Cloud Storage - Warnings: There are beautiful clouds, and there are storm clouds. In the world of computing, you can't tell one from the other. There are risks in backing up to the...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

There are beautiful clouds, and there are storm clouds. In the world of computing, you can't tell one from the other. There are risks in backing up to the cloud.

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/reasons-avoid-cloud-services/

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

jerryc41 wrote:

There are beautiful clouds, and there are storm clouds. In the world of computing, you can't tell one from the other. There are risks in backing up to the cloud.

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/reasons-avoid-cloud-services/

Eye opening in some respects, but not just about cloud backups, but any content moving thru or on “cloud” services.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Interesting...
From the article: "....you’re depending on someone else’s computers — that activity is cause for concern."

We depend on other computers more than we think?
Airlines, planes, & trains
Power company
Phone company
Cable/satellite company
..
Should I be any more concerned about a "file back-up" company?
(I'm not.)

OlinBost Loc: Marietta, Ga.

Microsoft can track your every keystroke in Windows 10. When I first started investigating Windows 10 security features is wan then that I decided not to use it. It almost seems that Microsoft was working with the NSA.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

OlinBost wrote:

Microsoft can track your every keystroke in Windows 10. When I first started investigating Windows 10 security features is wan then that I decided not to use it. It almost seems that Microsoft was working with the NSA.

Could be...
(Sounds like we might be approximating a futuristic movie.)

therwol Loc: USA

OlinBost wrote:

Microsoft can track your every keystroke in Windows 10. When I first started investigating Windows 10 security features is wan then that I decided not to use it. It almost seems that Microsoft was working with the NSA.

Everybody is tracking you. But if you're interested, there are some counter measures in Windows 10. Looks like it could take someone a bit of time to go through all of them.

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3025709/microsoft-windows/how-to-protect-your-privacy-in-windows-10.html

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

therwol wrote:

Everybody is tracking you. But if you're interested, there are some counter measures in Windows 10. Looks like it could take someone a bit of time to go through all of them.

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3025709/microsoft-windows/how-to-protect-your-privacy-in-windows-10.html

The safest way to keep your privacy is not to use the internet.
(Even your cable box is monitored for viewer metrics. Global Nielsen family.)

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

Longshadow wrote:

The safest way to keep your privacy is not to use the internet.
(Even your cable box is monitored for viewer metrics. Global Nielsen family.)

johnst1001a Loc: West Chester, Ohio

yet we all hand our credit cards to servers at restaurants.

dcampbell52 Loc: Clearwater Fl

jerryc41 wrote:

There are beautiful clouds, and there are storm clouds. In the world of computing, you can't tell one from the other. There are risks in backing up to the cloud.

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/reasons-avoid-cloud-services/

This is one reason that I don't use other Clouds. I have the Western Digital Cloud in house and can reach it from anywhere that I have internet/Wi-Fi. The Adobe Cloud, I only use for transferring photos.. my WD Cloud gets used a lot.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Longshadow wrote:

Interesting...
From the article: "....you’re depending on someone else’s computers — that activity is cause for concern."

We depend on other computers more than we think?
Airlines, planes, & trains
Power company
Phone company
Cable/satellite company
..
Should I be any more concerned about a "file back-up" company?
(I'm not.)

I think his point was that someone else's computers are, hopefully, storing our data for future use. If those computers shut down, or the company goes out of business, we lose our backups. If the power company computers go down, we don't get a bill from them. : )

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

dcampbell52 wrote:

This is one reason that I don't use other Clouds. I have the Western Digital Cloud in house and can reach it from anywhere that I have internet/Wi-Fi. The Adobe Cloud, I only use for transferring photos.. my WD Cloud gets used a lot.

I get a cloud in my house when cooking goes wrong.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

jerryc41 wrote:

I think his point was that someone else's computers are, hopefully, storing our data for future use. If those computers shut down, or the company goes out of business, we lose our backups. If the power company computers go down, we don't get a bill from them. : )

Hopefully people have secondary backups, not just primary. I have tertiary backups- two local (Ext HD and laptop) and the cloud. If my cloud backup provider were to go away this instant, I would still be okay and get another cloud provider.
(On the other note, I thought he was talking about personal data being on someone else's computer, as more than just one computer.)

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

You have to backup the backups you backed up!? Geez! This is getting crazy! Life is getting too complex!

Stan

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

StanMac wrote:

You have to backup the backups you backed up!? Geez! This is getting crazy! Life is getting too complex!

Stan

Safety in numbers.