I assume that my data stored online is ...
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Missing info (Score:5, Insightful)
Define "Safe".
In which sense? (Score:5, Insightful)
Truecrypt is the option. (Score:4, Insightful)
If storing data off site I think that Truecrypt [truecrypt.org] is the way to go.
That way I can be reasonably sure that my data isn't read by anyone else.
Re:Missing option (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:In which sense? (Score:5, Insightful)
Exactly. I'm almost certain that data stored with a service like Amazon S3 is far more "safe" from deletion or corruption than data stored on my local storage at home.
While I doubt that anyone's really mining my particular data, it seems like it'd be more likely to happen on a hosted service than at home.
Of course, I have no problem using the best of both worlds: my backups are encrypted and then stored with an online backup service. I gain protection from snooping and protection from deletion/corruption/destruction of the data in case my house burns down.
Safe from disappearing? (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Missing option (Score:5, Insightful)
Or perhaps "Already public"
Re:Missing info (Score:5, Insightful)
That, and Sir Lawrence Olivier's character from Marathon Man .
But, safe from others is not the same as intact, or usable. Data is not safe if it's lost due to hardware failure, user error, or failing to maintain conversion filters or to perform conversions to keep old data readable by new software.
Thing is, I can work to mitigate hardware failure, user error, and even conversion filters or actively converting. I can even keep data on a box that doesn't route to the Internet or in removable or write-once-read-many media, so that it can't be corrupted by outsiders and if offline, can't even be accessed by others.
Obviously data online can be converted, generally, by the cloud provider, and depending on how the cloud is set up, can mitigate user error. But, I don't control how well they do a job of protecting it from outsiders nor do I control when they might decide to orphan that data by dropping that cloud service, which is almost akin to hardware failure.
I do not trust "The Cloud". Not that I trust a lot anywhere anyway, but I do not trust data in the hands of others, and while I know that TONS of my data or data on me is out of my control, I will do what I can to not introduce even more of it.
Re:Missing option (Score:5, Insightful)
Zero control... (Score:5, Insightful)
In 'The Cloud', you have little or no control over where your data is physically stored. Theoretically, your data could end up somewhere where you can legally be forced to provide keys/passwords. Things that seem harmless at home may carry severe penalties elsewhere. It all seems sane & reasonable so far, but there's no guarantee in the future.
Re:In which sense? (Score:5, Insightful)
Obligatory: http://xkcd.com/538/ [xkcd.com]