When data is pulled out of the cloud, it moves outside of the reach of those server-provided protections. Normally, data stored in the cloud is protected by privacy-guarding mechanisms provided by the servers that host it.
Without this protection, anyone who has physical access to the Chromium OS device would be able to access any data cached on it. In particular, some subset of a user's email, pictures, and even HTTP cookies will be stored on the local drive to enhance the online experience and ensure Chrome notebooks are useful even when an Internet connection isn't available. Problem: Multiple users, portable devices, locally stored dataĬhromium OS should provide privacy protection for user data stored on the local disk. As a result, privacy protection for user data stored on the local disk is a requirement for a Chromium-based OS.
