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The Cloud: Convenient Until a Stranger Nukes Your Files

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday October 23, 2013 @03:01AM from the just-use-openafs dept.

jfruh writes "Thanks to a plethora of cloud storage accounts, Dan Tynan thought his days of carrying a thumb drive around with him and worrying about email stripping out his attachments were over. But that was before he discovered that his Box.com account and all the files in it had vanished without a trace. With tech support coming up empty, Tynan had to put on his journalist hat to track down the bizarre sequence of events that ended with his account handed over to another user, who didn't ask for it and didn't even know who Tynan was."

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Re:most transparent administration ever by ArcadeMan · 2013-10-23 04:42 · Score: 2, Funny

Here's some real transparency for you.

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Re:He gave away his login.... by Shrubbman · 2013-10-23 05:22 · Score: 3, Funny

I think you're puttin a little too much stock in one's /. UID length
Re:Complacency by akozakie · 2013-10-23 05:50 · Score: 5, Funny

Exactly. In fact, I like to think about the popularity of the cloud as anything other than a low-security file sharing platform in terms of five words:
It's a matter of being Fast, Easy, Convenient, Accessible & Low-cost.
Making it F.E.C.A.L. matter.