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18. Anywhere. It's a contradiction in terms

Sun Aug 11, 2013, 02:42 PM

Aug 2013

If someone else is hosting it, it's not secure.

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Lavabit's closure marks the death of secure cloud computing in the US [View all] dkf Aug 2013 OP

In time we might see what else is under that rock. Downwinder Aug 2013 #1

Secure cloud is an oxymoron. n/t Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #2

Bit like United States Intelligence. dipsydoodle Aug 2013 #5

On this subject and likely economic effects dipsydoodle Aug 2013 #3

Naw, it's dead - you'll see a lot more localization in the future Cronus Protagonist Aug 2013 #6

You'd need a direct wire to the ISP though dickthegrouch Aug 2013 #11

Sure, if you send it, someone can sniff it Cronus Protagonist Aug 2013 #15

We have a PIRACY problem, not a PRIVACY problem online. usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #10

Jurisdiction usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #16

There's no such thing as a secure cloud platform Recursion Aug 2013 #12

In the US usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #17

Anywhere. It's a contradiction in terms Recursion Aug 2013 #18

As long as the gov can't access it without probable cause is good enough usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #19

It's amusing that Government is migrating to cloud dickthegrouch Aug 2013 #14

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