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over a year ago
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"I wouldn't dream of even setting up a cloud account.
Buy a hhd,can't hack something physically in your hand & plugged in at your command.
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Can't you? Isn't a cloud drive essentially a hard drive or do they actually store things in a cloud in the sky? The only way a hard disk is secure is if it's unplugged. Even then if your house is broken into you've lost it all and some other fuck wit has it. And password hacks are there if someone really wanted to hack it. |
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Depends on the amount of photos and their importance. As a pro photographer (male half) I import to an internal drive and external drive at the same time; these are then backed up to the cloud automatically. Currently around 2TB
No point having all my images at home if the house burns down or is broken in to. All the data on the cloud back up is encrypted. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I wouldn't dream of even setting up a cloud account.
Buy a hhd,can't hack something physically in your hand & plugged in at your command.
Can't you? Isn't a cloud drive essentially a hard drive or do they actually store things in a cloud in the sky? The only way a hard disk is secure is if it's unplugged. Even then if your house is broken into you've lost it all and some other fuck wit has it. And password hacks are there if someone really wanted to hack it. "
Haha, the cloud is just a bunch of servers belonging to other people.
So rather than store in your own drive- you store on someone else's drive. So yes you're right.
For business it's quite expensive unless you're a big company.
For the private user, who won't pay, I guess ms and apple are trying to draw you into their world. Otherwise why would they shell out on something free for users?
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By *razedcatMan
over a year ago
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Sensitive stuff stays on a personal hard drive.
However, in case of catastrophe, other things (like university work and holiday photos) goes to the cloud.
Hackers can read my essays and jerk off to me, I don't care XD |
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"Depends on the amount of photos and their importance. As a pro photographer (male half) I import to an internal drive and external drive at the same time; these are then backed up to the cloud automatically. Currently around 2TB
No point having all my images at home if the house burns down or is broken in to. All the data on the cloud back up is encrypted. "
I do see your point but as most homes do have an alarm these days and I do have a small fire safe for docs I'd safe safer at home than floating around the Internet. |
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"So do you guys and gals store your pics on an external hdd or use a cloud service."
I guess it is a mix then to answer your question.
But why are you asking? As the topic has gone to security.
A hard drive (external, or built-in) is only ever going to be truly secure if it isn't connected to the Internet.
Once it is, then it runs the risk in the same way a cloud service has that risk. Though you can then weigh up how secure is your pc versus the security that is offered by your hosting company.
If you choose to have your pics stored off the Internet or network, then you have to consider your back up options. Cloud and hosting companies give you that peace of mind. But locally stored you have to consider if you were to lose that data, fire etcetera.
One thing I would say is that people do worry about their photos getting stolen. And in this day and age, there must be so many dick, pussy, fucking pictures that they would be a drop in the ocean and probably more exciting if they were on the end of a celebrity or someone famous (if there are any Shakira Shakira pics, then we are all eyes haha). So with that in mind, consider the options that are right for you. |
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By *helbeeCouple
over a year ago
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External as i back mine up in case my computer goes wrong etc plus i dont trust virtual cloud storage due to hackers etc ie anonymous as hackers are very clever now a days,at least if i have my pics on an external hd i know where they are. In my possession not stored in cloud, you cant be too carefull with those type of pics or where they end up
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By (user no longer on site)
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The part that people keep missing here is unless the photos are stored on a hard drive/flash drive that is never ever connected to a computer that is connected to the Internet then they are kinda safe. But should a you have a fire or someone robs your house (a fire proof safe is only good to a certain heat and will the hd be able to withstand. And alarm was not stop people taking before getting out) or a hatdware failure then you'll always run the risk of losing all your information.
Nothing is 100% safe that's been proven, I'm not sure why people are so scared of their swinging photos going public as many people have published on here and we don't know how safe these servers are do we? |
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"External as i back mine up in case my computer goes wrong etc plus i dont trust virtual cloud storage due to hackers etc ie anonymous as hackers are very clever now a days,at least if i have my pics on an external hd i know where they are. In my possession not stored in cloud, you cant be too carefull with those type of pics or where they end up
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apart from the 24 public photos on the fab servers? |
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"If people post their photos on any swingers site then surely uploading them to a Cloud Server isn't any riskier."
And this is a good point. Because effectively anyone who says they would never put their photos in the cloud and have pictures on fab is doing exactly that! |
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