OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/25568/EFF_To_Aid_Users_in_Retrieving_MegaUpload_Data Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2013, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:41:19 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com What about due process and forfeiture http://www.osnews.com/thread?505550 http://www.osnews.com/thread?505550 Wait, how is this possible? I'm positive I read that the US government illegally seized all that data using forfeiture laws denying innocent users their due process. Where could I have read that? Oh wait, it was here: http://www.osnews.com/story/25557/Megaupload_Users_Could_Lose_Data_...

Maybe a correction on the original article pointing out that the US didn't seize anything, they executed a warrant that was sworn out by a judge (thus providing due process) and that once the relevant data was retrieved the servers and data remained in the possession of the datacenter they were leased from (thus excluding any forfeiture like activity from taking place)? Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:23:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (rhavyn) Comments Comment by squelart http://www.osnews.com/thread?505554 http://www.osnews.com/thread?505554 *retrieving Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:49:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (squelart) Comments Let this be a lesson ... http://www.osnews.com/thread?505571 http://www.osnews.com/thread?505571 Let this be a lesson to everyone that you should NEVER put important data in the cloud without having a backup. This goes for email, contacts, and whatever else. Even when a site isn't shut down by the government, you never know when there's going to be a catastrophic failure and/or the site will close up shop overnight and take your data with it.

I suppose the cloud is a good place to keep backups of stuff, but really... when did people get the impression that their data was safe in the cloud? Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:10:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (WorknMan) Comments Comment by gan17 http://www.osnews.com/thread?505586 http://www.osnews.com/thread?505586 Would be cool if they were called 'Electronic Frontier Federation and Union' or something like that.

Then we could all say "EFF U!!" every once in a while without offending people. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:05:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (gan17) Comments RE: Comment by gan17 http://www.osnews.com/thread?505597 http://www.osnews.com/thread?505597 Nah, people would still find a way to bitch. Most likely by claiming that it still offends them. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:50:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (UltraZelda64) Comments RE: Let this be a lesson ... http://www.osnews.com/thread?505598 http://www.osnews.com/thread?505598
really... when did people get the impression that their data was safe in the cloud?


Since the marketing drones started saying it, seeing as how most people seem remarkably open to the words of someone in a fancy suit. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:25:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (darknexus) Comments RE: Let this be a lesson ... http://www.osnews.com/thread?505611 http://www.osnews.com/thread?505611 Cloud based storage has been marketed in such a way that people believe it's safe.

When I was younger, I worked at an ISP that advertised daily tape backups for their web hosting. We didn't even own a tape drive and there were no backups of the Linux servers. I eventually was made an NT sys admin and started backing up files on my local desktop system (which had it's own dangers if I got malware). After this experience, I don't trust anything. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:18:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (laffer1) Comments Lose your data if you pick the wrong host? http://www.osnews.com/thread?505735 http://www.osnews.com/thread?505735 What a mess. I can't see innocent users losing their data because they picked the "wrong" cloud service (one that gets in trouble with the law). I hope this gets resolved so no users lose their data -- except for those who are pirating stuff. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:28:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kateline) Comments RE: Let this be a lesson ... http://www.osnews.com/thread?505832 http://www.osnews.com/thread?505832 Never use cloud with servers in usa or cloads owned by us companies Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:36:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Mellin) Comments