{"id":4363,"date":"2016-11-24T09:28:32","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T15:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramblindan.org\/?p=4363"},"modified":"2016-11-25T00:04:20","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T06:04:20","slug":"virtual-shredder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/?p=4363","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Shredder?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"shread\"<\/a>Big brother Microsoft is making me uncomfortable. Maybe I am just paranoid. I tend to blog a lot about privacy issues these days.<\/p>\n

I have been using MS Office 365 for many years. It\u2019s an automatic upgrade, subscription type of complete office software suite. I don\u2019t really need it these days as I no longer work for and with major corporations. I am just accustom (and was comfortable) using it. The fear now is I don\u2019t know know how secure my writings are. Not that I am writing anything I should be concerned about.<\/p>\n

I just like to believe that what I may be writing is truly private until I choose to make it otherwise.<\/p>\n

Just after the last 365 upgrade, I am getting automatic pop-ups to \u201clog into\u201d an on-line document shredder! A what? Yes, an on-line document virtual shredder. I am thinking, WTF? (Well That\u2019s Fine). The premise might be that I am placing all my secret documents in \u201cOneDrive\u201d cyber-storage. I assume the new \u201cshredder\u201d is there to purge and overwrite the documents in that storage and perhaps on my own computer drive.<\/p>\n

Since when do I need to send my electronic documents to a shredder in cyberspace? What is going on here? I have alarm bells going off in every corner of my mind. I click the virtual \u201cno thanks\u201d button, but it keeps coming back asking again like a stalker. I just want it to go away.<\/p>\n

I am no computer novice and I am aware of how documents are stored and not truly deleted on storage media until (eventually) overwritten. Now we have a document shredder. But the question is, \u201cWhy is it something I have to log into in cyberspace?\u201d<\/p>\n

Locally installed software for this function has been available for decades! I just don\u2019t know if it works in cyber-storage. If \u201cbad stuff\u201d is being placed in the cloud, my thought is that it will be available to scrutiny forever.<\/p>\n

I am currently using LibreOffice Writer on my Linux Box, for writing this. I can install a Windows version if I choose on that computer. It (so far) makes no Internet connection demands, never asking that I be connected to the world just to compose a document. Of course I have no real idea what reporting is going on under the hood, even with LibreOffice.<\/p>\n

Did I mention LibreOffice and its cousin OpenOffice are free? They provide the same office document creation features as MS Office. Free is nice. I am not saying they are secure.<\/p>\n

When connected to the Internet, just assume there is no privacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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