> From what I gather, it's the legitimate users who have suffered in this > case. Their data may be irretrievably gone. > It also appears that megaupload didn't really do all that much wrong, or > all that much different from other cloud storage facilities. > If this is the case, then it may well just be random chance that they > were chosen by the FBI to be made an example of, in which case no cloud > storage facility is safe, and this is just one more way to lose data. > > http://media.nzherald.co.nz/webcontent/document/pdf/201222/Restraint%20challenge.pdf > -- > > William Robb
Cloud storage is trusting someone else with your data. It may be a convenient way of storing data, but it should never be the primary or only backup. I wouldn't consider it as any form of long term backup for two reasons, especially not with my personal photographs. 1. Basically first sentence above. One is trusting someone else with their data. That's sort of like giving the keys of your house to a complete stranger. 2. If the data actually were physically safe from loss, it's not necessarily safe from hacking or theft. In fact the idea of cloud backup strikes me as almost an abdication of 'responsibility' for the safety and security of one's data. Temporary cloud storage is fine. That occurs anytime someone puts a website up on a host. Or using a drop box to transfer data is fine. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
