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"There is one more option for super paranoid people. Backup all your data." I would argue that this should apply to everyone, not just the paranoid! The fact th
by chrisma0 6y ago
"There is one more option for super paranoid people. Backup all your data."
I would argue that this should apply to everyone, not just the paranoid! The fact that most companies make this easier nowadays, like the linked Google Takeout, is actually a real, useful improvement.
- londons_explore 6y agoThere is no "Google Takein"... If you backup regularly, you should also restore to test it works properly, and the reality is there is no decent way to restore a google takeout archive to another google account, or any competing service. The closest you'll find is a hodgepodge of scripts to incompletely restore some data...
- chrisma0 6y agoA really good point! Not really a completely useful backup until it can be restored and tested...
- BelleOfTheBall 6y agoIt feels weird to see this called super paranoid, I've been backing up my data ever since my first PC went belly up on me. Didn't have much on it but lost some photos, so now I keep everything backed up and still break out into a sweat the moment my laptop starts making any unusual noise. Technology isn't perfect so a backup is a must for anything of value: whether financial or sentimental. For a good example of why backups matter, look at the history of Doctor Who. They didn't leave any backups of parts of the original show because they figured those were pointless, re-recording on the physical copies instead. Now the old episodes of the show are being searched for across the Globe, I believe some were even found at some man's home in Brazil. Backups and archiving stuff is essential.
- nicbou 6y agoOn the other hand, Google Photos doesn't offer any way to back up your photos to a computer you control anymore. Google Takeout is the only option.