XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Carlos E. R.  wrote:   
   > On 2026-02-09 18:51, Maria Sophia wrote:   
   [...]   
   > > Back to the topic, a key observation is that we can port contacts easily if   
   > > we "upload" them to "the cloud", but that's exactly what "they" want us to   
   > > do.  Once it's on "the cloud", we have lost control of our contacts.   
   > >   
   > > And, since our contacts are our friends and neighbors, it's like placing   
   > > everyone's data on a deck of cards and letting those cards blow in the wind   
   > > around town for anyone else to pick up and use if they feel like it.   
   >   
   > Sorry, I do not agree. They are still my contacts, and they are not   
   > shared with google.   
      
     As I said before, use of the term "the cloud" is just unsubstantiated   
   FUD, scare mongering, etc.. The "deck of cards blowing in the wind"   
   analogy is as laughable as dishonest (assuming it's not cluelessness).   
      
     As long as he keeps misrepresenting what's really happening, there's   
   just no point rehashing this (non-)issue till the cows come home.   
      
   > > What I'm saying is simply that uploading ANYHTHING to the cloud is absurd   
   > > when you have no need to upload anything to the cloud when backing things   
   > > up from your Android phone to the Windows PC.   
   >   
   > I do not agree. It is far more convenient, easier, safe enough, and   
   > private enough.   
      
     The real issue is of course not just backup of one's contacts, but   
   something quite different, but why call things by what they actually   
   are/do, when you can misrepresent them with FUD?   
      
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