What is it that comes to anyone’s mind when using online services protected by passwords with alpha-numeric codes? Ahh, our data is secure. Well, we too think the same. But, is our data that safe with Google which boasts of it’s cloud computing in a formidable manner? Not so. When you are creating an account at Google to use its service such as GMail, Google Docs, Google Calendar and all of its different features, there is always an issue of breaking into the servers of Google and hacking out with sensitive information.
Ever since Google officially agreed upon that their Docs feature was hacked and the documents which were meant to be private were available to public, there had been a rage around the world over the security that Google can provide over it’s services. Even though, the affected percentage was less than one percent, the loop hole was evident. The cloud computing service, nevertheless, provides so many features and is very well accepted and admired. But, when this in itself poses a threat to the user’s data, how far would this be accepted? There are swift action points to be taken in this regard and the process has already begun.
The Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a petition to Federal Trade Commission urging it to check the Privacy Document of Google which states very clearly that the data in their servers which has been created by the users is safe and in secure hands. How true is that? The threat is imminent once the Cloud computing is accepted worldwide. This has to be taken in to consideration seriously because, as we are aware using all the services under one roof is what we would love to do.
Do share with us how you would respond to if you find your information which you consider ‘very secure’ and ‘confidential’ would be left out in public?
