Am 06. Aug, 2012 schwätzte Derek Trotter so: moin moin Derek,
I read about this earlier today. Long before today I decided never to trust anything to a cloud. I made this decision because of all the accounts I've
Unfortunately, our data has been in the cloud since long before the cloud existed. Anytime you visit a web site, you're leaving data in the cloud. Online purchases even more so.
read over the years of hackers breaking into corporate systems and stealing passwords, credit card numbers and so on. Also the recent failure of cloud services due to power failures back east reinforced my suspicion of "the cloud". What good is the data to you if you can't get to it due to a power or equipment failure?I've long believed it's a smart move to backup anything important you're going to put on a laptop or other portable device. It's too easy for any of these portable devices to get lost, stolen or damaged. I did read a few
Yup. But, I don't backup often enough :(.
years ago that Google keeps a copy of mail in your gmail account even if you delete it. If that's true today, Mat should be able to contact Google and get his mail back.
Yeah, there's a possibility that he can get his data back. It's bad that this type of thing happened where he needs to wonder if that's possible.
I'm no expert, but I would not suggest trusting anything to a cloud. Sure, encrypt your data before sending to the cloud, but also keep a copy where you can get to it. If it's really important, keep a copy somewhere besides your home, a safe deposit box perhaps.
An important tip there, encrypt the data locally before putting it in the cloud. Another important tip you gave, make sure to have a copy of anything you need in a place that you can physically access. ciao, der.hans -- # http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.LuftHans.com/Classes/ # "The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who # are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." # --Albert Einstein
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