Cloud storage certainly has a lot going for it. For a start, if you drop your laptop into the sink, it's likely that a lot of your important work will be backed up somewhere in the cloud, as long as you’re using services such as Google Drive , OneDrive , and iCloud .
Then there's file sharing : Not too many years ago, swapping large amounts of data with other people meant dragging and dropping and running around with USB drives (and perhaps even mailing them). Now, via a couple of clicks and a link, you can share just about anything with just about anyone, anywhere in the world.
However, this comes with security risks attached. You don't want…
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