cloud storage, and computer security issues
 

I am tired of hearing people raving about the un-hackable cloud systems.

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It is obvious false information.


Please be aware if it is on the WWW, it can be hacked.
IMO anyone putting personal data out there WILL eventually be hacked.
The more accounts you cross connect, the HIGHER your risk.

Risky behavior is all too common, statistics say 3 of 5 people reading this are actively at risk.

If you do nothing else, please read this link.
http://www.campatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/CamPatch-Academy-Study-on-Webcam-Hacking-Awareness-May2012.pdf

Webcam hacking - YouTube

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Harris Poll: 3 in 5 Fear Being Hacked; Still Reuse Same Password Everywhere

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8 Things You Won't Believe Can Be Hacked | Cracked.com


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If it's truly personal, it's not going on any KloudKrap service. It's staying on a NAS device at home, and getting backed up to an encrypted thumb drive that gets stored somewhere else.

This can (somewhat) be fixed by using key-based encryption to encrypt data BEFORE it's sent over the WWW, so it's stored in encrypted fashion at the endpoint. Many cloud service providers only encrypt in transit.

OK
 

You seem to grasp good security.

Here is a linked break down for our members, who may have difficulty understanding what you said.

* NAS device ? = A network-attached storage (NAS) device.

* Getting backed up to an encrypted thumb drive?

* Key-based encryption?

* Encrypt data BEFORE it's sent?

* Service providers only encrypt in transit?


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Here's an idea, don't put anything on the cloud that you want secured. I only put thing I want to share in my drop box or homework

When I die, I hope that my best friend hurries and deletes all my browser history...

On a serious note, don't trust a cloud storage. I back everything up on a USB hard drive. With the low prices of these devices, cloud storage should be a thing of the past by now.

Nah, you'd need a network hard drive to replace it :)

I'm concerned about a home disaster, such as a fire or flood. Hope anyone affected by Sandy recovers.

Not sure how to protect the computer.

I'm not going to download the hard drive every day and put it in the safe deposit box, the bank isn't open on the weekends anyway.

Computers are not to be trusted. Rotate the drives weekly.

Cloud backup using software that encrypts first. Or back up to a portable 2.5" drive that's encrypted and you leave somewhere else in general.

I have a back up hard drive plugged in all the time, that would be just fine if I house it off site when I'm at work, or the like, but that is simply not going to happen.

The encryption senario is the practical one.

Question
 

What encryption software do you suggest for members??

What services would you consider reliable for members??


I can't use any remote service for full work data backup, to many terabytes for reasonable up/down load time..


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Easy solution to home backups for large quantities of data is a NAS running Raid-1, then its mostly protected (barring physical destruction or massive internal failure of the unit killing both drives) or, cloud based storage with encryption and a LONG PASSPHRASE.

Most common reason ANYthing gets hacked? PITIFUL PASSWORDS. Its unbelievable what people use for passwords just out of laziness...those individuals deserve to be hacked. I've seen entire company finance files protected by a single digit number. No excuse!