Ummmm... Encryption and the Cloud?
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I saw the following two headlines next to each other in the CP "Daily News" yesterday:
Tech coalitions pen open letter to Burr and Feinstein over bill banning encryption
Microsoft rolls out new programs to incent IT pros to go cloud
OK, we know that Feinstein and Co. have produced something that is DOA all the way around, but still, the juxtaposition of these two headlines made me ask the question: Would any company or any responsible IT pro put their stuff out on the web without some decent encryption to protect it? It seems to me that the current concept of "cloud" that Microsoft is betting so heavily on would become instantly dead in the US if anything like the Feinstein/whoever bill came into effect. I know that (as written) "Feinstein" contains "Einstein", but it sure seems like the spelling is all they share... -
I saw the following two headlines next to each other in the CP "Daily News" yesterday:
Tech coalitions pen open letter to Burr and Feinstein over bill banning encryption
Microsoft rolls out new programs to incent IT pros to go cloud
OK, we know that Feinstein and Co. have produced something that is DOA all the way around, but still, the juxtaposition of these two headlines made me ask the question: Would any company or any responsible IT pro put their stuff out on the web without some decent encryption to protect it? It seems to me that the current concept of "cloud" that Microsoft is betting so heavily on would become instantly dead in the US if anything like the Feinstein/whoever bill came into effect. I know that (as written) "Feinstein" contains "Einstein", but it sure seems like the spelling is all they share...I think removing encryption in the US would be an excellent idea. I'm pretty sure Senators in the US have a lot more money than most people do, and they would soon find out how important encryption is when the situation was reversed within hours of the banks complying... :laugh:
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I saw the following two headlines next to each other in the CP "Daily News" yesterday:
Tech coalitions pen open letter to Burr and Feinstein over bill banning encryption
Microsoft rolls out new programs to incent IT pros to go cloud
OK, we know that Feinstein and Co. have produced something that is DOA all the way around, but still, the juxtaposition of these two headlines made me ask the question: Would any company or any responsible IT pro put their stuff out on the web without some decent encryption to protect it? It seems to me that the current concept of "cloud" that Microsoft is betting so heavily on would become instantly dead in the US if anything like the Feinstein/whoever bill came into effect. I know that (as written) "Feinstein" contains "Einstein", but it sure seems like the spelling is all they share...As I noted in the Insider News: Feinstein is an idiot. Even by political standards. And I now note: She makes GW Bush look like a genius.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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I saw the following two headlines next to each other in the CP "Daily News" yesterday:
Tech coalitions pen open letter to Burr and Feinstein over bill banning encryption
Microsoft rolls out new programs to incent IT pros to go cloud
OK, we know that Feinstein and Co. have produced something that is DOA all the way around, but still, the juxtaposition of these two headlines made me ask the question: Would any company or any responsible IT pro put their stuff out on the web without some decent encryption to protect it? It seems to me that the current concept of "cloud" that Microsoft is betting so heavily on would become instantly dead in the US if anything like the Feinstein/whoever bill came into effect. I know that (as written) "Feinstein" contains "Einstein", but it sure seems like the spelling is all they share...
