TableLeg Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 I wonder if anybody can offer any advice to any pitfalls regarding the use of Cloud storage? I am being offered 'free' storage with Ms Onedrive but wonder what the catch is. From trying to read up on it it appears you may have to pay for it after 2 years. Any experiences of using cloud storage??? Quote
John Williams (Panda) - Joint Manchester AO Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 depends what you are using it for; im a dropbox subscriber and therefor all my photos are backed up and my documents follow me around... looking at doing the business fike through sharepoint online in the new year cheers john Quote
TableLeg Posted December 31, 2015 Author Posted December 31, 2015 Thanks John for the reply Thing is I don't use any of the 'Cloud' stuff at the moment, however my phone does not have an internal SD card so therefore in order to expand the storage I need to consider the cloud based storage. Still confused Quote
Mattt Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 For everyday users there is no real catch. If you're part of the tin foil hat brigade there's some conspiracy to read all your documents and spy on your holiday photos. Quote
ianht71 Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 I pay for dropbox and love it All my documents, photos, work stiff etc is stored on dropbox and I can have all, or any combination of, my files available anywhere. And always the latest version I wouldn't hesitate if was choosing again Ian Quote
TAFKARM Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 For everyday users there is no real catch. If you're part of the tin foil hat brigade there's some conspiracy to read all your documents and spy on your holiday photos. Yeah...its very unlikely your personal pics would get hacked and end up on line. Oh...hang on... http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/29008876/jennifer-lawrence-nude-photos-leaked-after-icloud-hack Quote
Captain Colonial Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 I don't own any clouds, and can't imagine how I would store my clouds if I did own some. Quote
Geoffrey Carter (Buttercup) Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 Carol says my head is often in the clouds. That must be where mine are kept. Quote
Stuart Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 Don't forget that it isn't a cloud but a shed probably located somewhere that sheds are cheap Quote
corsechris Posted January 3, 2016 Posted January 3, 2016 If the stuff you back up really matters to you, don't rely on other people to look after it. Dig deep enough into most cloud offerings and you'll find you have zero comeback if they lose your stuff for you. Most cloud operators have convenient outsourcing arrangements whereby they can duck any responsibility. Stuff is usually "free" for a reason. Quote
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