Comments on: A lesson in data control http://www.whydontyou.org.uk/blog/2008/10/13/a-lesson-in-data-control/ Challenging the Zeitgeist Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:20:34 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: TW http://www.whydontyou.org.uk/blog/2008/10/13/a-lesson-in-data-control/comment-page-1/#comment-14061 TW Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:27:41 +0000 http://www.whydontyou.org.uk/blog/?p=1985#comment-14061 Well said! I had forgotten about that particular brand of Web2.0 insanity - I meant to include a rant about it. Hopefully, one of the many good things to come from the current crisis is greater realisation of what madness this sort of thing is. Well said! I had forgotten about that particular brand of Web2.0 insanity – I meant to include a rant about it.

Hopefully, one of the many good things to come from the current crisis is greater realisation of what madness this sort of thing is.

]]> By: K http://www.whydontyou.org.uk/blog/2008/10/13/a-lesson-in-data-control/comment-page-1/#comment-14060 K Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:22:41 +0000 http://www.whydontyou.org.uk/blog/?p=1985#comment-14060 The one that completely blows my mind is the increase of (and use of) online financial management applications. You upload your personal financial information to a third-party online app and use it to manage your finances. I'm sorry, I don't care if it turns straw into gold, I ain't tossing my financial details into some dotcom Web 2.0 server farm. It's just... nuts. Considering you can't even trust major banks to be secure, why on earth would you trust JoesMoneyAppDotCom? The one that completely blows my mind is the increase of (and use of) online financial management applications. You upload your personal financial information to a third-party online app and use it to manage your finances.

I’m sorry, I don’t care if it turns straw into gold, I ain’t tossing my financial details into some dotcom Web 2.0 server farm. It’s just… nuts. Considering you can’t even trust major banks to be secure, why on earth would you trust JoesMoneyAppDotCom?

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