AsheGuy wrote:
TenOC wrote:
I have always stored my data on my home desktop or laptop computer. I do not trust cloud storage. I think it is a plan to get one hooked on the cloud and then "free" become expensive monthly charge or like PhotoBucket you find they have change and your data is not what you thought it was.
I have been using Google Cloud storage since it was first offered and I don't have either concern (security or cost). I think you underestimate the motivation for a company to protect its reputation. You might be interested in Google Cloud Security
Cloud storage has so many advantages that being hooked is the usual outcome, but for good reason.
You are way underestimating the "value" of your own personal data.
Your data and usage is the new modern day "gold rush" and YOU AND YOUR DATA are the "product".
Companies like Google and MS and so on VALUE your data, which is why they bend over backwards to give you such "freebees" like "cloud storage".
It COSTS them money to host all that data, it does not come free.
In exchange for the use of these online "services" you HAVE unwittingly agreed to allow them to not only track your movements but you have allowed them the ability to have unfettered access to your personal data.
Not sure how you think they pay for this, but the end game is they take to data that you have freely offered to them and they ARE using it to build MORE ways to get more of your data and/or SELLING your data to OTHER "parties".
READ the TOS, that information IS there.
I keep my sensitive data at home and only what I feel that could/should have unfettered public access is hosted on online storage.
Data breaches are also common everyday issues now, you practically never hear about them since they are so common.. Why make it easier to the bad guys than it is needed let alone give others full access?
