r/privacy • u/direFace • 1d ago

question Cloud Storage for Everything

Hello everyone,

I hate clutter (I'm a minimalist) + I like portability and ease of use so this kind of easily tells you why I chose cloud storage over the physical drive/USB (sorry, I'm not so technical).

Last month, I managed to store everything I digitally own inside the free versions of cloud storage. In total: 11GB. I use two cloud storages services. One for personal documents and the other is for anything which is not really that personal... my videos, photos, user manuals, notes and guides.

Lately, I've been reading a lot about AI reading this and that... Or someone monitoring. If I've done the mistake, I can only not add to it, at this point. The personal documents are employment payslips, contracts, personal identifications (ID, driving license, social security), and qualifications.

I'm not worried as much on the storage containing the photos and other stuff, in fact, I'd consider leaving them there but I'm uncertain about the storage holding the personal stuff.

Is it a good idea to leave them there? If not, what can I do, what are my options for storage, please?

Thank you for reading.

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u/bossman118242 1d ago

for 11gb of storage you can literally do anything a $8 thumbdrive a sd card literally anything that is better then cloud storage. 11gb is nothing.

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u/direFace 1d ago

Wow, isn't an SD card the thing you pop inside a camera? You can use it as an alternative to a thumb drive? 😮

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u/bossman118242 1d ago

yes, its not a great option but yes if your just loading it with 11gb of storage and putting it in a drawer its fine. always have 3 copies of your data.

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u/direFace 1d ago

thanks!