Re: DevCo: A look from outside the window.

On the other hand, your employees can take the material out of the
company at any time, without you knowing anything about it.
For companies this problem is more difficult, but I mainly thought about private
users.
I am not willing to have my desktop on a server that controls which app I may
start, which content I may view, and having a profile generated of my activites.

If you consider a remote system which can only be used by valid users
and applications, over secure connections, it becomes less probable that
the data will end up to third parties by accident.
Third parties are one issue, the server provider is another.

Yes, I've noticed that in Germany people are usually very concerned
about confidentiality.
Well, it is the basis of democracy, freedom of speech, ...
Without confidentiality you may be exposed to threatening when testifying.
Journalismn wouldn't work without sometimes keeping the sources secret.
In general many things might do no harm if they get public, but consider those
private things (like medical) that can decide if you get a job.


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