Your friendly Canadian reminder that diversifying your online footprint can give you better security and privacy.
For example, the US GOV had reviewed some of Microsoft’s online cloud offerings, and Microsoft itself could not explain how it keeps data secure as it travels from server to server within its own cloud. That led to the remarkable headline by ProPublica: “Federal Cyber Experts Thought Microsoft’s Cloud Was “a Pile of Shit.” They Approved It Anyway.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-cloud-fedramp-cybersecurity-government
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Federal Cyber Experts Thought Microsoft’s Cloud Was “a Pile of Shit.” They Approved It Anyway.
A federal program created to protect the government against cyber threats authorized a sprawling Microsoft cloud product, despite the company’s inability to fully explain how it protects sensitive data.



