On 3/29/07, Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:16:04 -0400
"Michael Marsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Actually, *any* Internet-based service that stores data for users
> should provide a mechanism for those users to export their data. That
> should be a part of terminating service (and should perhaps be written
> into law), and it would certainly be nice if they made it a backup
> option during continuous service. After all, whose data is it?
I agree with you about it being the right thing to do, but I don't know
about a law. No one forces you to use its service.
That's true, sort-of. As more users use more online services that
store their personal data, the line is going to increasingly become
blurred between what's on *your* computer and what's on a *service's*
computer. Most people won't necessarily appreciate the fact that
they've lost direct control over their data.
This is, I think, dangerously close to going far afield into Offtopicopia.
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http://mamarsh.blogspot.com
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