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Concerns Arise Over Privacy With Google's Data Mirror Initiative

Calendar Mar 08, 2006 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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Google wants to mirror and index every byte of your hard drive, relegating your PC to a "cache", notes on a company PowerPoint presentation reveal. The file accompanied part of Google's analyst day last week. Google has since withdrawn the file, telling the BBC that the information was not intended for publication.

The justification for this enormous data grab is that Google would be able to restore your data after a catastrophic system failure.

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