# Amazon cloud services, opinions please

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-cloud-services-opinions-please/680397>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 3, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-cloud-services-opinions-please/680397 "2014-02-03T03:43:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-cloud-services-opinions-please/680397/1 "2014-02-03T03:43:50Z")

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I’m thinking about changing my cloud service which I use for backup. Can folks here relate their experiences with Amazon? They seem competitive in price. How are they for privacy. I will be keeping confidential legal data on this cloud.

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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-cloud-services-opinions-please/680397/2 "2014-02-03T06:10:27Z")

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The way to get privacy is to encrypt your data.

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**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-cloud-services-opinions-please/680397/3 "2014-02-03T06:33:42Z")

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> [@PastTense](#):
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> The way to get privacy is to encrypt your data.

Thank you.