Hey guys, my apologies if this has been covered before (and please let me know if there is a thread because if there is I missed it during my search).
Let's say you want to back up all your important files and data and you are using a hard drive (or 2) as a primary back up. Maybe you have some automated program which updates it constantly either by cable or wifi. And needless to say they are encrypted. What if however you lose both your computer and hard drive?
I hear a lot of people (and yes me included technically using icloud for my iphone) use cloud services to back up their data. Now obviously you can make it secure with passwords and not be retarded when it comes to making yourself vulnerable to hacking etc.
But what about the cloud services themselves? What if they can read and pass on your data to the governments or something like that? After that Vault 7 wikileaks thing it makes me wonder if there is any trustworthy service. That isn't to say I'm hiding questionable data but what if you just want peace of mind that you aren't being spied on?
What cloud services do you guys use (if you use them) and how sure are you that they are trustworthy? Maybe it is pointless worrying about it given how you hear these stories about the CIA being able to hack your whatsapp and other so called 'encrypted' services. My instinct is that anything you put on the internet is immediately beyond your control but what do you guys think?
Let's say you want to back up all your important files and data and you are using a hard drive (or 2) as a primary back up. Maybe you have some automated program which updates it constantly either by cable or wifi. And needless to say they are encrypted. What if however you lose both your computer and hard drive?
I hear a lot of people (and yes me included technically using icloud for my iphone) use cloud services to back up their data. Now obviously you can make it secure with passwords and not be retarded when it comes to making yourself vulnerable to hacking etc.
But what about the cloud services themselves? What if they can read and pass on your data to the governments or something like that? After that Vault 7 wikileaks thing it makes me wonder if there is any trustworthy service. That isn't to say I'm hiding questionable data but what if you just want peace of mind that you aren't being spied on?
What cloud services do you guys use (if you use them) and how sure are you that they are trustworthy? Maybe it is pointless worrying about it given how you hear these stories about the CIA being able to hack your whatsapp and other so called 'encrypted' services. My instinct is that anything you put on the internet is immediately beyond your control but what do you guys think?