(Though actually I take that back - I forgot his Gmail was hacked too. If someone got into my Gmail account they'd basically have everything because I store all the "Welcome to Extremely Secure Internet Thingy That Will Never Be Hacked! Here is your username!" emails there. So backing up to a 3rd party wouldn't have helped him here.)
I still maintain that there's nothing inherently unsafe about online backups. I back up to an external hard drive at home, but all that means is that I'm more protected from hacking and less protected from fires.
Nobody here butters the bread, right? You just put butter in the pan!
It depends on whether or not the butter is soft enough to spread. Room temperature butter directly on the bread makes a more evenly browned sandwich.
I butter the bread. When I just butter the pan, it doesn't brown as nicely and evenly.
Oh my God, I've been doing it wrong!
No, wait, you people are all crazy. Plus my butter is always frigid.
I butter the inside of the bread, but I let the butter in the pan brown the outside.
If someone got into my Gmail account they'd basically have everything because I store all the "Welcome to Extremely Secure Internet Thingy That Will Never Be Hacked! Here is your username!" emails there.
2-factor authentication, y'all.
Jessica,
but that's why I said he needed to turn on 2-factor auth with gmail. Regardless, he had the perfect storm: no backup, easy access to gmail and that his amazon and apple accounts were hacked.
Others,
he has a cool twitter handle, but they did more than hack his twitter account. They tried to (did?) decimate all of his online files.
Thank you, Jessica and ita ! and tommyrot. I am elucidated.
I butter the bread, on the rare and glorious occasions I make a grilled cheese sandwich. I also keep a stick of butter in a butterdish on the counter, so it's always spreadable.
I put butter in the pan. And I back up to my NAS and have bunches of stuff I'm not paying attention to in the cloud. I should probably organize, huh?
Anyway, back on the road. Had a good time with the SO on break, now super ready to be home. Wish me mellow dog passenger and no burning semis.
