As more and more services and apps depend on 'the cloud', I'm wondering, how many of them would survive a major cloud outage: the cloud company going bankrupt, stock market crash or economic meltdown, a malware exploiting a major server-side bug (like heartbleed or shellshock, but worse) wiping or encrypting the data on the infrastructure/user machines.
How much of the user's data would be forever lost in such an event ?
The other aspect is privacy - in theory, all user's data can be stored and accessed forever, eg. 20 years from now, when the reincarnation of someone like Stalin comes to power.
Anyway, the point I'm trying to make is that we should design our services or apps with this in mind - the cloud can and will fail from time to time, maybe forever.
So, if possible, use the cloud as a 'bonus' feature, a means to back up data and store user's data offline for when the dark day comes at least the user still has his data.
> The other aspect is privacy - in theory, all user's data can be stored and accessed forever, eg. 20 years from now, when the reincarnation of someone like Stalin comes to power.
Is havin your stuff stores locally any more secure in that situation. If someone wants your data they'll knock on your door and beat you and your family until you give it to them
They will still beat you up until you produce the data you have destroyed, which is until they get tired of beating you up. You could keep some decoy data you produce in such situations, preferably before the beating starts.
How much of the user's data would be forever lost in such an event ?
The other aspect is privacy - in theory, all user's data can be stored and accessed forever, eg. 20 years from now, when the reincarnation of someone like Stalin comes to power.
Anyway, the point I'm trying to make is that we should design our services or apps with this in mind - the cloud can and will fail from time to time, maybe forever. So, if possible, use the cloud as a 'bonus' feature, a means to back up data and store user's data offline for when the dark day comes at least the user still has his data.