Dear Friends,
I just wanted to take a moment to sincerely thank you everyone for your incredibly thoughtful and detailed responses for the films in general, while I find myself in a difficult situation when it comes to safeguarding the PERSONAL FAMILY PHOTOS and VIDEOS.
- On one hand, if I choose to store them online/cloud encrypted / (edit: encrypt first then upload it), I face significant privacy concerns. While they might be secure now, there’s always the potential for a very near future breaches or compromises, especially with the evolving risks associated with AI training and data misuse.
The idea of the personal moments being used in ways I can’t control or predict is deeply unsettling.
- On the other hand, keeping these files offline doesn’t feel like a perfect solution either. There are still considerable risks of losing them due to physical damage, especially since I live in an area prone to earthquakes. The possibility of losing IRREPLACEABLE MEMORIES due to natural disasters or other unforeseen events is always a WORRY.
How can I effectively balance these privacy, security, and physical risks to ensure the long-term safety and integrity of the FAMILY’S PERSONAL MEMORIES?
Are there strategies or solutions that can protect them both digitally and physically, while minimizing these threats?
Recent News: If VPNs are targeted, cloud accounts could be compromised too Massive brute force attack uses 2.8 million IPs to target VPN devices https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/massive-brute-force-attack-uses-28-million-ips-to-target-vpn-devices/
The attacks in that article pertain to edge devices in corporate networks that they are attempting to hijack to use as proxy/exit nodes. That’s not really related to getting cloud accounts compromised which is not the motive of those attacks. The primary goal is to gain control of those devices and sell/rent them to malicious actors (since traffic coming from known corporate addresses are mostly trusted). I doubt the attackers care about someone’s photos/videos in the cloud. Brute force attacks can be thwarted in several ways, and as the article mentions, just making sure those edge devices are updated and patched with the latest security updates will largely protect them. Besides, any corporation with a competent security team will be able to recognize if their network devices are being used maliciously.