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ChairmanAgnostic

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4. As I prepared a CLE course for lawyers, I researched the cloud based stuff

Reply to onehandle (Reply #3)

Tue May 15, 2012, 04:10 PM

May 2012

Just before my talk, the FBI "attacked" a smaller provider in New York, which hosted storage, websites, and cloud computing for a variety of businesses, including small lawfirms. Instead of viruses or technology, they were armed with subpoenas. The FBIes TOOK EVERY SERVER, including all backups, shutting down the entire host without warning. They had a rumor that one user was using the system to transfer info and/or money from/to Iran.

Imagine being a lawfirm (or any company) that relies on Cloud, only to find this big black empty pit where your data used to be.

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What backup systems do you use? [View all] ChairmanAgnostic May 2012 OP

I use Time Machine for my entire hard drive NV Whino May 2012 #1

I use two. Time Machine and Carbon Copy Cloner Stinky The Clown May 2012 #2

Time Capsule for casual backup and SuperDuper for a bootable backup... onehandle May 2012 #3

As I prepared a CLE course for lawyers, I researched the cloud based stuff ChairmanAgnostic May 2012 #4

I would never rely on the cloud 100%. onehandle May 2012 #5

Heh. You don't want to know. REP May 2012 #6

Time Machine + Data Backup + SuperDuper klook May 2012 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author freshwest Jun 2012 #8