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0 pointswickedchicken14y ago0 comments

> Also why would someone pay 10 dollars a month for 50 GB of space in the cloud when you can buy 1 TB portable hard drives for dirt cheap?

housefires.

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unimpressive14y ago· 2 in thread

If anything I'd be more worried about thieves stealing my data. (In the literal, 'break into my house and take it.' sort of way.)

I know it's happened to at least one indie developer. And at least one youtube blogger that comes to mind.

That having been said, local hard drives aren't going to die anytime soon. Uncle McCarthy has not yet had his day, at least not on that one.

cantankerous14y ago

You know, encryption and a decently strong password pretty much seals the deal on somebody physically stealing your data. There is no reason to not encrypt your home computer if you are so concerned.

unimpressive14y ago

>You know, encryption and a decently strong password pretty much seals the deal on somebody physically stealing your data.

Maybe stealing it and using the data. If someone swipes my drive the data is still gone. Even if it is inaccessible.

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