How safe is the cloud? Pract The Facts

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Backround: The recent hacking of the Cloud poses many issues with respect to Internet security. Just recently a hacker infiltrated the Cloud system and stole very sensitive photographs of celebrities and distributed them over the Internet. See cbsnews.com/news/jennifer- lawrence-mary-elizabeth-winstead-hacked-how-safe- are-your-cloud-photos-and-data/. So to Pract the fact, is this a matter of Cloud security, or is this matter of personal discretion by the users….should you be more careful with what you put on the Internet?cbsnews.com/news/jennifer- lawrence-mary-elizabeth-winstead-hacked-how-safe- are-your-cloud-photos-and-data/ Pract The Facts

What is the cloud? Pract The Facts

In the simplest terms, cloud computing means storing and accessing data and programs over the Internet instead of your computer's hard drive. The cloud is just a metaphor for the Internet. Activity: Can you find the Source? Pract The Facts

For it to be considered "cloud computing," you need to access your data or your programs over the Internet, or at the very least, have that data synchronized with other information over the Net. Activity: Can you find the Source? Pract The Facts

When you save your s or your pictures you could be using the cloud and not know it! Pract The Facts

You are probably using the Cloud already! Here are some applications: Google Drive Apple icloud/Itunes Amazon Cloud Drive Drop Box Carbonite Facebook Do some research: What cloud application do you use? Pract The Facts

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Total Cloud Usage by the numbers: Dropbox 300 million users Google Drive 240 million users. Microsoft OneDrive 250 million users Pract The Facts

Some of the services are free to use. However many companies make money by convincing users to store so much data on their servers that they must upgrade to premium accounts.. Pract The Facts

Other companies such as Google may not charge for the service however they will use the storage to collect data on user activity and serve them more personalized advertisements Pract The Facts

Where is the cloud located? Pract The Facts

The cloud are data centers that are mainly located in rural areas because of their size. Some of these structures are as big as muliple football fields. These warehouses are sometimes called computer Pract The Facts

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What we covered in this section: What is the Cloud? Where is the cloud located? Cloud Applications? Are you using the Cloud? Pract The Facts