AWS Deletes 10-Year-Old Account and Data Without Warning: Lessons on Cloud Risks
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Summary
The article discusses the risks of relying on cloud services like AWS, highlighting a case where a 10-year-old account and its data were deleted without warning. It emphasizes the importance of understanding that cloud services are essentially 'someone else's computer' and warns about the potential pitfalls for startups and small businesses without dedicated IT staff.
Key quotes
· 2 pulledThere is no cloud, it’s just someone else’s computer.
Once your data is on their computer you don’t really control it.
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