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> If you were an investor or trader, managing millions of dollars, would you keep the only copy of critical information in a cloud?

I don't think the idea that they could lose access to their accounts occurs to most people. I've done enough business continuity and disaster recovery work with small business to be confident in saying it doesn't occur to small business owners. I'm not sure why individuals would be any different.

It's very hard to put yourself in the mindset of a non-technical person.





> I don't think the idea that they could lose access to their accounts occurs to most people

Most people do not store anything valuable in the cloud anyway. The only problem is that they won't be able to login into Windows if MS bans the account, and they won't be able to install apps if Google bans their account along with phone serial number.


> I don't think the idea that they could lose access to their accounts occurs to most people.

"It just works" was practically a mantra for Steve Jobs, now we turn around and blame users for thinking that it will work




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