Caught in the Cloud: Privacy, Encryption, and Government Back Doors in the Web 2.0 Era

INTRODUCTION ................................................................................... 360 I. CLOUD COMPUTING ................................................................ 362 A. Benefits of Cloud Computing for Service Providers ................. 364 B. Benefits of Cloud Computing for End-Users ........................... 365 C. Cloud Creep and the Rise of Cloud Services as the Preinstalled Default ................................................................... 367 D. Single Site Browsers .............................................................. 368 E. Offline Content ..................................................................... 370 F. Confusion ............................................................................. 372 II. MANY CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES ARE NEEDLESSLY VULNERABLE TO HACKERS ..................................................... 372 A. The Benefits of Network Encryption ...................................... 375 B. Why do Cloud Providers Opt to Leave Users Exposed? ........... 376 C. Cloud Providers Have Little Incentive to Protect Users .......... 378 D. The Cloud Computing Industry Suffers From Market Failure ................................................................................. 379 D. Providing Incentives for Network Encryption ........................ 382 III. PERSONAL PRIVACY, CLOUD COMPUTING AND THE GOVERNMENT .......................................................................... 383