<incom> Nicolas Carr: Devices for the Deviceless

[Ralf Bendrath]

Jim Sayre schrieb:
> In addition to the access and cost factors, relying on 
> internet services to store all one's files will create a comprehensive 
> database for governments and others to search to find out everything 
> there is to know about a person.

In Germany at least, the Government has some problems now to easily access 
our personal computer files - wherever they are. The concept of a "basic 
right to the confidentiality and integrity of information-technical 
systems" was just "invented" in a Wednesday ladmark ruling by the 
constitutional court. I wrote a short summary in my blog: 
<http://bendrath.blogspot.com/2008/02/germany-new-basic-right-to-privacy-of.html>

Of course, people elsewhere may not have the same legal tradition, and it 
is better to not have all your data stored in a machine beyond your 
control. But apart from that, I like the conceptual idea behind this new 
right.

Best, Ralf