[NTLUG:Discuss] Cloud computing

[Mike Hart]

Not long after Gmail came out there was a filesystem definition that would allow the use of a Gmail account as a file system.  That is, on a linux box you saw a drive with limited space, and the filesystem driver stored the information on a Gmail account.  and at that time (2002?) I decided that cloud (then known as a virtual drive), was about what fred describes. 

It's right there in the EULA  (section 5.2 for those with short attention spans.)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/dmusic/order/cloudplayer-tou.html

Why anyone would agree to such lack of privacy is beyond me.  At least with webmail, there are supposed 'protections' against privacy invasions like this built into law.