The Dangers Of Trusting Cloud Computing Over Personal Storage
June 1, 2015
Grazed from Forbes. Author: Ewan Spence.
As cloud computing and online storage approaches the ‘free’ price point, and as the utility of having ‘everything’ available online becomes more pervasive and more integrated with operating systems on the desktop and on smartphones, I find myself pushing back and relying more and more on my own backup and storage options at home.
In a world where online storage is everywhere, it is becoming more important to take responsibility and store my own data at home, free of outside influences. I’ve looked at the options in the cloud, and none of them quite matches what I’m looking for. One of the driving forces behind the race to zero for cloud storage and services (as summarized by Julie Bort on Business Insider this weekend) is the rapidly dropping cost of physical storage medium…
Bought in bulk, the likes of Google, Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft, can obtain gigabytes of storage media for a few cents. I might not be able to buy at that rate, but a 2 terabyte hard drive which I can attach easily to my home network is a very small investment for the peace of mind they can offer…
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