Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Remember: everything you post to the cloud is ephemeral and public, no matter what the vendor promises.
Only use the cloud in cases where it does not matter if the data is there tomorrow or not or never again, and data you’d be willing to publish on a tumblr page. If the data is sensitive or the remote record is important, do not trust 3rd party services. Don’t be stupid.
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