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Re: [LUG] Storing photos

 

Hi Neil,

I would advise against it, largely on the basis 
of lack of control. 

All it needs is someone to create a 
trivial court case, then serve a 
witness summons on her 
storage provider, and they would have to release 
the 
photos. 

So stick with good old DVDs and USB sticks, if 
necessary stored at several 
addresses, then you retain 
control and the photos remain out of the hands 
of others. 


Regards,
Ray.

>----Original Message----
>From: 
barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>Date: 18/04/2011 17:54 
>To: 
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>Subj: [LUG] Storing photos
>
>Had 
some grief from my daughter today. I have a new computer 
and I 
>transferred things like her bookmarks from the old 
one. But what about 
>all her photos I was asked.
>
>I have 
copied her photos from backup storage on a DVD so that is 
OK. 
>But it started me thinking. Would it be a good idea 
to suggest that 
>she store her photos on line somewhere? 
This already happens with her 
>emails since I use an IMAP 
system.
>
>Would that be a good idea? And if so, where 
would be a good place. 
>This is purely for storage, she is 
not into photo sharing on line. It 
>is just a way of 
making sure that if anything happens to this computer 
>her 
photos are safe.
>
>Yes, I know that I backup onto a DVD 
for her, but with on line storage 
>she could look after 
all that herself.
>
>Comments anyone?
>
>Neil
>
>
>
>
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