Linus Torvalds Quotes

Backups are for wimps. Real men upload their data to an FTP site and have everyone else mirror it.

As much as we can, we want to prevent people from having to think about how to keep and share their stuff.

Apple knows a lot of data. Facebook knows a lot of data. Amazon knows a lot of data. Microsoft used to, and still does with some people, but in the newer world, Microsoft knows less and less about me. Xbox still knows a lot about people who play games. But those are the big five, I guess.

Information agencies operate in an industry that values data. Restricted access to information is what makes it valuable.

Most computers today have built in backup software.

Government and businesses cannot function without enormous amounts of data, and many people have to have access to that data.

We created the ability for people to insert enterprise or personal data.

If we as a society do not understand 'the cloud,' in all its aspects - what data it holds, how it works, what the bargains are we make as we engage with it, we'll all be the poorer for it, I believe.

Dropbox sweats the user experience details as commendably as it masters the considerable engineering challenges required to reliably sync files everywhere a user may need them.

You can't talk about big data without talking about things like privacy and ownership.

The cloud is still really just a bunch of servers, owned by someone or something, whose decisions and competence must be trusted. This applies to everything from Google Docs to Gmail: Putting our data out there really means putting it 'out there.'

I think most organizations have an interest in key recovery, at least with respect to stored data.

Data is a precious thing and will last longer than the systems themselves.

I believe people have a right to know what's going on with their information and how it's collected, how it's stored and who gets it.

Remember, the Cloud is just someone else's server.

All of my memories are now on hard drives. I'll change phones or I'll change my laptop, and all my photos stay.

'The cloud' is effectively an augmentation of our brains' memories.

We all have legitimate concerns over the way our personal data is used and stored and it is right that there are protections to stop the theft and manipulation of our private information.

Sharing data allows us to research, communicate, consume media, buy and sell, play games, and more. In return, businesses develop products, scientists undertake research, and governments use data to enable voting, inform policies, collect tax, and provide better public services.

My iCloud keeps telling me to back it up, and I'm like, 'I don't know how to back you up. Do it yourself!'

Let them know precisely what you are going to do with their data

Every day we have teams looking for new data sets.

The National Tracing Center is not allowed to have centralized computer data.

You can collect Facebook data legally with the consent of the Facebook users and the consent of Facebook.

Our data has been harvested, collected, modeled, and monetized - sometimes sold on as raw data, and sometimes licensed just for advertisers to be able to target us.