Would you trust online storage with your docs and pics folders?

Phil2008

Phil2008

Phil2008

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The reason Im asking this is that I have just moved my docs and pics folder to onedrive, just so I can access the folders on all my devices and plus it makes it easier not having to backup my latest docs and pics when I need to restore windows
 
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No. Some data I'll never put on the cloud.

Photos no, it just took too long and was too convoluted to manage.

Use it for work, OneDrive especially. But even there I run into limitations like url length, or index limits. Ordinary users struggle with it and Office365 in general.
 
I was really meaning privacy wise as Im guessing these online storage sites are not 100% trusworthy from snoopers and companies etc using your data you upload?? But yeah I havee everything backed up twice on hdds,
 
I trust Proton Drive and Protons other services to a certain extent; i.e. I really do believe they are a "zero access" end-to-end cloud service who are unable to access your files at all or retrieve them if you lose the keys. Although there is a previous history of them being forced to give up the identity of activist / serious cyber criminals, but they shouldn't affect most of us.

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Yes, but I always have a backup on NAS and external drive anyway. Cloud storage is too convenient not to use IMO.

In terms of privacy, OneDrive Vaults are encrypted which should help with that.
 
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Professionally: we store a fair bit in the cloud at work, some of it is confidential data (not my personal data), but if that gets leaked it's not really my problem.

Personally: hell no I would never store anything in the cloud, ever. I avoid anything that says "cloud backup" like the plague, on my phone and my computers*. If I had to do so, I would personally encrypt all the data with very secure encryption before it left my computer, so that even if the data is leaked, or the cloud provider decides to go snooping through my data, they cannot decrypt anything anyway.

Unless you dig into the settings, the facebook android app will upload all photos on your device to their cloud by default. Pretty sure most social media apps do this, so I avoid those too. E.g. for facebook I use Frost (https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.pitchedapps.frost/)

GaryTheSnail said:
Most cloud providers have a key required to unlock data. They can't see the data if this is enabled. Some have it enabled by default anyway.
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The key is provided by the cloud provider, therefore they have access to it. They may promise that they don't, or that will never use it without your permission, but that basically comes down to "trust me bro". Encrypting the data yourself with open source tools before it leaves your machine is the only way to be sure that the cloud provider can't gain access.
 
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