17 minutes ago, quake said:

 

Don't care mate.

it's never a problem until it is.

please carry on storing sensitive data on the net.

but for me.

No thank you.

 

 

Lol. Let’s not let the facts get in the way of a good story right? 🤣
 

Carry on storing sensitive data on portable drives and risk loosing it all if/when the drive fails.
Been there, done that. TWICE!
Never again. 
No thanks. 

9 hours ago, Nemises said:

Wrong. Any uploaded “personal information” is (can be) password protected. 

1. Data Privacy : Have you ever heard of the "US Patriot Act" and other similar laws?

All American companies must allow the FBI or the CIA access to requested data, even without judicial authorization. Therefore, companies & people across the world must ensure that they minimize the data stored by American service providers or on servers in the United States.

 

For any sensitive and/or personal info I won't use cloud services.

 

2. Cost.

Storage on external HDDs is reliable and very cost effective.

 

3, Concl.

The less I log into Google, Microsoft, etc., the better. I can’t believe people trust the "cloud" to store their data...

2 minutes ago, Fab5BKK said:

can’t believe people trust the "cloud" to store their data...

Got any links to support your “belief”?

5 minutes ago, Nemises said:

Got any links to support your “belief”?

Try to study Law a little bit. Really pathetic!

 

BTW, I work in the IT/Telecom sector and I know too well how to get access to data.

Just now, Fab5BKK said:

Try to study Law a little bit. Really pathetic!

 

BTW, I work in the IT/Telecom sector and I know too well how to get access to data.

That's special.   What is the data is encrypted? 

I keep lots of information in the cloud, mostly in Dropbox. I used to use Boxcryptor with Dropbox until Dropbox bought Boxcryptor and discontinued the consumer version of Boxcryptor.  I now use Cryptomator instead. It does not integrate as well as Boxcryptor did, but it works well enough.

 

Cryptomator might not stand up to scrutiny by one of the three-letter agencies, but if they really wanted to get my info, I suppose they could just break down my door or sneak into my house while I'm away and steal all my electronics. Cryptomator is probably good enough to protect my documents in the event of a data breach.

 

https://cryptomator.org/for-individuals/

1 minute ago, Etaoin Shrdlu said:

I keep lots of information in the cloud, mostly in Dropbox. I used to use Boxcryptor with Dropbox until Dropbox bought Boxcryptor and discontinued the consumer version of Boxcryptor.  I now use Cryptomator instead. It does not integrate as well as Boxcryptor did, but it works well enough.

 

Cryptomator might not stand up to scrutiny by one of the three-letter agencies, but if they really wanted to get my info, I suppose they could just break down my door or sneak into my house while I'm away and steal all my electronics. Cryptomator is probably good enough to protect my documents in the event of a data breach.

 

https://cryptomator.org/for-individuals/

I'm talking about Data Privacy & "Law Enforcement Agencies"

 

Did you read the "US Patriot Act?

1 minute ago, Fab5BKK said:

I'm talking about Data Privacy & "Law Enforcement Agencies"

 

Did you read the "US Patriot Act?

 

Cryptomator is open source and produced by a German company. I don't think a German company would be subject to the Patriot Act.

 

That plus being open source, I wouldn't expect a backdoor, but perhaps you know better. I'm not an IT professional.

52 minutes ago, Fab5BKK said:

Try to study Law a little bit. Really pathetic!

 

BTW, I work in the IT/Telecom sector and I know too well how to get access to data.

 

FYI:

Google has NOT had a known major breach of Google Drive data to date, though some Gmail accounts have been compromised via phishing.”

 

 

 

“In 2023, Microsoft reported that state-sponsored hackers accessed some employee emails, but NOT user files on OneDrive”

6 hours ago, Nemises said:

Lol. Let’s not let the facts get in the way of a good story right? 🤣
 

Carry on storing sensitive data on portable drives and risk loosing it all if/when the drive fails.
Been there, done that. TWICE!
Never again. 
No thanks. 

 

That's funny never lost anything

stored on a few thumb drives over the years.

Must be something to do with the user. 

17 hours ago, JAG said:

Some time ago I bought (online) a portable SSD drive (2TB) and a thumbdrive/flash drive (1TB).

 

I bought them as part of a project to store as MP4 and MP3 my large collection of music CDs and DVDs. Both devices initially worked. When I got up to about 7 or 8GB they both failed, and in fact some of the files and folders already on them had become unreadable.

 

I sighed, muttered about cheap Chinese crap, and put them in a drawer.

 

Recently I dug them out - and would like to try them again. My PC runs Windows 10 (64 bit).

 

Is there some process, or software perhaps, which can sort them out, or is it simply cheap Chinese crap!

 

 

1. Check the Actual Capacity
H2testw (free): Fills the entire drive with test data, then reads it back. > Choose “Write + Verify > This will take a while depending on the size, it writes gigabytes of test files and then reads them back to check integrity.

 

FakeFlashTest (free): Quick or full test to detect false capacity claims.
 

2.You might be able to reformat them to their true size using tools like:

RMPrepUSB

ChipGenius

Low Level Format Tool (HDDGURU)

17 hours ago, connda said:

If you bought them cheap?  They are probably fake.  I tend to buy my drives from retail stores like Advice.  There is so much fake cr*p online, even if you pay premium prices you really don't know what you're getting. Average price of a "real" portable 2 TB SSD drive is about 5000 THB and a 1 TB "flash drive" is about 2500 THB.  

However, with that said, a number of manufacturers do have anti-counterfeit portals on their websites where you can check your device's authenticity. If you can find those sites, use them to verify your devices authenticity. 

Example: https://verify.seagate.com/verify/

Spot on!
e.g.
5 year warranty at Advice ITB Ext SSD
Interface: USB Type-C, USB Type-A
Sequential Read : Up to 1,050 MB/s
Sequential Write : Up to 950 MB/s

> https://www.advice.co.th/product/ssd-external/ssd-external-1-tb/1-tb-ext-ssd-transcend-black-esd310c-

1 hour ago, quake said:

 

That's funny never lost anything

stored on a few thumb drives over the years.

Must be something to do with the user. 

 Lol 😂

 

 

FYI 

 

 

“The life expectancy of a USB Flash Drive can be measured by the number of write or erase cycles. USB flash drives can withstand between 10,000 to 100,000 write/erase cycles, depending on the memory technology used.

When the limit is reached, some portion of the memory may not function properly, leading to lost of data and corruption.”

 

https://www.flashbay.com/blog/usb-life-expectancy

9 minutes ago, Nemises said:

 Lol 😂

FYI 

The life expectancy of a USB Flash Drive can be measured by the number of write or erase cycles. USB flash drives can withstand between 10,000 to 100,000 write/erase cycles, depending on the memory technology used.

When the limit is reached, some portion of the memory may not function properly, leading to lost of data and corruption.”

 

https://www.flashbay.com/blog/usb-life-expectancy

 

You are starting to be a little bit annoying.

Let me ask you this.

Would you store nude photos of your wife or girl friend or boy friend on the net. ?

Now,  do you understand what sensitive data is.

I also have one  Kingston thumb drive that's 15 years  old, still works fine.

I wonder where all your sensitive data will be in 15 years time on the net.

Good day.

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, quake said:

 

You are starting to be a little bit annoying.

Let me ask you this.

Would you store nude photos of your wife or girl friend or boy friend on the net. ?

Now,  do you understand what sensitive data is.

I also have one  Kingston thumb drive that's 15 years  old, still works fine.

I wonder where all your sensitive data will be in 15 years time on the net.

Good day.

 

 

 

 

 

You are wrong, again! The real reason why you are annoyed is because the facts contradicted your claim of users somehow being responsible for disk failures.

 

Good luck storing you and your boyfriend's "sensitive data".

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, quake said:

Would you store nude photos of your wife or girl friend or boy friend on the net. ?

Cardboard box under the bed in the spare bedroom!

22 minutes ago, Nemises said:

 

You are wrong, again! The real reason why you are annoyed is because the facts contradicted your claim of users somehow being responsible for disk failures.

Good luck storing you and your boyfriend's "sensitive data".

 

Did I touch a nerve there. 

14 minutes ago, quake said:

 

Did I touch a nerve there. 

No, not at all  

21 hours ago, JAG said:

Some time ago I bought (online) a portable SSD drive (2TB) and a thumbdrive/flash drive (1TB).

What did they cost?

Simple plausibility check.

 

Even if always disputed: for large data to be stored for years to come the traditional disk drives are still preferred.

I have three different generations of it and none failed.

The latest is a some 2 TB Western Digital with USB 3 connector.

Western Digital 2 TB external HDD is about 2700 Baht.

SSD same size about 4500 Baht.

Advice.co.th

21 hours ago, VR333 said:

 

People travel.

 

Not everyone has reliable internet.

 

 

 

I'll thank you if you pay for my annual subscription ... By the way, what do you pay?

Without Co-Pilot, I paid USD 90 for FIVE people. Each get 1TB OneDrive, 100 minutes on Teams, and all the genuine software. Mustn't grumble at that.

FYI, Forbes July 20 2025

 

"Microsoft users are, once again, under attack. This time, the threat is not restricted to Outlook users, or involves a Windows browser-based security bypass, and unlike the recent Windows authentication relay attack vulnerability, there is no patch, no magic update, to remedy this one. Which is bad news for Microsoft SharePoint Server users, as CVE-2025-53770 is currently under confirmed “mass attack” and on-premises servers across the world are being compromised..."

 

 https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/07/20/microsoft-confirms-ongoing-mass-sharepoint-attack---no-patch-available/

On 7/19/2025 at 10:26 PM, Nemises said:

 

FYI:

Google has NOT had a known major breach of Google Drive data to date, though some Gmail accounts have been compromised via phishing.”

 

 

 

“In 2023, Microsoft reported that state-sponsored hackers accessed some employee emails, but NOT user files on OneDrive”

Are you able to read and understand what you  read ? 

 

1. Data Privacy : Have you ever heard of the "US Patriot Act" and other similar laws?

All American companies must allow the FBI or the CIA access to requested data, even without judicial authorization. Therefore, companies & people across the world must ensure that they minimize the data stored by American service providers or on servers in the United States.

1 hour ago, Fab5BKK said:

Are you able to read and understand what you  read ? 

 

1. Data Privacy : Have you ever heard of the "US Patriot Act" and other similar laws?

All American companies must allow the FBI or the CIA access to requested data, even without judicial authorization. Therefore, companies & people across the world must ensure that they minimize the data stored by American service providers or on servers in the United States.

Please provide a link to an article about anyone who has had their files stolen/compromised from OneDrive or GoogleDrive. TIA 

14 hours ago, Nemises said:

Please provide a link to an article about anyone who has had their files stolen/compromised from OneDrive or GoogleDrive. TIA 

And how would you notice that your data has been read by law enforcement?

Ever heard of gag orders?

1 hour ago, KhunBENQ said:

And how would you notice that your data has been read by law enforcement?

Ever heard of gag orders?

If you’re worried about law enforcement reading your data, then probably a good idea not to use Cloud storage 🙂

3 hours ago, Nemises said:

If you’re worried about law enforcement reading your data, then probably a good idea not to use Cloud storage 🙂

Yes. At least not when foreign US agencies involved.

I have little content in the cloud (which includes all social media incl this).

On 7/19/2025 at 11:01 AM, Nemises said:

Can’t believe people still use portable drives if <1TB is enough storage 🤦🤦‍♀️ 

 

1TB cloud storage included in Microsoft  365 subscriptions. Thank me later!
 

 

Yes, Microsoft 365 subscriptions include 1 TB of OneDrive cloud storage. This is a standard benefit for both Microsoft 365 Personal and Microsoft 365 Family plans. 
 

The storage is accessible across various devices and can be used to back up files and photos

 

 

Who wants topay for something monthly when they can have it for free and not worry abut someone hacking the cloud?  

 

To each their own, but I prefer to have a hard backup.

10 minutes ago, kingstonkid said:

Who wants to pay for something monthly when they can have it for free…?  

 

 

 

Where is 1TB cloud storage available for free?

4 minutes ago, Nemises said:

 

Where is 1TB cloud storage available for free?

 

My home I bought a backup drive no monthly fee