I recently stumbled upon a rather interesting insight into cloud computing in NY Times article. Jonathan Zittrain, a law professor at Harvard, share his view on correlation between cloud computing and online privacy. His points are somehow true and relevant. This is quite a long article, but nevertheless, a pretty good read.
Lost in the Cloud
EARLIER this month Google announced a new operating system called Chrome. It’s meant to transform personal computers and hand-held devices into single-purpose windows to the Web. This is part of a larger trend: Chrome moves us further away from running code and storing our information on our own PCs toward doing everything online — also known as in “the cloud” — using whatever device is at hand.