This will not happen with MEO and Aerochive
Nov/Wed/09 17:46
Palm Pre users suffer cloud computing data loss -- article here
When I decided to provide a backup feature for My Eyes Only™, I contemplated providing a cloud solution. On some levels it would be easier for our customers to simply have an online solution for data backup. Massive data loss was one of the risks I considered if I chose a cloud solution. Ultimately, I deemed it too risky. In addition, there is potential for hackers to access the cloud data and open up all our users to the risk of stolen identity. It became very obvious to me that desktop solutions are better for our end users.
Having MEO user data stored on our servers, no matter how extensive the security, would be a big target for hackers. Having each user’s data stored on their computers, distributes the data, and lessens the risk to each user. Why? Because there exists no big datastore of critical data as a target for hackers and thus protects all Aerochive users. A hacker is less likely to target individual user machines to find data stored in Aerochive.
Aerochive’s data is fully encrypted and password protected. If a user smartly puts their computer’s data behind a firewall, then it becomes even more difficult for a hacker to attempt to get at the data.
Protecting your data on your computer
When I decided to provide a backup feature for My Eyes Only™, I contemplated providing a cloud solution. On some levels it would be easier for our customers to simply have an online solution for data backup. Massive data loss was one of the risks I considered if I chose a cloud solution. Ultimately, I deemed it too risky. In addition, there is potential for hackers to access the cloud data and open up all our users to the risk of stolen identity. It became very obvious to me that desktop solutions are better for our end users.
Having MEO user data stored on our servers, no matter how extensive the security, would be a big target for hackers. Having each user’s data stored on their computers, distributes the data, and lessens the risk to each user. Why? Because there exists no big datastore of critical data as a target for hackers and thus protects all Aerochive users. A hacker is less likely to target individual user machines to find data stored in Aerochive.
Aerochive’s data is fully encrypted and password protected. If a user smartly puts their computer’s data behind a firewall, then it becomes even more difficult for a hacker to attempt to get at the data.
Protecting your data on your computer
- Aerochive encrypts and password protects the data.
- Turn on your computers firewall to protect from Internet attacks. (Note that you will need to allow incoming connections to your firewall for Aerochive.)d
- Turn on your WiFi security.
- Make sure you password protect your Mac or PC even if it is a home computer. Somebody could steal it and have access to your data.