Uploading to cloud back first time, let computer rest?

[anonymous-user]

Data privacy aside, if it is just to keep a copy of the usual stuff, Amazon is looking quite competitive on price now

$59.99 per year for unlimited everything

https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/home

[Vaud]

JPJPJP said:

Data privacy aside, if it is just to keep a copy of the usual stuff, Amazon is looking quite competitive on price now

$59.99 per year for unlimited everything

https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/home

Aside from Office 365 where I haven't yet had the time to figure out the OS X integration, that AWS deal looks insanely good for personal files...?

[steveatesh]

abbotsmike said:

gottans said:

I had a quick read of their website, firstly it is denominate in USD so is an American company so your data isn't secure as the other link highlighted.

As for longevity of the company, I would give it 2 years max. It will either get bought up along with your data which would be classed as a company asset or run out of money with your data in a fire sale.

The only semi secure cloud is the one you own, period.

Bolded. Semi secure. It can be semi secure in your house or semi secure in someones data centre. I presume you don't do online banking or buy things online either?

I took the same calculated risk, my stuff is in onedrive. If the government/hackers specifically want your stuff, they will get it, unless it is never on a machine that connects to the internet.

This is my thinking too. Semi secure in the house or taking a lot of advice from various back up strategy articles and even comments on here, semi secure on a cloud storage as part of a backup strategy.

Surely every time you use the internet your data is at risk from various threats? So if I put a NAS in my sons house for example, the data is at risk as it is passed to and from the NAS?

Risks are in all walks of life ( this is PH, we all drive cars despite the threat of serious injury or death) we need to be vigilant and assess them, but for my own personal circumstances the risk of total data loss by theft, power spike or fire is greater than that imposed by some government security agency reading my letters or looking at my pictures. Everybody has to make decisions that are right for them, and live with the consequences I suppose.

[jmorgan]

As an aside, I use flickr as well for my pictures (just another way to store them). Keep most private, you get 1tb free storage, but jpeg only.

[richatnort]

steveatesh said:

This is my thinking too. Semi secure in the house or taking a lot of advice from various back up strategy articles and even comments on here, semi secure on a cloud storage as part of a backup strategy.

Surely every time you use the internet your data is at risk from various threats? So if I put a NAS in my sons house for example, the data is at risk as it is passed to and from the NAS?

Risks are in all walks of life ( this is PH, we all drive cars despite the threat of serious injury or death) we need to be vigilant and assess them, but for my own personal circumstances the risk of total data loss by theft, power spike or fire is greater than that imposed by some government security agency reading my letters or looking at my pictures. Everybody has to make decisions that are right for them, and live with the consequences I suppose.

I met a guy once who had a NAS in his home, two 2TB external hard drives in his shed hidden away (he dug up the lawn to put the cables between the house and shed) and used cloud storage which he claimed was encrypted.