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[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago (11 children)

Cloud = someone else's computer

Never forget

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (7 children)

Yeah but the whole point here is that we expect the owner of the other computer to be very competent at keeping our stuff private. And if something happens to at least report it so we know and can try to mitigate the damages.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (4 children)

we expect the owner of the other computer to be very competent

Why? If nothing else we have learned in the past 20 years that large operators are the ones MOST likely to get data leaked or stolen, literally every major platform has had at least one major cockup in that time. They are all motivated by profits first and security maybe third or lower.

[–] natecox 4 points 5 months ago

It’s not even a definite cockup, because being a large data provider means you are constantly under attack by intelligent, knowledgeable people intent on getting in. It’s surprising that it doesn’t happen far more often.

The real problem is that all this is being stored in the first place.

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