Opinionated

Wow…

The cloud has been compromised.

In order for these services to become the main foundation of the Post-PC future, users are utterly justified in demanding binding commitments to security from service providers.

If such a commitment cannot be made, then business users may as well publish every slice of their confidential data to a public blog. That’s even before they consider that if the US is engaged in such surveillance, others are probably engaged in it, too.

It is surely time for an internationally binding Bill of Digital Rights in which privacy is enshrined. However, even if there were such a Bill, would governments respect the spirit of it? In the words of Alan Moore, “Who watches the watchmen?”

By its very existence, PRISM encapsulates almost every argument against placing your trust in cloud services. A shame for all users and a likely tragedy for Apple as it attempts to bring its users into the iCloud this evening at WWDC.