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The Cr-48 and Chrome OS: Google's vision of the netThe Cr-48 and Chrome OS: Google's vision of the netPosted Jan 19, 2011 14:49 UTC (Wed) by Hanno (guest, #41730)Parent article: The Cr-48 and Chrome OS: Google's vision of the net
If you really worry about having your laptop searched at the US border, a cloud-based system by Google is not much of an advantage, since Google is located in US jurisdiction.
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Searches Posted Jan 19, 2011 14:52 UTC (Wed) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link] Yes, that's why I said it would be nice to be able to back up the data somewhere else.That said, the border is a sort of constitution-free zone which does not (yet) extend to Google's servers. There is a certain amount of due process which must be followed to get at data stored there which, it seems, is not necessary at the border. So there is a significant advantage to putting the data there, even if the situation remains far from ideal.
Searches Posted Jan 19, 2011 19:26 UTC (Wed) by jthill (guest, #56558) [Link] Google's servers are more than 100 miles from the coast?
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