Yeah, I suppose what I was really asking was who you think Microsoft would give access to your computer. So, now that we’re clear that I understand what the word “others” mean:
- Who do you think Microsoft would give access to your computer?
and
- To whom has Microsoft given access to your computer so far?
Ok, maybe I don’t understand the word "other’ after all.
If the only company that WILL have access to anything when using OneDrive is Microsoft then by definition there are no “others” that WILL have that access.
Yeah, but let’s just stop and consider who we’re talking about here. We’re talking about a huge corporation that makes most of its money from services at this point. This means data storage and management. If you think for one second that Microsoft would alter the terms of their agreements in a way that allowed for massive IP theft using OneDrive or some other feature then that basically equates to MS digging its own grave. So it’s absolutely not in MS’ interested to do so.
Another way of looking at it is that any big artist whose music would be worth stealing would a) likely protect that music in a different way, b) cause such a big and very public stink that MS would lose out on revenue it wants…
… and those that are not big artists simply aren’t on the radar in the first place. I’m not sure what technology you think would be employed, but I fail to see how someone would be able to somehow find the music of obscure artists in protected cloud storage hosted by Microsoft. It’s not like MS makes all data available for people to just ‘sleuth’ through.
So again, it’s not in the interest of MS to make it possible for people to steal your IP, not on a small scale, not on a global scale.
In addition to that there’s of course also encryption of data as well as MS OneDrive’s secure “vault” that has an extra layer of protection, should one need that.
Ok, first link that actually deals with data breaches reads “Attackers can access Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive files without a user’s password”. So that puts all three on an equal level. And here’s why blaming MS for this is silly:
The attack w> orks by grabbing the password token> , a small file that sits > on a user’s devices > for convenience (which saves the user from entering their password each time). When the token is obtained, either > through a phishing attack or a drive-by exploit> , it can be used to fool a new machine into thinking the attacker is the account’s owner.
I hope you see why it has near nothing to do with MS. “'These services are meant to deliver files seamlessly from your computer to the cloud to other devices around the world. These services aren’t dangerous or insecure,’ he added.”
In other words it’s a matter of a user protecting his device, not MS “altering the deal” or suffering a targeted breach against its servers.
The next “breach” (misnomer) reads:
"The former Emory physician, who now works for the University of Arizona College of Medicine, obtained and placed patient files on a OneDrive account that was accessible to “individuals set up with a specific UA email account,” according to a notice posted by Emory. "
i.e. again human error. Not MS.
Every other link I clicked on that first search result page was either someone asking if there had been a breach, someone reporting an issue that again resulted from human error, or it was a page about how to generally protect your data.
So again: If you want to say that Microsoft has a poor record of data security regarding cloud services then I’m all ears. It is something we all would benefit from knowing about. So please share. But so far I haven’t seen any evidence of data breaches that had anything to do with MS screwing up or granting access to third parties that weren’t doing what we wanted them to.
Spell it out then. Tell me how the services in question differ.