Stallman (RMS) blasts ChromeOS ('cloud computing' in general)

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But Stallman is unimpressed. "I think that marketers like "cloud
computing" because it is devoid of substantive meaning. The term's
meaning is not substance, it's an attitude: 'Let any Tom, Dick and
Harry hold your data, let any Tom, Dick and Harry do your computing
for you (and control it).' Perhaps the term 'careless computing'
would suit it better."

He sees a creeping problem: "I suppose many people will continue
moving towards careless computing, because there's a sucker born
every minute. The US government may try to encourage people to place
their data where the US government can seize it without showing them
a search warrant, rather than in their own property. However, as
long as enough of us continue keeping our data under our own
control, we can still do so. And we had better do so, or the option
may disappear."
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technolog...an-warning


There are many comments after the article - several are interesting.

I want 'cloud computing' but I want to own my own cloud that I can securely
access from anywhere. In some ways I have that now (ssh, etc) but it's far
from seamless.