Google Docs leaks out private data

The big dilemma. If you store all your data locally you are the single point of failure but on the whole you are in control. If you sent your data to the 'cloud' you are at the mercy of third parties..... still if you want to hide a tree put it in a forest.

The security rating of cloud computing has taken a battering with news that users of Google's online word processing service - Google Docs - may have shared their data with unauthorised users.

A security flaw in the Google Docs software meant that the documents of some users were flagged as collaborative items, allowing third party users of the service to access - and amend - the files. more...