WD Announces My Cloud Home To Help You Master Your Digital Life

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WD's My Cloud series is like a NAS for your phone, and your life. The system provides access to your data from the internet through secure tunnels that you can also share with your friends and family.

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[LORD_ORION]

Yes please.
I'd rather control my own data than let the Peeping Tom's molest it on their "secure" networks.

 

[10tacle]

Yep. I don't trust ANY "cloud" storage. I have Samsung's phone cloud app shut off on my phone. I can back up my own stuff just fine offline.

 

[dstarr3]

Yep. I don't trust ANY "cloud" storage. I have Samsung's phone cloud app shut off on my phone. I can back up my own stuff just fine offline.

I agree with this to an extent. The problem is that for some ultra-critical absolutely-cannot-lose data, cloud storage is king. I have a backup hard drive at home, plus a second backup at work, in case something should happen to my home. But, y'know, what happens if the offsite backup drive fails while restoring? For the most critical data, cloud storage really is a good solution.

Hopefully your most critical of that data can be stored inside an encrypted, password-protected zip. Then no cloud service can/will bother trying to get into it.

 

[KD_Gaming]

Or just setup a multi redundant raid.. pocket books the limit.

 

[dstarr3]

Or just setup a multi redundant raid.. pocket books the limit.

And what if a power surge takes out all your hard drives? Or there's a fire, flood, or burglary? One on-site backup is not enough for critical data, no matter how much redundancy you build in.