Is about storing data on the Internet and, allegedly, shared access to programmes. It runs straight into security problems; leaving your data wide open to the prying eyes of various government apparatchiks. The Wikipedia claims that the Cloud improves security. I claim that I believe that the Wiki is lying. But read for yourself. Think for yourself. Decide for yourself. The idea that it gives shared access to programmes is one that is going to irritate firms that sell exclusive access to their very wonderful systems. At all events it would if it were true. It isn't. One offering out there is called Dropbox. The Wiki explains all about it, except the security risks. When the Main Stream Media ignore an issue it makes sense to ask why.
If you really do have to move private data to another country without exposing to the Customs or police surveillance encrypt it using TrueCrypt or any other programme suggested by trusted sources then put it on the Internet. It can then be picked up where you need it, when you need it.
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Dropbox is an arrangement for storing one's data out there somewhere. This makes it accessible from other computers. The theory is that data will not be lost even if the house burns down or whatever. It does not answer the issue of who has access to our private information. The only sensible answer includes Mossad, NSA, GCHQ, ASIO, the KGB or its successors. Include some highly motivated hackers and the answer is: Don't touch it with a bargepole.But to be fair, Dropbox has made two men into billionaires. They are pleased. People are rushing to pay them money. Are they getting value? Maybe. Should the rest of us join in? Try thinking. Read what Bruce Schneier has to say at Dropbox Security and look at the comments. A lot of his readers know what they are talking about. Then you can decide sensibly. Or just go out and buy an external hard drive. They are cheap and getting cheaper.