Skydrive misery:private files monitored access revoked

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Anonymous
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http://www.myce.com/news/microsoft-skydrive-nightmare-private-files-monitored-access-to-xbox-and-mail-revoked-62503/

Skydrive misery:private files monitored, Xbox and mail access revoked
While Microsoft is moving to the cloud with Office 2013, Windows Phone and Windows 8, the dependency on cloud services means less control over your own data. While companies ask you to trust them with your files, they are in charge. This became terribly obvious for user ‘WingsOfFury’ on the Dutch forum Tweakers.net. As a Windows Phone user he depends on a Windows Live account (required) which gives him access to Hotmail, Skydrive and the Windows Phone market, and all of a sudden he couldn’t login to his Windows Live account anymore.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-live/code-of-conduct

Posted 12 years ago #
mikiem2
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Allegedly it's all done with code automatically so no one is actually looking at your stuff. That said, if you store stuff on-line without encryption, I won't say you're asking for trouble, but you're not doing all you can to protect your files. And if you store data that effects someone else, if it's not encrypted you could face legal action -- there's a [settled?] class action suit filed against Stratfor because they stored customer data in clear text, which is negligent.

Posted 12 years ago #

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