On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Tom C. <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
Tom, you're missing an important piece of the equation: encryption. Your data will be safe from theft, snooping or tampering as long as it's properly encrypted. It won't necessarily be safe from loss, but at least it cannot "fall into the wrong hands". Now, how you determine that it's properly encrypted is another matter. You have to do due diligence when signing-up to a cloud service. -- -bmw -- 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.
