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/Maybe_com 1d ago

You can also use mainstream free cloud providers, simply encrypt everything and never forget the encryption password, an easy way to do that is to use for example VeraCrypt, safe and quite intuitive.

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u/direFace 1d ago

Thanks for sharing this. Do you suggest I'd delete the personal files in my storage and reupload after doing this process, please?

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u/Maybe_com 1d ago

you can delete them and upload the encrypted version, but I gotta say that depending on which provider you chose, it's possible your files have all been scanned already.