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To: Jay Lowe who wrote (8)	12/2/1999 2:36:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 68

"More specifically, you cannot view my web-desktop documents except perhaps by capturing the data stream or impersonating me." My concern wouldn't be limited to other users, but the service providers, themselves. Many have a problem with this, or by others who would invoke authority to do surveillance such as law enforcement, even if it's only 'packet headers,' never mind data, itself. It's a real concern that I believe will become more widespread, especially by enterprises whose employees telecommute, as the awareness of accounts of privacy intrusion escalate over time. I like the idea of key encryption between the user and their own virtual partition on the SP's server. Give me that, and I'm a customer... almost: ---- Some of the more obvious drivers for deferring to a 'net based server would be the processing power, and the amount of storage required --along with backup administration of same-- to provide comparable services on the desktop. These would be aside from the other obvious incentives of receiving upgrades which were near free from hassle and financial cost (which would be absorbed almost transparently by the b-b subscription fee). Or, am I assuming too much here? Processing speeds are approaching 1 GHz for the throw away PC now, and storage is almost a moot point as it gets smaller and cheaper. How do you regard these offsetting qualities of late re the attractiveness of the model which you are proposing? Frank

To: Jay Lowe who wrote (8)	12/2/1999 4:56:00 PM
From: Reginald Middleton	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 68

<Your information is completely private to you subject to the technology ... currently, the links to existing desktop services are not SSL-secure or otherwise encrypted as far as I can see ... and their service policies disclaim any responsibility.> Let me correct you here. NuoMedia.com employs 40-bit encryption both upstream and downstream when saving and opening files through out office apps. Even without such security measures, it is not easy to capture the data midstream. Taken from "The Future of Computing," Take a realistic view of safety and security. A physical mailbox offers practically no barrier to theft, yet the world relies on it for the vast majority of its sensitive materials. NuoMedia employs 40-bit, bi-directional encryption - far harder to break than practically any physical barrier currently in common use for sensitive data. Several decades ago, many middle class lay persons were skeptical of banks and would prefer to keep money under a mattress rather than in a professionally managed financial institution. NuoMedia is managed by experienced, professional technicians who are much more adept at security and data maintenance than the lay person. Not more than 2 decades ago, the average person was wary of putting money in an ATM machine, for fear of security breaches. The mere thought of such a fear now seems ludicrous. Remote computing is here, now; nuomedia.com