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by friendly_fren 2327 days ago
Don't store your private information in the cloud unencrypted. Caching bugs frequently leak unintended data.
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This makes sense for backups, but for something like photos, there's a lot of value-add you're missing out on. Something like sharing a photo with a friend becomes an ordeal.
This is a nice platitude, but frequently most b2c client apps that use cloud storage (eg Google Photos) give no option to encrypt data clientside for storage.
Which is exactly why you shouldn’t use them.