January 29, 2008
Posted by Ryan Graves
ControlC & security
Here’s a new idea. Well, an old idea with a Web 2.0 spin…my favorite. ControlC is a web based application that automatically stores everything that you Copy/Paste onto the web. Brilliant idea right? Well, there are some concerns around security. Specifically some of the TechCrunch readers have shared concerns about the security of this product. I don’t see the problem. Call me irresponsible if you’d like, but I see security concerns as a almost a thing of the past. The web is being forced to become more and more safe. As our lives move onto the web (I know it kind of sounds sad, but it’s true) we are forced to find ways to stay safe and developers are forced to near a guarantee of safety. I understand that there are no guarantees but peoples behavior proves my point. Take Mint.com for example. A web based personal financial management site. Within days of TechCrunch40 they were doubling their server capacity because so many people couldn’t wait to throw their financial information up on the site. If people are that trusting with their personal financial data what makes you think that ControlC will have any problems. They won’t.
This is a great idea and another perfect example of how there are so many things that we forget we even do on a day to day basis that can be improved and digitized with new technologies.
Please share your experiences with ControlC using comments.
