The Internet Is Your Next Hard Drive

“New Web-based services don’t just store your data online — they keep it synchronized across your laptop, desktop, and mobile phone.” — digg

Every year I find my self dependent on more and more geographically seperated systems and devices, so I totally agree with the article. My question is, won’t this eventually turn into a major privacy/security issue? For privacy, I imagine that governments around the world (particularly the more capitalistic, democratic ones) will find a way to data mine the data on Internet hosts. In the U.S., the law is already set up to make this happen (U.S.A Patriot Act).
Security is a no brainer. Having massive centralized locations for data could expose personal data to disgruntled workers that have (had) access to those data silos.

I imagine the best thing to do is maintain a small footprint and a low profile by keeping the data on your own Internet accessible servers. Of course the drawback is the time and possibly extra money it would take to do it right. Everything has a price.

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