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Google Drive users say Google lost their files; Google is investigating (arstechnica.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago

This is why you don't use any singular storage medium without backups

Ftfy. Using any medium as the exclusive location of your data without any backup is a stupid idea, but if you're gonna be that careless, using Google Drive is one of the less stupid options out there. The chance that google fucks up in an irrecoverable way is infinitely lower than you fucking your local storage up or your house burning down.

Privacy is another factor to this of course, but if we're just looking at the security of your data, using only Google is way better than using only your self hosted solution.