shared your Google calendar or created a Google document, for example, you have been “on the cloud,” an effort to create shared documents from any location. But there are major security risks to sharing documents over a public cloud network, and that’s why a government agency has issued its own set of security warnings.
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A computer programmer has allegedly figured out how to break into Amazon.com’s cloud computing network to effectively hack into other people’s computers. According to news agency Reuters, the researcher uses specialized software to “test 400,000 potential passwords per second using Amazon’s high-speed computers.” For better protection against hackers, remember not to use simple passwords to secure your network. Read More
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