Why anyone uses the cloud is beyond me.
Go ahead, put your data out there.
Suckers.
Obviously there are issues with cloud storage, mostly with companies who say they’re secure and refuse to do whats necessary.
Most cloud companies are significantly more secure in many ways than your computer.
What little I use cloud storage for has almost zero value except to sell me Willys jeep parts.
Mine is a mutt M38 and CJ5 and prior to ordering some parts, I send a few smartphone photos to the parts house for Willys.
The cloud is like one stop shopping for the NSA.
“Why anyone uses the cloud is beyond me.”
You kinda have to with these crappy ipads and iphones. Not enough on board storage plus no slot for a micro SD expansion card. Plus the users want to sync all their craptastic tunes across all devices. So they can access Brittany Spears anytime, anywhere.
Relying on local backup is far riskier. For several years, I meticulously backed up my data on a network drive and one morning I discovered that the backup drive failed and everything on it was toast. Fortunately, I was able to recover all my data from cloud storage.
Cloud storage also has the advantage of being accessible whenever you need it. When I'm traveling, I can still access my entire music library and work files, among other things. On a business trip, I once left my laptop at home but was able to borrow one and download everything I needed including the Powerpoint presentation I was to give directly from cloud storage.
Cloud storage is not a fad and it's not going away. However, you do need to be careful where you choose to store that data. Well known and reputable services like Apple iCloud, Dropbox and Google Drive yes. Some offshore company offering a cheap rate that you know nothing about, probably not a good idea.
It's a train wreck waiting to happen. But, I've been wrong before. All the same, nothing of mine goes into The Cloud. All local storage and encrypted.
What I don’t understand is that we have always had an offline option called an external hard drive, which when you consider the cost of buying your computer, isn’t that bad of a cost, you can back up what I have is 1 TB per external Hard Drive, and place that hard drive in a tinfoil lined box so that people cannot read it remotely, not plugged in by USB, and in a farraday cage, is just fine, and it’s hard to read that way.