Google plans to make PCs history

guardian.co.uk ^ | Sunday 25 January 2 | David Smith

[Gordon Greene]

Google is to launch a service that would enable users to access their personal computer from any internet connection, according to industry reports. But campaigners warn that it would give the online behemoth unprecedented control over individuals' personal data.

The Google Drive, or "GDrive", could kill off the desktop computer, which relies on a powerful hard drive. Instead a user's personal files and operating system could be stored on Google's own servers and accessed via the internet......

[Gordon Greene]

So here's part two of Google's plan.

Do we really want somebody in the Government's back pocket storing all our personal data?

[wally_bert]

I am not interested, please count me out. I do not trust the monster called Google.

[Frantzie]

Google = OBama’s NSA. Avoid Google. Use Dogpile, Cuil or some other search engine. Maybe even Altavista.

[Psycho_Bunny]

There a small market for cloud computing now....and some day it'll be a little bigger.

But this headline is just goofy.

[indthkr]

Google is already heading for anti-trust land with their search engine dominance.

Centralized storage of personal data sounds like 1984 to me.

[Army Air Corps]

No thnaks. I prefer to actually have some semblance of privacy.

[MrPiper]

But campaigners warn that it would give the online behemoth unprecedented control over individuals' personal data

Who keeps personal data on their computer??dumb.

[kms61]

Oracle had this idea about 10 years ago. It never went anywhere.

[Gordon Greene]

Normally I’d agree, but with the current administration...
just read this link (in it’s entirety) before writing it off as a goofy headline.

“http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2171191/posts";

[LostInBayport]

Some kind FReeper once posted about Scroogle (i.e., Screw Google). It uses Google but gets does not allow them to leave cookies on your machine or read your IP address.

http://www.scroogle.org

[hiredhand]

This plan (like many) will only work if people decide to use it. I'm going to take a "WAG" that the entire idea will flop like a fish washed up on the beach. Storage is cheap, and getting cheaper. Bandwidth however hasn't followed the same trend. It's decreased some, but it will never decrease like storage because network access providers make money on recurring costs and squeezing as many subscribers onto backbones as possible.

IF a lot of people were to do this, providers would simply do as they've done with certain "power users", and limit usage based on traffic patterns or other heuristics. Google would have to own not only the storage, but also the backbones and the "last mile" as well in order for this to work as they envision.

...just my .02 of course. :-)

[gaijin]

Don’t be Evil..? Yeah right..!

I love technology, but...this is asking for trouble in a really huge way.

What would the Framers say? No one wonders that...

[Star Traveler]

No way my own computer info is going to sit out there on someone else’s machine... :-)

[ enough of it already is; I’m not cooperating any further... ]

[Gordon Greene]

“What would the Framers say? No one wonders that...”

I wonder it constantly. Seems everyone wants to pass this off as no big deal, but the fact is the anti-trust lawsuit against Google is all but gone. They are totally in the pocket of the new Administration. The government has the power to make it all happen and now it has the will. See below...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2171191/posts

[ThePythonicCow]

Who keeps personal data on their computer??dumb.

I keep personal data on my computer. What would you suggest I do with it instead, and why is keeping it on my computer dumb?

[Gordon Greene]

Mr. Piper may have been being a bit sarcastic... Methinks...

[Squantos]

Laser based processors and terrabyte storage will prevail.....:o)

[Arguendo]

Google is already heading for anti-trust land with their search engine dominance.

That would be an absurd antitrust complaint. Antitrust action makes sense in industries where there are high barriers to competition, but with search engines all a competitor has to do is make a better search engine and people can instantly and costlessly switch.

[EVO X]

http://www.cio.com/article/457473/The_Google_ization_of_Bechtel

[hiredhand]

Laser based processors and terrabyte storage will prevail.....:o)

Yeah... the whole idea is dumb. Storage has never been so cheap. Not only that, but why would anybody trust Google with their data?