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Intractable

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5. As best I can, I store nothing in the cloud.

Reply to Tasmanian Devil (Original post)

Wed Jun 17, 2026, 11:41 PM

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I back up my files solely to local hard drives.

A few years ago, when the well-known "last pass" was breached, I said, "That's it! No more. The cloud cannot be secured."

Notice how Google and Microsoft are always trying to trick users into using cloud storage. They want your stuff!

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