In case you’re wondering what that stands for, it’s Irrational Fear of Online Storage. My friend and fellow blogger Doris Kenney posted this in her blog. It makes for a very interesting read. The crux of the matter is this: would you store your personal documents somewhere in cyberspace, as a so-called secure form of backup?
As Doris has pointed out, there are quite a number of websites offering free storage space for your documents. Heck, I’ve signed up with one (Box.net) but I haven’t put anything there yet. The Lite plan gives you 1GB of free storage, and the file size limit is 10MB per file. Fair enough, but I feel this is only good for shared documents which are not confidential in nature. Sort of like putting your valuables into a safety deposit box in a bank vault. However, in cyberspace there are no physical barriers. So how safe would my documents be there?
At present I’m just going to make my backups to CD or DVDs. Yes Doris, IFOS is plaguing me but I feel more secure knowing my backups are within physical reach. How about you?
P/S Thanks to Doris for allowing me to talk about IFOS.
