-=> Tony Langdon wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> If one is messaging someone with an address in that network, surely.
 DD> But AOL, Juno and Earthlink are like Gmail or Yahoo in that they are on
 DD> their own server(s) and merely accessed by using someone's net to get
 DD> on the Interweb. Even Excite - where I still have an email address of
 DD> vladimir.ilyich@excite.com  Bv)= My user name there is Nicolai Ulyanov
 DD> ..... so far no one has "got it".   Bv(=

 TL> Ahh, I see, so they've turned more into cloud providers?

Who has turned into cloud providers? Google (Gmail owner) has offered cloud
services for some time. As has Yahoo. Excite is circling the drain and
searching for a business model that will allow them to milk a few more pence
from the internet before they are washed away by a wave of apathy.

AOL has offered cloud storage for some time. Juno and Earthlink I don't know
about.

That being said - I don't trust cloud services to keep my data secure from
hackers, nor from their (cloud providers) mining it for their own nefarious
purposes. As long as I am connected to the internet I recognise that my data is
vulnerable, But, I ain't about to make it easy for the barstids.

... Only fools are positive. -- Moe Howard

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