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Today I’m going to be talking a little about the new operating system coming out from Google called Google Chrome OS. It’s been a while since I last wrote something, so considering Im bored at work doing nothing I guess now would be as best time as any.
So first off why do we need a new operating system anyway. With the 3 major ones out there, Windows, Mac OS and Linux everything is covered so what else do we need?
Well leave it to Google in their traditional “I want to rule the world” mentality; they feel the need to introduce another product that they can help saturate the market with all their Google Goodness. You can read the official release about Google Chrome OS here but let me just save you some time, it’s the same as every other operating system out there. The only difference is that it seems to be leaning more towards the “cloud” style of computing.
Basically your computer would just consist of the usual keyboard, mouse, speakers and monitor but wouldnt really need a tower or CPU. It would just be connected to the internet and you would accesses everything via a browser style just like you surf the net now.
You would log into your secured “hard drive or server” and all your files, pictures, videos, etc… would be available to you. Just think of it as a photobucket for your entire computer.
What would the benefits of this be? Well first you wont have to worry about any long start up times for your computer to boot up. You wont have to upgrade your software or hardware with any patches to increase performance and you wont have to worry about catching any viruses and you can access your personal computer from any internet connection anywhere in the world.
The down side could be any number of things such as someone else compromising the main system with a virus, someone hacking your password, a disgruntled employee viewing your private data, stored information such as credit card and bank account numbers, a massive power outage that doesn’t allow you to access your files when you need them or the fact that there could be some clause that states anything you store on their system becomes their property. The pro’s and con’s are endless.
Not to mention the fact that Google is trying harder and harder to make all your personal data available on the internet all in the name of making your web browsing experience better.
Do you really need your private medical records stored online for someone to gain access to? Do you need your shopping history and web searching history stored online where anyone can view it and profile you to target you with spam email and malware sites? Do you need every aspect of what you do online to be evaluated by Governement officials?
Consider this. It’s a safe bet that on the Google Chrome OS Cloud system you are going to be sharing servers with a number of different people. Its just not possible to think everyone will get their own hard drive. So what happens if someone commits a crime and there is a warrent to search that specific server? Now suddenly everyone on that server will be having their persoanl rights violated just to view that other persons information.
Now of course that is an extreme, but I’m sure their isn’t any legislation in place as of yet to prevent this from happening.
I’m sure this is only the start of the battle between Google Chrome OS and the other Operating Systems out there and everyone’s ever growing concerne with online privacy. So let’s hear what you have to say? What are your feelings in regards to this type of Cloud computing?
