easy to upgrade OS (was Re: DVCS)

[Walter Bright]

Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Google takes email privacy very seriously. Only last week they fired an 
> employee for snooping through someone else's email.
> 
> http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/14/google-engineer-spying-fired/

That's good to know. On the other hand, Google keeps information forever. 
Ownership, management, policies, and practices change.

And to be frank, the fact that some of Google's employees are not authorized to 
look at emails means that others are. And those others are subject to the usual 
human weaknesses of bribery, blackmail, temptation, voyeurism, etc. Heck, the 
White House is famous for being a leaky organization, despite extensive security.

I rent storage on Amazon's servers, but the stuff I send there is encrypted 
before Amazon ever sees it. I don't have to depend at all on Amazon having a 
privacy policy or airtight security.

Google could implement their Calendar, etc., stuff the same way. I'd even pay 
for it (like I pay Amazon).