Dropbox Cloud services & protecting your files: pictures and documents

Cloud. You love and use cloud services like Dropbox and Skydrive, sorry “OneDrive”. I use cloud services myself. Both Skydrive/OneDrive and Dropbox. As well as other services. But as much as Cloud is great, think again and learn more on what it actually could mean to your files, documents privatly as well as business. Not all cloud services work the same way and every company may or may not have their own TOS, Terms of Service.

Dropbox have now updated their TOS. Dont get nervouse now, but read the tiny and very good explanation of the text in this blog article. http://quibbling.net/post/77706666768/opt-out-of-dropboxs-arbitration-clause

Cloud sounds great, but if you dont know for 100% certainty what will happen to any cloud company due to owners and such mondane matters – and highly important matter actually, you shouldnt do what a Swedish municipality did, or is heading to finalize – putting all their sensitive information files etcetera about their municipality inhabitants in the Cloud. The male IT responsible was over the moon sure its the only way to go forward. I would call it a huge security flaw.

I do recomend a read of the article I linked to.

Stefan Lindblad
Illustrator, graphic desinger and artist.
www.canvas.nu

Similar Posts