I'm thinking seriously about getting Google out of my life, and trying NextCloud.

Looking to get a personal account through a managed provider.

Does anyone have any experience with it?

How does it compare to ownCloud?

Any hosts I should look at or avoid?

Any apps I should get for it, or avoid?

Any issues I should be aware of before I switch?

@asklemmy #NextCloud #OpenSource #Linux #Cloud

#Google #Cloud accidentally deletes #UniSuper’s online #account due to ‘unprecedented #misconfiguration’

source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/09/unisuper-google-cloud-issue-account-access

While UniSuper normally has duplication in place in two geographies, to ensure that if one service goes down or is lost then it can be easily restored, because the fund’s cloud subscription was deleted, it caused the deletion across both geographies.

#fail #economy #security #backup #problem #omg #wtf #news

Google Cloud accidentally deletes UniSuper’s online account due to ‘unprecedented misconfiguration’

Super fund boss and Google Cloud global CEO issue joint statement apologising for ‘extremely frustrating and disappointing’ outage

^{Josh Taylor (The Guardian)}

What Happens When a #Romance #Writer Gets Locked Out of #Google Docs

source: https://www.wired.com/story/what-happens-when-a-romance-author-gets-locked-out-of-google-docs/?esrc=AUTO_PRINT

In March, an aspiring author got a troubling message: All of her works in progress were no longer accessible. What happened next is every writer’s worst fear.

Google never specified which of her 222,000 words was inappropriate.

...

Generally speaking, files containing #violence, #abuse, child sexual abuse material, and gore violate the terms of service for Google Drive and its associated products, like Docs and Sheets.

Now many of you will be thinking, who is stupid enough to store everything in the Google #cloud? The problem is we know that, but many people out there don't. We urgently need to do more educational work and warn people about companies like Google and their practices. Tell all your friends and acquaintances and don't use the clouds of the big corporations.

#news #problem #fail #warning #danger #service #customer #internet #economy #security #wtf #omg #disaster

Your word processor now has an opinion on you (and it’s not favourable.)
#Google #GoogleDocs #Cloud

https://www.wired.com/story/what-happens-when-a-romance-author-gets-locked-out-of-google-docs/

What on earth?! Amazon S3 charges you for unauthorised requests to S3?!

That's just absolutely insane! I better check my AWS account and delete any unused buckets I have in there …

https://medium.com/@maciej.pocwierz/how-an-empty-s3-bucket-can-make-your-aws-bill-explode-934a383cb8b1

#aws #s3 #infosec #webdev #cloud

How an empty S3 bucket can make your AWS bill explode

Imagine you create an empty, private AWS S3 bucket in a region of your preference. What will your AWS bill be the next morning?

^{Maciej Pocwierz (Medium)}