Risks of Cloud Computing

Risks in Cloud Computing?

Is Cloud Computing worth the Risk?

We have several books and corporate websites providing pros/ advantages/ benefits of using Cloud services. Let's straight away focus on its cons.

Moving everything to the cloud seems inevitable at this point, but as more people rely on the cloud services, security risks will naturally be heightened.

Recent Security breaches in Cloud Computing.

Wired senior writer Mat Honan reported that because of what was initially fraudulent phone calls, several of his online accounts were breached, including his iCloud account. Honan's iPhone, iPad and MacBook were remotely wiped because the hack had access to his iCloud account.

Other Cloud Hack Links -

CNET: Journalist blames Apple for allowing iCloud hack

Apple, Amazon make changes after journalist's hack

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has doubts about cloud computing

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak recently expressed his doubts about cloud computing, saying that "the more we transfer everything onto the web, onto the cloud, the less we're going to have control over it."

Soon after Google launched Google Drive, questions were raised over who owns the files uploaded to the service. The reality is that users own their content, but Google can use it for the purposes listed in their terms of service - below.

"Some of our Services allow you to submit content. You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. In short, what belongs to you stays yours.

When you upload or otherwise submit content to our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content. The rights you grant in this license are for the limited purpose of operating, promoting, and improving our Services, and to develop new ones. This license continues even if you stop using our Services (for example, for a business listing you have added to Google Maps)."

However, that doesn't mean the search engine giant will frivolously use your photos and documents for promotional purposes. The simple truth is we don't know what Google might do with our data.

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