cloud storage not to trust

[realspeed]

Just read
Quote " A coding error at Canon has seen users RAW Files, Videos and high resolution jpegs DELETED from Canons cloud storage. "

make of it what you will

link

see Matt Granger posts

Matt Granger - Canon users beware! Back up your data properly!

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[KMPhoto]

As always the case it's vital to have more than one backup solution in place. I was always amazed at how many people used Flickr to store their photos.

 

[tarric]

Learnt my lesson a few years back lost almost two years worth of photographs when the hard drive crashed and was unable to retrieve all my images.

 

[realspeed]

all my photos are on 3 additional internal hard drives and one extrnl hard drive and a lot of older oned on CD/DVD

 

[JonathanRyan]

The other rumour regarding this story is that Canon suffered a ransomware attack and Canon refuse to pay the hackers to unencrypt the data

I learned a long time ago never to underestimate the stupidity of programmers......but that actually sounds more likely.

 

[broc]

Programming bug, often known as working as coded.........

 

[SimonH]

Photos (and some other stuff) too precious to lose. Always have at least one backup, preferably a minimum of two and always assume that any storage - whether local hard drive or cloud will fail at some point. Even stuff backed up on CD's/DVD’s may degrade over time.
I have stuff on local iMac, external hard drive x2, external time machine and whole of main HDD Backed up in cloud via Backblaze. Oh, and I use Flickr...
I think the issue with cloud, on the OP's point, is that cloud companies seem to come and go with alarming frequency and bees no guarantee a “takeover” will mean a similar level of service. I certainly wouldn’t trust any master files to a cloud solution alone.