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Baitball Blogger

(52,071 posts) Sun Sep 14, 2014, 08:52 AM Sep 2014

To DeCloud, or not to DeCloud. That is my question. [View all]

All signs point to the necessity to stop the uploads to the Cloud on our Mac products until there is a confirmation of how the actress's selfies made to the internet. So far no one is admitting that there is a bug in the Mac products and many say that the hackers got in by guessing their names and passwords. I'm not sure I buy that.

No one is coming out and saying it, but there is a possibility that the hackers found another way in, which means legal trouble for the Apple company, and is also a concern for the rest of us.

Until we know for sure, should we stop the updates to the cloud?

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To DeCloud, or not to DeCloud. That is my question. [View all] Baitball Blogger Sep 2014 OP

On my Kindle Fire HDX, I can delete a photo from just the device, or BOTH the device and the Cloud. WinkyDink Sep 2014 #1

the only thing i would put in the cloud is something that I don't care about. hobbit709 Sep 2014 #2

I don't care that my photos get uploaded to the cloud Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #3

Isn't there more involved than photos? Baitball Blogger Sep 2014 #5

For me it's only photos. Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #18

The Cloud Old Codger Sep 2014 #4

I don't let my Macs and other devices hook up to the cloud. However, we all use the cloud. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #6

For me, it was a timely discovery. Baitball Blogger Sep 2014 #7

I discovered in buying a new unit that shit was happening without my permission. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #13

You cant really decloud.. essentially all on-line applications are in the cloud. DCBob Sep 2014 #8

Which is to say that the breach could have come from a server, as much as it could have Baitball Blogger Sep 2014 #10

In the cloud simply means your data is out there.. somewhere.. DCBob Sep 2014 #11

Or anywhere along the line. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #15

+1 Baitball Blogger Sep 2014 #16

My new Kindle is coming here in LuvNewcastle Sep 2014 #9

DeCloud for sure! TheNutcracker Sep 2014 #12

I must be doing something wrong. Baitball Blogger Sep 2014 #14

Maybe this Cloud stuff will SheilaT Sep 2014 #17