Get over it. Privacy is dead

In a world where the second replicator (Memes) are using the first replicator (Genes) to propagate itself[1], there is no point in worrying about the privacy!

Saqib
1. http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_blackmore_on_memes_and_temes.html

The beauty of the Cloud Storage paradigm is that the consumer doesn’t have to worry about the exact location of the data, as long as the provider can guarantee the Confidentiality, Integrity and the Availability of the Data and Transaction Logs. Pogoplug, while an excellent device for accessing personal storage over the internet, is a single point of failure. It cannot guarantee Availability. This takes away the agility and nimbleness of Cloud based storage.

Confidentiality needs to be addressed, but I don’t think building private clouds (e.g. Pogoplug) is the way to go. We need to explore other ways of ensuring Confidentiality. One way is to utilize host-proof hosting[1] encrypted vaults, where only the users has the means to decrypt the information stored in the Cloud.

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host-proof_hosting