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michaelmcdonald

Utilizing the popular cryptocurrency "Not your keys, not your coins" we can easily change it to:

> Not your disks, not your data

Trusting Google with your data and expecting it to always be there is a risky bet.

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We already have the saying “There’s no cloud, it’s just somebody else’s computer”.

If you didn’t touch the hardware, all bets are off.

If someone else touched the hardware, all bets are off.

It's context dependent. If you manage all hardware as a team, that statement is wrong. However, if this means your hardware integrity can't be guaranteed, you have bigger problems.

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