9.We are all at Sea when Clouding
Even though I am very supportive of Cloud Computing as a concept and also would not like to be negative in response at least in the early stages of implementation, I have at least 3 reservations.
It is time for me to pen them now since necessary precautions can be implemented from the very beginning of its general use.
Number one is as regard to children.
With a Google Chrome OS children are given license to browse the internet without supervision or safeguards.
This is the same reservation I raised with Linux for Kids live CDs.
These educational Live Linux CDs let one browse the internet without any record or a trace of the places browsed in the internet.
If that is not bad enough the children lose their identity or the identity may be hijacked and children could be lured using word like play and fun.
Somebody else (not the adults intended) may use netbook (child) under the pretext of the owner.
The data that is stored outside of the personal computer even though encrypted can be used for commercial activities and government can access them under the pretext of security and one loses the privacy.
These three points alone should be deterrents for children to have netbooks without parental and or teacher control.
When we design Cloud Computer Atmosphere that should be within intranet not widely link to the internet as primary precaution in school environment.
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