Google is to launch a service that would enable users to access their personal computer from any internet connection, according to industry reports. But campaigners warn that it would give the online behemoth unprecedented control over individuals’ personal data.
The Google Drive, or “GDrive”, could kill off the desktop computer, which relies on a powerful hard drive. Instead a user’s personal files and operating system could be stored on Google’s own servers and accessed via the internet.
The long-rumoured GDrive is expected to be launched this year, according to the technology news website TG Daily, which described it as “the most anticipated Google product so far”. It is seen as a paradigm shift away from Microsoft’s Windows operating system, which runs inside most of the world’s computers, in favour of “cloud computing”, where the processing and storage is done thousands of miles away in remote data centres.
Not interested!! ‘Nuff said!!
The article is just a tad overly breathless. The G-Drive is just another version of online storage. It’s functionally the same as the iDisk or Dropbox, or a host of similar offerings.
All the better for corporate and government control of all your personal data and computing habits! And if you don’t think the NSA will be able to break any encryption that Google might implement on this data (I would strongly bet there will be a back door installed), I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.