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Re:PRISM kills the cloud by hga on Monday June 10, 2013 @09:08PM (#5858843)
That's just a "for instance"; medical records are in theory better protected that most types of data, and I was pointing out a way it might be Hoovered up vs. of course it being specifically accessible through something such as a NSL.

A lot of this has to do with how this data can be abused, e.g. for political purposes; in this case, it's almost certainly nothing to worry about, but there are many cases where there are damn good reasons for privacy.

Re:PRISM kills the cloud by ianmcgowan on Monday June 10, 2013 @09:25PM (#5858916)
J. Edgar Hoovered?
Re:PRISM kills the cloud by hga on Monday June 10, 2013 @09:52PM (#5859051)
The most famous brand name of vacuum cleaners in the US: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hoover_Company, but, yes, it might be good to remember people like J. Edgar.