long article about EU legislation vs. extrateritorriality of US FISA etc. rules

[Ken Heard]

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Christopher Browne wrote:

> But perhaps I'm reading too much into what Hugh said.  Alas, the term
> "cloud" has nearly as many differing meanings as does the term "cluster."

I certainly see your point about virtualization, and also the differing
meanings of "cloud".  As I wanted to I imply in my first post, I was
talking about using the cloud as a place to store backed up user files,
not for virtualization.  Such files would normally be packed in several
encrypted tarballs.

In each year I spend seven months in Toronto and five in Thailand.
(Guess which ones I spend where.)  I have desktop PCs in both places,
each one currently with Debian Wheezy installed.  My idea -- not
implemented yet -- was on departure from one location to store my user
files in the cloud, and then on arrival at the other location load them
to the PC there.  In this way I would not need to transfer such files in
physical storage media which I would have to carry with me when I travel
twice a year from one location to the other.  Is the cloud as I perceive
it safe enough for what I want to do?

Regards, Ken Heard

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